An investigation by transmission electron microscopy of planar deformation features in naturally shocked quartz

Autor:	Olivier Goltrant, Patrick Cordier, J. C. Doukhan, Vincent Courtillot
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Annealing (metallurgy) Mineralogy Geology Microstructure Molecular physics law.invention Shock metamorphism Optical microscope Transmission electron microscopy law Planar deformation features Shocked quartz Quartz
Zdroj:	Terra Nova. 4:405-412
ISSN:	1365-3121 0954-4879
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-3121.1992.tb00829.x
Popis:	We have investigated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) the planar deformation features(PDF) in quartz from various sites where shock metamorphism has been detected optically: impact sites; the Vredefort complex (South Africa) and the K/T boundary at Raton Basin (Colorado). PDFs are straight narrow bands of glass or microtwins or huge densities of dislocations. Such contrasting microstructures must reflect different shock scenarios. In the Vredefort complex the post-shock thermal history has strongly overprinted the shock-induced defects. In the Raton Basin samples very tiny bubbles have precipitated on the dislocations, strongly suggesting a lengthy annealing at moderate pressure and temperature. This new information should be taken into account in any model of the origin of the K/T transition. In any case, observation of PDFs by optical microscopy alone is not sufficient to unambiguously conclude on their origin.
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