Shock metamorphism of ordinary chondrites from Grove Mountains, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Lu, Feng, Yangting, Lin, Sen, Hu, Tao, Liu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2009
• Subjects: Space; Grove Mountains; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2383/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2383/1/A0090207.pdf

Shock effects of 93 Grove Mountains (GRV) ordinary chondrites were studied in this work, including fracture, various types of extinction, and recrystallization of silicates observed under optical microscopy. Shock-induced veins and pockets show various micro textures, decomposition and phase transfo...