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

• Main Authors: Sandbakken, P. T., Langenhorst, F., Dypvik, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Archives 2005
• Subjects: Mjølnir;Planar microstructures;Shock metamorphism;Shocked quartz;Submarine impact; Barents Sea; Hekkingen
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/view/15183

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