SUDBURY IMPACT MELT GLASS
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A very nice slice of 'melt glass' from the Sudbury crater. The Sudbury structure is the largest, well-preserved, exposed example of a terrestrial impact crater; it contains world-class Ni-Cu-platinum-group element (PGE) ores associated with the igneous component. A new understanding of the geology and geochemistry of the vitric crater-fill sequence, the Onaping Formation, provides constraints on the evolution of 1.85 Ga igneous rocks in the Sudbury structure. The Onaping Formation has a well-defined mappable stratigraphy composed of three members, seven stratigraphic units, and two types of intraformational dikes that are overprinted by an impact-generated hydrothermal system. [ Click here to read more about the Sudbury Wanapitie impact ].
