On reported occurrences of shock-deformed clasts in the volcanic ejecta from Toba caldera, Sumatra

Details On reported occurrences of shock-deformed clasts in the volcanic ejecta from Toba caldera, Sumatra On reported occurrences of shock-deformed clasts in the volcanic ejecta from Toba caldera, Sumatra

Nov 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989geo....17.1040s&link_type=abstract

Geology (ISSN 0091-7613), vol. 17, Nov. 1989, p. 1040-1043.

Computer Science

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Calderas, Metamorphism (Geology), Shock Loads, Volcanology, Deformation, Hypervelocity Impact, Indonesia

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Reports of shock-deformed phenocrysts from the Toba ignimbrite deposits, Sumatra, have prompted considerable debate over whether shock-deformation products are clear evidence of a meteorite impact origin for the K/T boundary deposits as well as terresrial 'cryptoexplosion' structures. Evidence presented in favor of volcanically induced shock at Toba includes kinked biotites and rare occurrences of single set of lamellae in quartz grains but rests most heavily upon occurrences of mosaic extinction patterns in plagioclase phenocrysts. The present analysis of several of the same Toba samples reveals that these mosaic patterns ae related to distinct compositional zoning and cannot be attributed to deformation of the crystal lattice that shock would produce. Additionally, in more than 200 quartz grains examined, no occurrences of microdeformation features or mosaic textures similar to those associated with known impact structures and the K/T boundary are detected. It is concluded that evidence of shock deformation in the Toba deposits has not been demonstrated.

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