Impactites of the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

• Main Authors: Osinski, Gordon R., Spray, John G., Lee, Pascal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Archives 2005
• Subjects: Impact melt breccias;Carbonate melts;Haughton impact structure;Impactites;Crystalline versus sedimentary targets; Arctic; Devon Island
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/view/15210

Contrary to the previous interpretation of a single allochthonous impactite lithology, combined field, optical, and analytical scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies have revealed the presence of a series of impactites at the Haughton impact structure. In the crater interior, there is a consiste...