Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufm.p14c..03m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #P14C-03
Physics
[3654] Mineralogy And Petrology / Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphism, [3662] Mineralogy And Petrology / Meteorite Mineralogy And Petrology, [3954] Mineral Physics / X-Ray, Neutron, And Electron Spectroscopy And Diffraction, [6240] Planetary Sciences: Solar System Objects / Meteorites And Tektites
Scientific paper
Shock metamorphism is observed in most meteorites and impact structures [1]. Qualitative petrographic observations underpin a shock classification system [1-3] based on the deformation features in common silicates and on textural relations such as the development of maskelynite from feldspars, mobility of sulphides and metal in veins and local Fe-reduction in silicates. Shock deformation of minerals produces streaks (mosaicity) rather than discrete spots in 2D X-ray diffraction patterns, representing the progressive disruption of the crystal lattice into a mosaic of rotated domains [4,5]. Here we use in situ micro-XRD [5,6] to measure the mosaicity of olivine and pyroxene in ordinary chondrites of increasing shock stages S1 to S5 and then apply the method to achondrites with qualitatively low to high shock. X-ray diffraction data were collected in situ on polished thin sections and slab cut surfaces using a Bruker D8 Discover micro X-ray diffractometer [5], operated using CuKα radiation generated at 40 kV and 40 mA with a beam diameter of 500 μm. Diffracted X-rays were recorded with a 2D detector, giving images with information in both the 2-theta and chi dimensions, in which each lattice plane (hkl) will have a diffraction spot or streak lying along an arc in chi of radius 2-theta (hkl). Individual reflections can be indexed and then integrated as a function of chi angle, allowing examination of the peak shape and quantitative analysis of the mosaic peak FWHM along chi. We find that both forsterite and enstatite exhibit greater mosaicity in chi with increasing shock stage: Forsterite chi ranges from <1° for S1 to >6° for S5. Enstatite chi values from the same meteorites show a more subdued growth of streak length with shock state, from ~1° to ~4°. A slab of the olivine shergottite DaG 476 exhibits forsterite mosaicity of 6.9°+/-1.1°, indicating that it has experienced shock stage S5, with shock pressures 30-45 GPa [1,4], consistent with the 40-45 GPa shock pressure estimated for DaG 476 by plagioclase refractive index [7]. These observations show that shock classification -and potentially shock pressure calibration- can be done using in situ XRD mineral data. [1] Stoffler, D. et al., (1991) GCA 55, 3845-3867. [2] Scott, E.R.D. et al., (1992) GCA 56, 4281-4293. [3] Rubin, A.E. et al., (1997) GCA 61, 847-858. [4] Horz, F. and Quiade, W.I. (1973) The Moon 6, 45-86. [5] Flemming, R.L. (2007) Can. Jour. Earth Sci. 44, 1333-1346. [6] Izawa, M.R.M. et al., (2009) LPSC XV. [7] Fritz, J. et al., (2005) MAPS 40, 1393-1411.
Flemming Roberta L.
Izawa Matthew R. M.
McCausland Phil JA.
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