Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Gypsumville 4 km meteor effects

SURFACE EXPOSURES

Three exposures of fractured limestone just outside crater rim





breccia

boulder of explosive breccia



Photomicrographs 

breccia

meltrock

meltrock

UMBRELLA TEXTURE
Boulders with rounded top



upside down of "umbrella" texture with
white clay in concave cavity

Another boulder with rounded top and concave directly underneath

"Expulsion cavities" in dolomite: probably formed by carbon dioxide
 gas exploding like a missile inside the rock

probable shatter cones in dolomite

Definite shatter cones in dolomite


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