Shock Metamorphic Effects in Feldspar in Martian Regolith Breccia: Measurement, Quantification, and Implications

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Fengke Cao, Roberta L. Flemming, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Liane Loiselle, Veronica E. Di Cecco, Kimberly T. Tait, Takuya Moriguti, Victoria L. Houde, Takuo Okuchi, Brendt C. Hyde, Desmond E. Moser, Gordon R. Osinski, Carl…

Meteorites that produce K-feldspar-rich ejecta blankets correspond to mass extinctionsOPEN ACCESS 

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M.J. Pankhurst, C.J. Stevenson and B.C. Coldwell Journal of the Geological Society, 1 December 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite impacts load the atmosphere with dust and cover the Earth’s surface with debris. They…

Primary feldspar in the Semarkona LL3.00 chondrite: Constraints on chondrule formation and secondary alteration

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Jonathan A. Lewis, Rhian H. Jones Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 3 October 2018 LINK “Feldspar in ordinary chondrites (OCs) is often associated with thermal metamorphism, as a secondary mineral that forms from the…

Cathodoluminescence of high‐pressure feldspar minerals as a shock barometer

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Masahiro Kayama, Toshimori Sekine, Naotaka Tomioka, Hirotsugu Nishido, Yukako Kato, Kiyotaka Ninagawa, Takamichi Kobayashi, Akira Yamaguchi Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13092 LINK “Cathodoluminescence (CL) analyses were carried out on maskelynite and lingunite in L6 chondrites…

Primary Feldspar in Semarkona (LL3.00) Chondrules

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J. A. Lewis, R. H. Jones 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2067 PDF LINK

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