Ancient and recent collisions revealed by phosphate minerals in the Chelyabinsk meteorite

Craig R. Walton; Oliver Shorttle; Sen Hu; Auriol S. P. Rae; Ji Jianglong; Ana Černok; Helen Williams; Yu Liu; Guoqiang Tang; Qiuli Li; Mahesh Anand

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00373-1

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2022)

Ancient and recent collisions revealed by phosphate minerals in the Chelyabinsk meteorite

Craig R. Walton,
Oliver Shorttle,
Sen Hu,
Auriol S. P. Rae,
Ji Jianglong,
Ana Černok,
Helen Williams,
Yu Liu,
Guoqiang Tang,
Qiuli Li,
Mahesh Anand

Affiliations

Craig R. Walton: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Oliver Shorttle: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Sen Hu: Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Auriol S. P. Rae: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Ji Jianglong: Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ana Černok: School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Walton Hall
Helen Williams: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Yu Liu: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guoqiang Tang: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiuli Li: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mahesh Anand: School of Physical Sciences, Open University, Walton Hall

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00373-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Shocked phosphates can record the collisional history of asteroid parent bodies, according to texture-age relationships from microstructural observations and geochronological measurements of apatite and merrillite grains in the Chelyabinsk meteorite

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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