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

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• 作者：&Scaron ; á ; rka Joná ; &scaron ; ová ; ^a ; ^b ; ^{jonasova@gli.cas.cz" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Luká ; &scaron ; Ackerman^a ; ^c ; Karel Žá ; k^a ; Roman Ská ; la^a ; ^b ; Jana Ďuri&scaron ; ová ; ^a ; Alexander Deutsch^d ; ^e ; Tomá ; &scaron ; Magna^c
• 关键词：Impact glass ; Irghizites ; Geochemistry ; Meteoritic component ; Siderophile elements ; Osmium isotopes ; Zhamanshin
• 刊名：Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：190
• 期：Complete
• 页码：239-264
• 全文大小：4285 K

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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 glasses of the Zhamanshin impact structure, Kazakhstan. These include larger irregularly-shaped fragments and blocks of impact glass (zhamanshinites), and three types of tektite-like splash-form glasses, part of fallback ejecta. These glassy objects typically are up to 30 mm large and are shaped as teardrops, irregularly bent and curved glass rods and fibers. They can be subdivided into acidic types (irghizites; typically 69–76 wt.% SiO₂), basic splash-forms (typically 53–56 wt.% SiO₂), and rarely occurring highly inhomogeneous composites with abundant mineral inclusions. A comparison with the target rocks shows that zhamanshinites and basic splash-forms usually have no detectable admixture of the projectile matter, indicated by major and trace elements as well as highly siderophile element contents, with the exception of one sample containing Fe-, Cr-, Ni- and Ti-enriched particles and elevated HSE contents. In contrast, irghizites exhibit clear admixture of the projectile matter, which was incorporated by complex processes accompanied by strong element fractionations. Microscopic investigations confirm that irghizites were formed mainly by coalescence of smaller molten glass droplets sized typically below 1 mm. Irghizites exhibit significant enrichments in Ni, Co and Cr, whose concentrations are locally elevated in the rims of the original small droplets. A portion of these elements and also part of Fe and Mn and other elements were derived from the impactor, most likely a Ni-rich carbonaceous chondrite. The contents of HSE are low and strongly fractionated, with moderate depletions of Pt and Pd and strong depletions of other HSE with respect to chondritic element ratios. Osmium shows the strongest depletion, likely related to the presence of oxygen in the post-impact atmosphere causing strong Os loss through volatilization. One composite splash-form contains Fe–Ni–S inclusions and exhibits a less fractionated HSE pattern suggesting the lowest degree of melting, volatilization and condensation. The observed structural and microchemical features of irghizites are interpreted to reflect variable proportions of the uppermost target sediments and the projectile matter, with HSE element ratios influenced by evaporation and condensation processes, and differences in volatility of individual HSE elements and/or their compounds. Two possible pathways of incorporation of the projectile matter into the irghizites include either re-condensation of evaporated projectile matter on the surface of glass droplets, or incorporation of less chemically fractionated microparticles dispersed by the explosion.