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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …