A record of ancient cataclysm in modern sand: Shock microstructures in detrital minerals from the Vaal river, Vredefort Dome, South Africa
The record of terrestrial meteorite impacts is fragmentary because most impact structures and ejecta are removed by erosion or buried. Discovery of the missing impact record from Hadean to present may be advanced through identification of residual shocked detritus. To evaluate which shocked minerals...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Geological Society of America
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38312 |