Layered tektites - A multiple impact origin for the Australasian tektites

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Meteoritic Composition, Neutron Activation Analysis, Petrology, Tektites, Asia, Australia, Melts (Crystal Growth), Meteorite Craters, Rare Earth Elements, Sedimentary Rocks, Tektites, Origin, Impacts, Australasians, Laboratory Studies, Data, Samples, Terrestrial, Neutron Activation Analysis, Composition, Metal, Concentration, Uranium, Volatiles, Sediments, Formation, Melts, Transport, Hypotheses, Parent Material, Craters, Source, Experiments, Models, Ejecta, Procedure, Catalog, Rare Earth Elements, Elements

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The mechanisms proposed for the origin of tektites from the Australasian field are examined using neutron activation data for twenty layered tektites and six splash tektites of known and widely separated sites of a field greater than 1140 km in length. Evidence is presented indicating that the layered tektites formed as sheets or pools of melt. It is argued that their distribution across a field greater than 1140 km in length is inconsistent with their formation in a single crater, and that many impact craters are required to account for their distribution across such a large field.

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