Meteor crater

A Dutch contribution to early interpretations of Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA – Marten Edsge Mulder’s ignored 1911 paper

14/06/2018 14:09 · by karmaka · in impact / impact-structures

Grzegorz Racki, John W.M. Jagt, Elena A. Jagt-Yazykova, Christian Koeberl Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association Available online 13 June 2018 LINK “Following the first scientific descriptions in the late nineteenth century, the origin of the…

Transformations to granular zircon revealed: Twinning, reidite, and ZrO2 in shocked zircon from Meteor Crater (Arizona, USA)OPEN ACCESS

19/07/2016 22:18 · by karmaka · in impact / impact-structures

Aaron J. Cavosie, Nicholas E. Timms, Timmons M. Erickson, Justin J. Hagerty, Friedrich Hörz Geology, First published on 2016-07-19 08:56:19, doi:10.1130/G38043.1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Granular zircon in impact environments has long been recognized but remains…

Devolatilization or melting of carbonates at Meteor Crater, AZ?

15/05/2015 10:30 · by karmaka · in impact / impact-structures

Hörz, F., Archer, P. D., Niles, P. B., Zolensky, M. E. and Evans, M. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12453 LINK We have investigated the carbonates in the impact melts and in a monolithic…