Liu, Shaobin et al. (2006): Sr and Nd analyses of upper Eocene spherules and their implications for target rocks

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 113
ODP 115
ODP 177
DSDP 22
DSDP 22 216
ODP 177 1090
ODP 113 689
ODP 115 709
Identifier:
2006-069412
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Creator:
Liu, Shaobin
University of Delaware, Department of Geology, Newark, DE, United States
author

Papanastassiou, D. A.
California Institute of Technology, United States
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Ngo, H. H.
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Glass, B. P.
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Identification:
Sr and Nd analyses of upper Eocene spherules and their implications for target rocks
2006
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Meteoritical Society, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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705-714
Upper Eocene impact ejecta has been discovered all over the world. The number of upper Eocene impact layers and the geographic distribution of each layer, based on major chemical composition and biostratigraphic data, are not agreed upon. We have performed four Sr-Nd isotopic analyses of clinopyroxene-bearing spherules (cpx spherules) and three Sr-Nd analyses of microtektites from five Deep Sea Drilling Project/Ocean Drilling Program (DSDP/ODP) sites in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Our data support the hypothesis that there is only one cpx spherule layer in upper Eocene sediments. We also find that the microtektites associated with the cpx spherule layer in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans are not part of the North American tektite strewn field, but belong to the same event that produced the cpx spherules. The microtektites, together with cpx spherules, are more heterogeneous than microtektites/tektites from other strewn fields. No direct link has been established between the microtektites from this study and possible target rock at the Popigai crater.
English
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Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:1.2744
West:3.0559East: 90.1229
South:-64.3101

Isotope geochemistry; alkaline earth metals; Asia; Atlantic Ocean; Cenozoic; chain silicates; chemical composition; clinopyroxene; Commonwealth of Independent States; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 216; ejecta; energy dispersive X-ray data; Eocene; impacts; Indian Ocean; isotope ratios; isotopes; Leg 113; Leg 115; Leg 177; Leg 22; major elements; mass spectra; metals; microtektites; Nd-144/Nd-143; neodymium; North American tektites; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1090; ODP Site 689; ODP Site 709; Paleogene; Popigay Structure; pyroxene group; rare earths; Russian Federation; silicates; South Atlantic; spectra; spherules; Sr-87/Sr-86; stable isotopes; strewn fields; strontium; target rocks; tektites; Tertiary; upper Eocene;

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