Structural changes in shocked tektite and their implications to impact-induced glass formation
Toshimori Sekine, Tsubasa Tobase, Youjun Zhang, Ginga Kitahara, Akira Yoshiasa, Tomoko Sato, Takamichi Kobayashi, Akihisa Mori American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (4): 686–694 LINK “Heavy meteorite impacts on Earth’s surface produce melt and vapor that are…
Structural changes in shocked tektite and their implications to impact-induced glass formationOPEN ACCESS
Toshimori Sekine, Tsubasa Tobase, Youjun Zhang, Ginga Kitahara, Akira Yoshiasa, Tomoko Sato, Takamichi Kobayashi, and Akihisa Mori American Mineralogistpreprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Heavy meteorite impacts on the Earth surface produce melt and vapor which are…
Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang’e-5 glass beadsOPEN ACCESS
Tao Long, Yuqi Qian, Marc D. Norman, Katarina Miljkovic, Carolyn Crow, James W. Head, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Nicolle Zellner, Xuefeng Yu, Shiwen Xie, Martin Whitehouse, Katherine H. Joy, Clive R. Neal, Joshua F. Snape,…
Survey of Impact Glasses in Shergottites Searching for Martian Sulfate Using X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure
Masashi Shidare, Ryoichi Nakada, Tomohiro Usui, Minato Tobita, Kenji Shimizu, Yoshio Takahashi, Tetsuya Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 August 2021 LINK “The surface of Mars has experienced progressive oxidation,…
Distinguishing volcanic from impact glasses—The case of the Cali glass (Colombia)
Ludovic Ferrière, Alvaro P. Crósta, Wencke Wegner, Eugen Libowitzky, Fabio Iwashita, Christian Koeberl Geology (2021) LINK “Natural glass occurs on Earth in different geological contexts, mainly as volcanic glass, fulgurites, and impact glass. All these…
A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, J.-A. Barrat, P. Rochette, M.L. Balestrier, G. Bigazzi, G. Ménard, F. Moustard, E. Dos Santos, R. Scorzelli, M. Valenzuela, M. Gounelle, V. Debaille, P. Beck, L.Bonal, B. Reynard, M. Warner Earth…
Spectroscopic features of ultrahigh-pressure impact glasses of the Kara astroblemeOPEN ACCESS
T. G. Shumilova, V. P. Lutoev, S. I. Isaenko, N. S. Kovalchuk, B. A. Makeev, A. Yu. Lysiuk, A. A. Zubov & K. Ernstson Scientific Reports Volume 8, Article number: 6923 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25037-z LINK (OPEN…
Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite PCA 02007 is impact glass.
Gross, J., Treiman, A. H. and Harlow, G. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12741 LINK “A grain of light-blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter…
Geochemistry of impact glasses and target rocks from the Zhamanshin Impact Structure, Kazakhstan: Implications for mixing of target and impactor matter
Šárka Jonášová, Lukáš Ackerman, Karel Žák, Roman Skála, Jana Ďurišová, Alexander Deutsch, Tomáš Magna Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 June 2016 LINK
Mid-Infrared Bi-directional Reflectance Spectroscopy of Impact Melt Glasses and Tektites
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Iris Weber, Harald Hiesinger, Michael Zanetti, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2016 LINK “We have analyzed 14 impact melt glass samples, covering the compositional range…
Magnetism of a Very Young Lunar Glass
Jennifer Buz, Benjamin P. Weiss, Sonia M. Tikoo, David L. Shuster, Jérôme Gattacceca and Timothy L. Grove Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 10.1002/2015JE004878 LINK “Recent paleomagnetic studies of Apollo samples have established that a core…
Potential for impact glass to preserve microbial metabolism
Haley M. Sapers, Neil R. Banerjee, Gordon R. Osinski Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 95–104 LINK
Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues
Howard et al. (2013) Nature Geoscience 6, 1018–1022 (2013) doi:10.1038/ngeo1996 LINK (abstract)
