Experimental evidence for shear‐induced melting and generation of stishovite in granite at low (< 18 GPa) shock pressure

C Hamann, K Kurosawa, H Ono, T Tada… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of the shock behavior of planetary materials is essential to interpret
shock metamorphism documented in rocks at hypervelocity impact structures on Earth, in …

Kink-bands as indicators of shock-wave propagation direction: Results from experimental impact cratering on gneiss

G Joshi, A Agarwal, T Kenkmann, AK Ojha - Journal of Structural Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Microscopic kink-bands in platy minerals are a common occurrence at impact craters. The
geometry of kink-bands formed in biotite due to an impact cratering experiment on Maggia …

Stress and strain during shock metamorphism

ASP Rae, MH Poelchau, T Kenkmann - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Shock metamorphism is the process by which rocks, and the minerals within them, transform
during the passage of a shock wave. Shock effects, such as shatter cones, are critical for the …

Detailed occurrence of feather features in quartz in experimentally shocked granite

T Tada, K Kurosawa, N Tomioka… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Feather features (FFs) in quartz consist of a planar fracture (PF) and associated fine
lamellae (FF lamellae; FFL) and have been observed in various natural impact structures …

Shock petrographic and numerical modeling constraints on the morphology and size of the Morokweng impact structure, South Africa

RL Gibson, SS Wela, ASP Rae… - Meteoritics & Planetary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The 369 m deep M4 drill hole, located~ 18 km NNW of the center of the 146 Ma Morokweng
impact structure (MIS), intersects shocked Archean granitoid gneisses and subsidiary …