Experimental shock metamorphism of the L4 ordinary chondrite Saratov induced by spherical shock waves up to 400GPa

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Jun 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010m%26ps...45.1007b&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Volume 45, Issue 6, pp. 1007-1020.

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We carried out shock experiments on macroscopic spherical samples of the L4 ordinary chondrite Saratov (natural shock stages S2-S3), using explosively generated spherical shock waves with maximum peak pressures of 400GPa and shock-induced temperatures >800°C (up to several thousands °C). The evolution of shock metamorphism within a radius of the spherical samples was investigated using optical and scanning electron microscopy, microprobe and magnetic analyses as well as Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques. Petrographic analyses revealed a shock-induced formation of three different concentric petrographic zones within the shocked samples: zone of total melting (I), zone of partial melting (II), and zone of solid-state shock features (III). We found a progressive pressure-induced oxidation of Fe-Ni metal, whose degree increased with increasing shock peak pressure. The amount of FeO within zone I increased the factor of 1.4 with respect to its amount in the unshocked Saratov sample. This suggests that within zone I about 70wt% of the initial metallic iron was oxidized, whereas magnetic analyses showed that about 10wt% of it remained intact. This strongly supports the hypothesis that, in addition to oxidation, a migration of metallic iron from the central heavily shocked zone I toward less shocked peripheral zone took place as well (likely through shock veins where metallic droplets were observed). Magnetic analyses also showed a shock-induced transformation of tetrataenite to taenite within all shocked subsamples, resulting in magnetic softening of these subsamples (decrease in remanent coercivity). These results have important implications for extraterrestrial paleomagnetism suggesting that due to natural impact processes, the buried crustal rocks of heavily cratered solid solar system bodies can have stronger remanent magnetism than the corresponding surface rocks.

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