Journal article
Rock fluidization during peak-ring formation of large impact structures
Abstract
Large meteorite impact structures on the terrestrial bodies of the Solar System contain pronounced topographic rings, which emerged from uplifted target (crustal) rocks within minutes of impact. To flow rapidly over large distances, these target rocks must have weakened drastically, but they subsequently regained sufficient strength to build and sustain topographic rings. The mechanisms of rock deformation that accomplish such extreme change in …
Authors
Riller U; Poelchau MH; Rae ASP; Schulte FM; Collins GS; Melosh HJ; Grieve RAF; Morgan JV; Gulick SPS; Lofi J
Journal
Nature, Vol. 562, No. 7728, pp. 511–518
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
October 2018
DOI
10.1038/s41586-018-0607-z
ISSN
0028-0836