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Tektite‐like bodies at Lonar Crater, India? Very unlikely.
Author(s) -
Fudali R. F.,
Fredriksson K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1992.tb01062.x
Subject(s) - impact crater , geology , meteorite , geochemistry , mineralogy , astrobiology , physics
— The “tektite‐like bodies” reported recently from Lonar Crater, India (Murali et al. , 1987) are, in fact, high sodium (up to 22% Na 2 O) artificial glasses and so need not be explained by unrealistic, natural mixing models. These bodies have no bearing on the problem of impactite chemistry or tektite generation.