- Impactite
Impactite is an informal term describing a rock created or modified by the impact of a
meteorite . [ [http://www.museum.hu-berlin.de/min/forsch/classification.html Classification and nomenclature of impactites] ] The term encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts (suevites) [ [http://www.impact-structures.com/breccia/suevite.htm suevite ] ] and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components (shocked mineral grains,tektites , anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.).ome localities
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Nördlinger Ries crater
*Rochechouart crater
*Wabar impact site
*Darwin Glass from Tasmania
*Alamo bolide impact (Late Devonian) of NevadaReferences
External links
* [http://www.impact-structures.com impact structures.com]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters/glossary.shtml/ Meteorite crater glossary]
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