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Suevite

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Synonyms

Mixed breccia; Suevite breccia; Suevitic impact breccia

Definition

Suevite is a term referred to a polimictic breccia made of melt and solid fragments floating in a fine pulverized clastic matrix. The clastic matrix contains lithic and mineral clasts in various stages of shock metamorphism produced during an impact. Initially used for describing impact breccia in the Ries crater, Germany, it is now a generalized term for describing similar brecciated rocks (impactites) found in impact craters.

See also

Breccia

Crater, Impact

Impact Melt Rock

Impactite

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  1. Centre GEOTOP, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Prof. Daniele Pinti

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  1. Astrophysicist, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, BP 89, 33270, Floirac, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  2. Departamento de Planetología y Habitabilidad Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Campus Cantoblanco, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  3. Department of Astrophysics, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC) Ctra de Ajalvir km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC, 20015, USA

    Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II

  5. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts Lederle Graduate Research, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01003-9305, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. GEOTOP & Départment des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888, succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada

    Daniele L. Pinti

  7. Astrobiology, CNES/DSP/EU, 2 place Maurice-Quentin, 75039, Paris, France

    Michel Viso

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Pinti, D. (2011). Suevite. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4_1859

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