Impactite

• abstract: Impactite is an informal term describing a rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.Classification and nomenclature of impactites The term encompasses shock-metamorphosed target rocks, melts (suevites)suevite and mixtures of the two, as well as sedimentary rocks with significant impact-derived components (shocked mineral grains, tektites, anomalous geochemical signatures, etc.

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