Orientation of Fractures in the Chicxulub Peak Ring
Abstract
We present measured orientations of fractures in the shocked granite drilled from the Chicxulub peak ring. Our results broadly agree with predictions of principal stress directions through the cratering process from hydrocode modeling.
- Publication:
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Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019LPICo2136.5097M