T239 Impact Stratigraphy (Posters)
DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PROXIMAL TO DISTAL EJECTA FROM LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO IMPACT, NEVADA
Paper number: T239-7
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Authors
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Charles A. SandbergU.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
Abstract
Ejecta in onshore, intertidal to shallow-subtidal, carbonate-platform settings include these four types and occur mainly within the upper half of the megabreccia lens and throughout the overlying, capping tsunamite beds. In offshore, deep-water settings, the ejecta, which are concentrated in the upper 1-2 m of megabreccia channel deposits, include isolated shocked quartz and lapilli together with deformed quartzite clasts up to 25 cm across. Overall, the heterolithic composition of quartz-grain and lithic ejecta indicates deep impact excavation of multiple sedimentary and metasedimentary target layers. Furthermore, the complex ejecta stratigraphy within the megabreccia and capping units demonstrates extensive hydraulic modification of ballistically transported impact deposits by the subsequent tsunami.