shock metamorphic particle

Impacts into quartz sand: Crater formation, shock metamorphism, and ejecta distribution in laboratory experiments and numerical models.

03/08/2016 19:49 · by karmaka · in impact / impact-structures

Wünnemann, K., Zhu, M.-H. and Stöffler, D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12710 LINK “We investigated the ejection mechanics by a complementary approach of cratering experiments, including the microscopic analysis of material sampled from these…