Modeling airbursts by comets, asteroids, and nuclear detonations: Shock metamorphism, meltglass, and microspherules
West et al. · 2024
Airbursts and Cratering Impacts
Citation
West et al. (2024). Modeling airbursts by comets, asteroids, and nuclear detonations: Shock metamorphism, meltglass, and microspherules. Airbursts and Cratering Impacts.
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The Comet Research Group have modelled multiple touch-down airburst scenarios and found that fragments of the detonated parent body still strike the ground at supersonic speeds, creating enough pressure to produce shock metamorphic properties in quartz grains.
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