A tektite fragment discovered in the Central Indian Basin
IR@NIO: CSIR-National Institute Of Oceanography, Goa
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ShyamPrasad, M.
Mislankar, P.G. Charan, S.N. Prasad, K. |
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2008-02-22T05:31:27Z
2008-02-22T05:31:27Z 1998 |
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Current Science, Vol.74(5); 405-408p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/966 |
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On the basis of various lines of evidence, tektites are now considered as glassy objects generated by meteorite impacts, distributed in four known strewn fields, of which, the Australasian tektite strewn field is the youngest (0.77 Ma) and the largest encompassing 1/10 of the Earth's surface. Tektites of this strewn field exhibit morphological differences in different geographic domains, such as the blocky, layered Muong Nongtype tektites in the Indo-China region in the north, splash form types in the centre and the aerodynamically ablated forms in Australia in the south. Although microtektites, which are microscopic counterparts of tektites (< 1 mm) have been found in over 40 sites in the oceans, its occurrences are known only on land but for rare exceptions. The finding of a tektite of the Central Indian Basin (CIB) are reported here.
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en
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Current Science Association
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Copyright [1998]. It is tried to respect the rights of the copyright holders to the best of the knowledge. If it is brought to our notice by copyright holder that the rights are violated then the item would be withdrawn.
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sediments
tektites entral Indian Basin Indian Ocean microtektites |
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A tektite fragment discovered in the Central Indian Basin
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Journal Article
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