The formation of peak rings in large impact craters


Por: Morgan, Joanna V., Gulick, Sean P. S., Bralower, Timothy, Chenot, Elise, Christeson, Gail, Claeys, Philippe, Cockell, Charles S., Collins, Gareth S., Coolen, Marco J. L., Ferriere, Ludovic, Gebhardt, Catalina, Goto, Kazuhisa, Jones, Heather, Kring, David A., Le Ber, Erwan, Lofi, Johanna, Long, Xiao, Lowery, Christopher, Mellett, Claire, Ocampo-Torres, Ruben, Osinski, Gordon R., Perez-Cruz, Ligia, Pickersgill, Annemarie, Poelchau, Michael, Rae, Auriol, Rasmussen, Cornelia, Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario, Riller, Ulrich, Sato, Honami, Schmitt, Douglas R., Smit, Jan, Tikoo, Sonia, Tomioka, Naotaka, Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime, Whalen, Michael, Wittmann, Axel, Yamaguchi, Kosei E., Zylberman, William

Publicada: 18 nov 2016
Resumen:
Large impacts provide a mechanism for resurfacing planets through mixing near-surface rocks with deeper material. Central peaks are formed from the dynamic uplift of rocks during crater formation. As crater size increases, central peaks transition to peak rings. Without samples, debate surrounds the mechanics of peak-ring formation and their depth of origin. Chicxulub is the only known impact structure on Earth with an unequivocal peak ring, but it is buried and only accessible through drilling. Expedition 364 sampled the Chicxulub peak ring, which we found was formed from uplifted, fractured, shocked, felsic basement rocks. The peak-ring rocks are cross-cut by dikes and shear zones and have an unusually low density and seismic velocity. Large impacts therefore generate vertical fluxes and increase porosity in planetary crust.

Filiaciones:
Morgan, Joanna V.:
 Imperial Coll London, Dept Earth Sci & Engn, London SW7 2AZ, England

Gulick, Sean P. S.:
 Univ Texas Austin, Inst Geophys, Jackson Sch Geosci, Austin, TX 78758 USA

Bralower, Timothy:
 Penn State Univ, Dept Geosci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

Chenot, Elise:
 Univ Bourgogne Franche Comte, UMR CNRS 6282, Biogeosci Lab, F-21000 Dijon, France

Christeson, Gail:
 Univ Texas Austin, Inst Geophys, Jackson Sch Geosci, Austin, TX 78758 USA

Claeys, Philippe:
 Vrije Univ Brussel, Analyt Environm & Geochem, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Cockell, Charles S.:
 Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, Ctr Astrobiol, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, Midlothian, Scotland

Collins, Gareth S.:
 Imperial Coll London, Dept Earth Sci & Engn, London SW7 2AZ, England

Coolen, Marco J. L.:
 Curtin Univ, WA Organ & Isotope Geochem Ctr WA OIGC, Dept Chem, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia

Ferriere, Ludovic:
 Nat Hist Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Gebhardt, Catalina:
 Alfred Wegener Inst Helmholtz Ctr Polar & Marine, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany

Goto, Kazuhisa:
 Tohoku Univ, Int Res Inst Disaster Sci, Aoba Ku, 468-1 E303, Sendai, Miyagi 9800845, Japan

Jones, Heather:
 Penn State Univ, Dept Geosci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

Kring, David A.:
 Lunar & Planetary Inst, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 USA

Le Ber, Erwan:
 Univ Leicester, Dept Geol, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England

Lofi, Johanna:
 Univ Montpellier, Geosci Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier 05, France

Long, Xiao:
 China Univ Geosci, Sch Earth Sci, Planetary Sci Inst, 388 Lumo Rd, Wuhan, Peoples R China

Lowery, Christopher:
 Univ Texas Austin, Inst Geophys, Jackson Sch Geosci, Austin, TX 78758 USA

Mellett, Claire:
 British Geol Survey, Lyell Ctr, Res Ave South, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, Midlothian, Scotland

Ocampo-Torres, Ruben:
 UMR 7515 Univ Strasbourg CNRS, Grp Phys Chim Atmosphere, Inst Chim & Proc Energie Environm & Sante, 1 Rue Blessig, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

Osinski, Gordon R.:
 Univ Western Ontario, Ctr Planetary Sci & Explorat, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

 Univ Western Ontario, Dept Earth Sci, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

 Univ Western Ontario, Dept Phys & Astron, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

Perez-Cruz, Ligia:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Cd Univ,Coyoacan Ciudad Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Pickersgill, Annemarie:
 Univ Glasgow, Sch Geog & Earth Sci, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland

Poelchau, Michael:
 Univ Freiburg, Geol, Albertstr 23b, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

Rae, Auriol:
 Imperial Coll London, Dept Earth Sci & Engn, London SW7 2AZ, England

Rasmussen, Cornelia:
 Univ Utah, Dept Geol & Geophys, 115 S 1460 E FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario:
 Ctr Invest Cient Yucatan AC, Unidad Ciencias Agua, Cancun 77500, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Riller, Ulrich:
 Univ Hamburg, Inst Geol, Bundesstr 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

Sato, Honami:
 Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol, 2-15 Natsushima Cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2370061, Japan

Schmitt, Douglas R.:
 Univ Alberta, Dept Phys, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1, Canada

Smit, Jan:
 Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Fac Earth & Life Sci FALW, Boelelaan 1085, NL-1018 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tikoo, Sonia:
 Rutgers Univ New Brunswick, Earth & Planetary Sci, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854 USA

Tomioka, Naotaka:
 Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol, Kochi Inst Core Sample Res, 200 Monobe Otsu, Nankoku, Kochi 7838502, Japan

Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Cd Univ,Coyoacan Ciudad Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Whalen, Michael:
 Univ Alaska, Dept Geosci, 900 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA

Wittmann, Axel:
 Arizona State Univ, LeRoy Eyring Ctr Solid State Sci Phys Sci, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA

Yamaguchi, Kosei E.:
 Toho Univ, Dept Chem, Funabashi, Chiba 2748510, Japan

 NASA, Astrobiol Inst, Mountain View, CA USA

Zylberman, William:
 Univ Western Ontario, Ctr Planetary Sci & Explorat, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

 Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Inst Rech & Dev, Coll France, Aix En Provence, France
ISSN: 00368075
Editorial
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 354 Número: 6314
Páginas: 878-882
WOS Id: 000388531900038
ID de PubMed: 27856906