Glass, B. P. et al. (2001): Discovery of a naturally-occurring, shock-produced, high-pressure zircon polymorph

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ODP 150
DSDP 95
DSDP 95 612
ODP 150 903
ODP 150 904

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2002-042659

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georefid

Creator: Name:

Glass, B. P.

Affiliation:

University of Delaware, Geology Department, Newark, DE, United States

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author

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Liu, S.

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author

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Leavens, P. B.

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author

Identification: Title:

Discovery of a naturally-occurring, shock-produced, high-pressure zircon polymorph

Year:

2001

Source:

In: Anonymous, Lunar and planetary science, XXXII; Papers presented to the Thirty-second lunar and planetary science conference

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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, United States

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Abstract:

Zircons that were converted to a high-pressure zircon polymorph with a scheelite structure have been discovered in an upper Eocene impact ejecta layer. This is the first time that this high-pressure phase has been found in nature.

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English

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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:

	North:38.5618
West:-72.4902		East: -72.4605
	South:38.4912

Keywords:

Stratigraphy; Atlantic Ocean; Cenozoic; continental slope; cores; crystal structure; data processing; Deep Sea Drilling Project; digitization; DSDP Site 612; ejecta; Eocene; high pressure; IPOD; Leg 150; Leg 95; marine sediments; metamorphism; natural materials; nesosilicates; New Jersey; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; occurrence; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 903; ODP Site 904; orthosilicates; Paleogene; polymorphism; pressure; sample preparation; sediments; shock metamorphism; silicates; Tertiary; transformations; United States; upper Eocene; X-ray diffraction data; zircon; zircon group;

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Glass, B. P. et al. (2001): Discovery of a naturally-occurring, shock-produced, high-pressure zircon polymorph