Shocked Quartz Distribution

Authors

Andrew Mason, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2017

Document Type

Poster

Comments

Copyright © 2017 Andrew Mason

Abstract

Shocked quartz is typically used to test if sites experienced a meteorite impact in the past, however, sediment is readily transported by both earthly and extraterrestrial processes that blur the lines of where impact sites are on earth. The specific deformations in the clasts themselves reveal much about their origin and present location.