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Report of centimeter-sized tektites in Pima County, Arizona, cannot be verifiedGlassy objects reportedly found in Pima County, Arizona, have been identified as tektites. A field survey of the area where they were said to occur, however, did not produce any other tektites, nor did it reveal any other geologic features that might indicate a nearby impact crater. The major-, minor-, and trace-element composition of one specimen is similar to those measured in indochinites, which suggests the objects reportedly from Pima County were instead transported to southern Arizona from Indochina by people.
Document ID
19950043723
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kring, David A.
(Arizona Univ. Impact Coalition, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Hildebrand, Alan R.
(Arizona Univ. Impact Coalition, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Drake, Michael J.
(Arizona Univ. Impact Coalition, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Melosh, H. Jay
(Arizona Univ. Impact Coalition, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Vickery, Ann M.
(Arizona Univ. Impact Coalition, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Meteoritics
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0026-1114
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
95A75322
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-3348
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-33732
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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