Microstructural Characteristics of Shocked Quartz from Ejecta of the Submarine Mjolnir Impact Structure, Barents Sea

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Craters: Impact, Metamorphism: Shock, Microscopy: Transmission Electron

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In this study, shocked quartz from a coarse-grained bed of a continuous corehole in the Barents Sea has been investigated with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in order to verify the impact origin. The coarse-grained bed is interpreted as ejecta layer of the nearby Mjolnir impact structure. The TEM investigations reveal the presence of fresh and altered PDFs, mechanical Brazil twins, and numerous dislocations. These observations do not only confirm the impact origin but also indicate additional deformation of shocked quartz by a tectonic event.

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