Tenoumer impact crater, Mauritania: Impact melt genesis from a lithologically diverse target

Impact melt rocks from the 1.9 km diameter, simple bowl-shaped Tenoumer impact crater in Mauritania have been analyzed chemically and petrologically. They are heterogeneous and can be subdivided into three types based on melt matrix color, occurrence of lithic clast components, amount of vesiculatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schultze, D., Jourdan, Fred, Hecht, L., Reimold, W., Schmitt, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15022