Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Dec 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991gecoa..55.3845s&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 55, Dec. 1991, p. 3845-3867. Research supported by DFG.
Mathematics
Logic
363
Chondrites, Hypervelocity Impact, Metamorphism (Geology), Petrography, Shock Waves, Breccia, Classifications, Melting, Minerals, Olivine, Photomicrographs
Scientific paper
This study proposes a revised petrographic classification of progressive stages of shock metamorphism of 26 ordinary chondrites. Six stages of shock (S1 to S6) are defined on the basis of shock effects in olivine and plagioclase as recognized by thin section microscopy, and the characteristic shock effects of each shock stage are described. It is concluded that shock effects and the sequence of progressively increasing degrees of shock metamorphosis are very similar in H, L, and LL groups. Differences in the frequency distribution of shock stages are relatively minor. It is suggested that the collisional histories of the H, L, and LL parent bodies were similar. Petrologic type-3 chondrites are deficient in stages S4 and S6 and, with increasing petrologic type, the frequency of stages S4 to S6 increases. It is suggested that the more porous and volatile-rich Type-3 chondrites are subject to melting at a lower shock pressure than the nonporous chondrites of higher petrologic type. Stage S3 is the most abundant in nearly all petrologic types.
Keil Klaus
Scott Edward R. D.
Stoeffler Dieter
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