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Shock-induced deformation features in terrestrial peridot and lunar duniteSingle crystals of terrestrial olivine were experimentally shock-loaded along the 010 line to peak pressures 280, 330, and 440 kbar, and the resulting deformation features were compared to those in olivine from lunar dunite 72415. Recovered fragments were examined to determine the orientation of the planar fractures. With increasing pressure the percentage of pinacoids and prisms decreases, whereas the percentage of bipyramids increases. The complexity of the distribution of bipyramids also increases with increasing pressure. Other shock-induced deformation features, including varying degrees of recrystallization, are found to depend on pressure, as observed by others. Lunar dunite 72415 was examined and found to contain olivine with well-developed shock-deformation features. The relative proportion of pinacoid, prism, and bipyramid planar fractures measured for olivine from 72415 indicates that this rock appears to have undergone shock pressure in the range 330-440 kbar. If this dunite was brought to the surface of the moon as a result of excavation of an Imbrium event-sized impact crater, the shock-pressure range experienced by the sample and the results of cratering calculations suggest that it could have originated no deeper than 50-150 km.
Document ID
19780062739
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Snee, L. W.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ahrens, T. J.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1975
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Start Date: March 17, 1975
End Date: March 21, 1975
Accession Number
78A46648
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-002-105
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-05-004-074
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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