Shock metamorphism of quartz at the submarine Mjølnir impact crater, Barents Sea

Abstract— Shock metamorphosed quartz grains have been discovered in a drill core from the central peak of the Late Jurassic, marine Mjølnir structure; this finding further corroborates the impact origin of Mjølnir. The intersected strata represent the Upper Jurassic Hekkingen Formation and underlyin...

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Published in:Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Main Authors: Sandbakken, Pål T., Langenhorst, Falko, Dypvik, Henning
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00407.x
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