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Identification of Impact Structures

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Confident criteria have been defined which allow the identification of high-velocity extraterrestrial impacts based structural morphometric parameters by surface mapping and geophysical exploration, microstructural shock metamorphic features corresponding to shock pressures >10 GPa, solid-state melting of target materials, mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic criteria.

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Glikson, A.Y. (2013). Identification of Impact Structures. In: The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6328-9_5

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