| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 232-257 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| Volume | 325 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 May 2022 |
Funding
This paper is dedicated to the memory of S. Ross Taylor (1925-2021) ; even though he is best known for his lunar research, he was probably the first, over 60 years ago, to use detailed geochemical analyses to provide evidence for a terrestrial impact origin of tektites when most researchers (in absence of actual analyses of lunar rocks) still believed that they were lunar volcanic glasses. We are grateful to J. Cornec (Denver, USA) for pro-viding the Belize glass samples (and sample location/geol-ogy information) for this study, to D. Topa (Natural History Museum Vienna) for help with the SEM and microprobe work, and to D. Mader (University of Vienna) for help with the trace element analyses. This is contribution 71 of the DFG-funded ICP-MS facilities at the Steinmann-Institute, University of Bonn. We are grateful to David T. King Jr. and an anonymous reviewer, as well as AE Yuri Amelin, for very helpful reviews and comments.
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105105 Geochemistry
- 105119 Petrography
Keywords
- Impact glass
- Belize Tektites
- ZHAMANSHIN IMPACT STRUCTURE
- ABSORPTION FINE-STRUCTURE
- IVORY-COAST TEKTITES
- OXIDATION-STATE
- AUSTRALASIAN TEKTITES
- ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS
- SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS
- LOCAL-STRUCTURE
- TARGET ROCKS
- IRON
- Belize
- Tektites