Unmelted meteoritic debris in the Late Pliocene iridium anomaly - Evidence for the ocean impact of a nonchondritic asteroid

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May 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985gecoa..49.1095k&link_type=abstract

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (ISSN 0016-7037), vol. 49, May 1985, p. 1095-1108.

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Asteroids, Extraterrestrial Matter, Iridium, Marine Environments, Micrometeoroids, Abundance, Basalt, Chemical Composition, Iron Meteorites, Ocean Bottom, Pacific Ocean, Recrystallization, Sediments, Meteorites, Debris, Iridium, Anomalies, Impacts, Earth, Asteroids, Samples, Terrestrial, Particles, Metal, Basalt, Vesicules, Melting, Shock Effects, Recrystallization, Composition, Radiogenic Elements, Clasts, Fragments, Size, Diameter, Samples, Extraterrestrial

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Ir-bearing particles have been recovered from two piston cores in the Antarctic Basin in the southeastern Pacific. In core E13-3, the particles closely correspond to the Late Pliocene Ir anomaly and have a fluence of about 100 mg/cm sq. In core E13-4, 120 km to the southwest, the particle fluence is about 4 mg/cm sq. Particles with diameters from 0.5 to 4 mm contain at least 35 percent of the Ir in this horizon. Three types of particles have been identified: (1) vesicular, (2) basaltic, and (3) metal. The vesicular particles appear to be shock-melted debris derived from the oceanic impact of a howarditic asteroid containing a minor metal component. These particles have recrystallized from a melt and impact into the ocean has resulted in the incorporation of Na, K, Cl, and radiogenic Sr from the ocean water target. The basaltic clasts appear to be unmelted fragments of the original asteroid which may have separated from the main body prior to impact. Combined vesicular and basaltic particles are believed to have formed by collisions in the debris cloud. Estimates of the diameter of the projectile range from 100 to 500 m. By many orders of magnitude, this is the most massive achondrite sampled by a single meteorite fall.

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