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millimetres to centimetres. Millimetre-scale
tektites are
known as
microtektites.
Tektites are
characterized by: a
fairly homogeneous composition an...
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Billy P.; Pizzuto,
James E. (1994) "Geographic
variation in
Australasian microtektite concentrations:
Implications concerning the
location and size of the...
- and
shocked quartz discovered in the,
Australasian and
North American,
microtektite layers. Geology, 21(5), pp.435-438. Prasad, M.S., Gupta, S.M. and Kodagali...
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continental deposits worldwide.
These layers include the
iridium anomaly,
microtektites, nickel-rich
spinel crystals and
shocked quartz, all
indicators of a...
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deposits (a rare
element on Earth). In this case, the
existence of a
microtektite layer raining down upon the
multiple intermixed species (including a...
- impact,
which resulted in
shatter cones, shock-metamorphosed quartz,
microtektites, and shock-metamorphic
unloading fractures. The
prospective impact crater...
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extreme detail.
Amber from the site has been
reported to
contain microtektites matching those of the
Chicxulub impact event. Some
researchers question...
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January 2023. Claeys, Philippe; Casier, Jean-Georges (April 1994). "
Microtektite-like
impact gl**** ****ociated with the Frasnian-Famennian
boundary m****...
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January 2023. Claeys, Philippe; Casier, Jean-Georges (April 1994). "
Microtektite-like
impact gl**** ****ociated with the Frasnian-Famennian
boundary m****...
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seiche waves exposed and
covered the site twice, as
millions of tiny
microtektite droplets and
debris from the
impact were
arriving on
ballistic trajectories...
