Rock consisting partly of melted material formed during an impact event
Suevite from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater (type locality)Greenish suevite from an impact structure at Rochechouart, FranceSuevite from an impact crater at Lahojsk, BelarusSuevite from the Manicouagan impact structure, Quebec, CanadaA thick layer of suevite (light gray) over blocks of Bunte Breccia (here mostly made up of reddish clay)Suevite breccia from Sudbury impact event. The largest clast in the lower left center is 9" across.Portal to the town hall's stairway made of suevite in Nördlingen, Germany
Suevite is a rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an impact event. It forms part of a group of rock types and structures that are known as impactites.
Suevite is a rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an...
the eastern edge of the much older, larger Sudbury structure. Cobbles of suevite, crumbly impact breccia cobbles containing bits of dark glass, are found...
that the Ust-Kara site does not exist as a separate site. Apparently, the suevite outcrops of the Ust-Kara impact structure are only a part of the Kara impact...
observed impact rocks are suevites, found in many of the boreholes drilled around the Chicxulub crater. Most of the suevites were resedimented soon after...
Metamorphic rock - A low grade metamorphic rock formed from shale or silts Suevite – Rock consisting partly of melted material formed during an impact event...
distinguish them from volcanic features. Impactite Meteorite shock stage Suevite A. J. Gratz, A.J., W. J. Nellis, W.J. & Hinsey, N. 1992. Laboratory Simulations...
gabbro, and granophyre.[citation needed] The Whitewater Group consists of a suevite and sedimentary package composed of the Onaping (fallback breccias), Onwatin...
deformation features Shatter cone Shock metamorphism Shocked quartz Stishovite Suevite Tektite Research Ralph Belknap Baldwin Daniel Barringer Barringer Medal...
They followed this discovery with the identification of coesite within suevite at Nördlinger Ries, proving its impact origin. Armed with the knowledge...
natural shock-induced dense polymorph of rutile with α-PbO2 structure in the suevite from the Ries crater in Germany". Earth and Planetary Science Letters....
to the study of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary and the formation of suevite in meteor impacts. She is a senior researcher in the Institute of Geosphere...
deformation features Shatter cone Shock metamorphism Shocked quartz Stishovite Suevite Tektite Research Ralph Belknap Baldwin Daniel Barringer Barringer Medal...
crater (a few hundred kilometers away in Germany) by radiometric dating of Suevite (an impact breccia found at the crater). Similar agreements exist between...
river's course is Chengde. Geological evidence such as the presence of suevite suggests there is an impact crater in the area. It is estimated to be between...
They followed this discovery with the identification of coesite within suevite at Nördlinger Ries, proving its impact origin.: 69, 74–75, 78–79, 81–85...
Planets, v. 70, pp. 21–45. 1995 Reimold, W. U., Koeberl, C. and Brandt, D., "Suevite at the Roter Kamm impact crater, Namibia". Meteoritics & Planetary Science...
created rarely. Impactite includes shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts (suevites) and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant...
years ago. Geological evidence of an impact event was the presence of suevite and impact breccias. Dating of the event suggest it occurred 1.34–1.84...
deformation features Shatter cone Shock metamorphism Shocked quartz Stishovite Suevite Tektite Research Ralph Belknap Baldwin Daniel Barringer Barringer Medal...
region of the Nastapoka arc and found a complete lack of shatter cones, suevite-type or other unusual melt rocks, pseudotachylite or mylonite, radial faults...
that the Ust-Kara site does not exist as a separate site. Apparently, the suevite outcrops of the Ust-Kara impact structure are only a part of the Kara impact...
north. The Stac Fada Member is an impactite consisting of a mixture of suevite and clast poor impact melt rocks. At the Stoer peninsula, the basal part...
forming a very fine layered horizontal deposits on top of the melt rich suevite (breccia with a debris matrix and both rock debris and melt fragments as...
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