Shock fabrics in fine-grained micrometeorites
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Author(s)
Suttle, MD
Genge, MJ
Russell, SS
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The orientations of dehydration cracks and fracture networks in fine-grained, unmelted micrometeorites were analyzed using rose diagrams and entropy calculations. As cracks exploit pre-existing anisotropies, analysis of their orientation provides a mechanism with which to study the subtle petrofabrics preserved within fine-grained and amorphous materials. Both uniaxial and biaxial fabrics are discovered, often with a relatively wide spread in orientations (40°–60°). Brittle deformation cataclasis and rotated olivine grains are reported from a single micrometeorite. This paper provides the first evidence for impact-induced shock deformation in fine-grained micrometeorites. The presence of pervasive, low-grade shock features in CM chondrites and CM-like dust, anomalously low-density measurements for C-type asteroids, and impact experiments which suggest CM chondrites are highly prone to disruption all imply that CM parent bodies are unlikely to have remained intact and instead exist as a collection of loosely aggregated rubble-pile asteroids, composed of primitive shocked clasts.
Date Issued
2017-07-24
Date Acceptance
2017-06-11
Citation
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2017, 52 (10), pp.2258-2274
ISSN
1086-9379
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
2258
End Page
2274
Journal / Book Title
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Volume
52
Issue
10
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Meteoritics & Planetary Science published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Meteoritical Society.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sponsor
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Grant Number
ST/J001260/1
ST/N000803/1
Subjects
0201 Astronomical And Space Sciences
0402 Geochemistry
0403 Geology
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Publication Status
Published