Miocene layer - Impact Deposit

Alternate Names N/A
Coordinates 22° 58' 48" N; 154° 1' 12" E
Notes
  1. Nozaki et al., 2019
Country Earth

Related Countries :
  1. Earth
Region Northwest Pacific Ocean
Date Confirmed 2019
Notes
  1. Nozaki et al., 2019
Age (Ma) ~11
Notes :
  1. Nozaki et al., 2019

Method :
  1. Osmium isotope stratigraphy
Impactor Type Unknown

Advanced Data Fields

Notes

Local Language
N/A
Spherules
Yes
Tektites
Unknown
Indivudual Glass Clasts
Unknown
Source Crater
Unknown (Nozaki et al., 2019)
Geology
40 cm thick layer of clay, 350 cm below seafloor.
  1. Nozaki et al., 2019
Other Shock Metamorphism
Unknown
Shatter Cones
No
Planar Fractures
No
Planar Deformation Features
No
Diaplectic Glass
No
Coesite
No
Stisovite
No

References

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T Nozaki, J Ohta, T Noguchi, H Sato, A Ishikawa, Y Takaya, J Kimura, Q Chang, K Shimada, J Ishibashi, K Yasukawa, K Kimoto, K Iijima, Y Kato (2019) A Miocene impact ejecta layer in the Pelagic Pacific Ocean, Scientific Reports 9, p. 1-9, Nature Research, url, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52709-1