Zircon-Based Identification of Mafic Impact Melt Bodies at the Center of the Vredefort Dome-Remnants of the Lost Melt Sheet

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.2402

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Analysis has led to identification of mafic impact melts at the
Vredefort impact. Using microstructural analyses of zircon we were able
to distinguish igneous grains for dating and the U-Pb geochronology
support crystallized at the time of impact.

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