Shock-Lithification of Unconsolidated Rock Materials
- 21 October 1966
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3747), 382-384
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3747.382
Abstract
Loose quartz grains packed around chemical explosives are forced during cratering explosions into compacted, coherent masses resembling sandstone blocks found at certain meteorite craters. Sandstone-like lumps found at the Wabar (Arabia) meteorite craters are similar to these shock-lithified sands. Shock-lithification by impact may be effected on Moon as large meteorites strike surfaces covered with rubble from earlier collisions.Keywords
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