Impact-related thermal effects on the redox state of Ca-pyroxene

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• 作者：M. C. McCanta and M. D. Dyar
• 刊名：Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：52
• 期：2
• 页码：320-332
• 全文大小：799K
• ISSN：1945-5100

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Oxidation is observed in Ca-pyroxene subjected to a range of shock pressures (21–59 GPa). Changes in the pyroxene redox ratio as measured by the changes in %Fe³⁺ ranged from 2–6 times the starting composition. Mössbauer and reflectance spectroscopy record the changing Fe³⁺ concentration as a preferential oxidation of Fe²⁺ in the M2 crystallographic site. The oxidation is also accompanied by mechanical changes in the pyroxene crystals including fracturing, linear defects, and twinning. As oxygen fugacity is often calculated using mineral redox ratios and thought to represent the prevailing fO₂ during crystallization, it is imperative to recognize that the fO₂ values measured in impact-derived materials may represent that of the impact and not the magma source region.