Microstructural observations of quartz from the basement rocks of the Chicxulub impact structure and shock pressure estimation


Riho Tani1, Naotaka Tomioka2, Masahiro Kayama3, Yu Chang4, Hirotsugu Nishido5, Kaushik Das1, Auriol Rae6, Ludovic Ferrière7, Sean P S Gulick8, Joanna V Morgan6 and IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 scientists, (1)Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, (2)Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, Nankoku, Japan, (3)Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, (4)University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (5)Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan, (6)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (7)Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria, (8)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States