Breccia dikes from the Beaverhead Impact structure, southwest Montana

Details Breccia dikes from the Beaverhead Impact structure, southwest Montana Breccia dikes from the Beaverhead Impact structure, southwest Montana

Sep 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lmip.conf...26f&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution p 26 (SEE N93-10112 01

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Breccia, Ejecta, Metamorphism (Geology), Meteorite Collisions, Meteoritic Damage, Rock Intrusions, Shatter Cones, Hypervelocity Impact, Montana, Quartz, Tectonics

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While shatter cones are generally accepted as indicators of meteorite impact, older petrologic features are not widely recognized in the geologic community. Breccia dikes are one such feature. They are found in many large impact structures occurring over an area at least as extensively as shatter cones. Breccia dikes will survive moderate degrees of metamorphism and tectonism, unlike many other microscopic features (shocked quartz grains, high-pressure polymorphs, etc.) and even large-scale features such as annular or bowl-shaped topographic features. Thus, they are important diagnostic criteria, especially for large, poorly preserved impact structures. The Beaverhead Impact structure is a recently discovered, deeply eroded impact structure in southwestern Montana. The remains of the structure are delineated by the occurrence of shatter cones, found in an area greater than 200 sq km, occurring within the Cabin thrust plate, part of the Cretaceous Sevier fold and thrust system. The distribution of shatter cones is further truncated by Tertiary normal faults. The present remains represent an allochthonous fragment of a larger structure.

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