Were Carbonate Impact Melts Produced from the Carbonate-rich Target Lithologies at Meteor Crater, Arizona?
Abstract
During the Meteor Crater impact event mafic silicate melts intensively degassed of CO2 were produced. Recently, existence of carbonate melt has been reported. To test this concept, we analyzed interior fall-back breccia and ejected melt particles.
- Publication:
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40th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009LPI....40.1825C