Shock effects in meteoritesThe impacts that can occur between objects on intersecting solar system orbits can generate shock-induced deformations and transformations, creating new mineral phases or melting old ones. These shock-metamorphic effects affect not only the petrography but the chemical and isotopic properties and the ages of primordial meteoritic materials. A fuller understanding of shock metamorphism and breccia formation in meteorites will be essential not only in the study of early accretion, differentiation, and regolith-evolution processes, but in the characterization of the primordial composition of the accreted material itself.
Document ID
19890040112
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Stoeffler, D. (Muenster Univ. Germany)
Bischoff, A. (Muenster, Universitaet Federal Republic of Germany, United States)
Buchwald, V. (Danmarks Tekniske Hojskole Lyngby, Denmark)
Rubin, A. E. (California, University Los Angeles, United States)