A compendium of the best-preserved terrestrial hypervelocity impact crater in a basaltic terrain: The Lonar, India

SR Chandran, S James, J Aswathi, D Padmakumar… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
As impact cratering is regarded as the most fundamental process in the modification of
planetary surfaces, it is crucial to investigate and identify terrestrial impact craters with …

Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 y ago

JH Wittke, JC Weaver, TE Bunch, JP Kennett… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Airbursts/impacts by a fragmented comet or asteroid have been proposed at the Younger
Dryas onset (12.80±0.15 ka) based on identification of an assemblage of impact-related …

Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago

TE Bunch, RE Hermes, AMT Moore, DJ Kennett… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - pnas.org
It has been proposed that fragments of an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, deposited silica-
and iron-rich microspherules and other proxies across several continents, and triggered the …

Lonar Impact Crater, India: the Best-Preserved Terrestrial Hypervelocity Impact Crater in a Basaltic Terrain as a Potential Global Geopark

S R. Chandran, S James, J Aswathi, D Padmakumar… - Geoheritage, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Lonar Impact Crater is a simple meteorite impact crater carved out on the~ 65 Ma
old Deccan tholeiitic flood basalts. The crater, though scoured in a basaltic terrain, is still …

40Ar/39Ar age of the Lonar crater and consequence for the geochronology of planetary impacts

F Jourdan, F Moynier, C Koeberl, S Eroglu - Geology, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Asteroid impacts play an important role in the evolution of planetary surfaces. In the inner
solar system, the large majority of impacts occur on bodies (eg, asteroids, the Moon, Mars) …

Microbial electroactive biofilms dominated by Geoalkalibacter spp. from a highly saline–alkaline environment

S Yadav, SA Patil - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding of the extreme microorganisms that possess extracellular electron transfer
(EET) capabilities is pivotal to advance electromicrobiology discipline and to develop niche …

Geochemical and geochronological evidence of meteorite impact excavating the Archean basement at Lonar Crater, Central India

SR Chandran, S James, M Santosh, CX Yang, C Zhang… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
The effect of meteorite impact on basement rocks remains widely debated at Lonar Crater,
Central India. We investigate an impact melt-bearing rock from the ejecta layer of Lonar to …

Geochemistry of impact glasses and target rocks from the Zhamanshin impact structure, Kazakhstan: Implications for mixing of target and impactor matter

Š Jonášová, L Ackerman, K Žák, R Skála… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Internal structure and element chemistry including contents of highly siderophile elements
(HSE) and Os isotope ratios have been studied in target rocks and several groups of impact …

Identification of a meteoritic component using chromium isotopic composition of impact rocks from the Lonar impact structure, India

B Mougel, F Moynier, C Koeberl… - … & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of mass‐independent chromium isotope variability of nucleosynthetic origin in
meteorites and their components provides a means to investigate potential genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic properties and redox state of impact glasses: A review and new case studies from Siberia

P Rochette, NS Bezaeva, A Kosterov, J Gattacceca… - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
High velocity impacts produce melts that solidify as ejected or in-situ glasses. We provide a
review of their peculiar magnetic properties, as well as a new detailed study of four glasses …