Meaning of impactite | Babel Free

Definitions

Any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Furthermore, the probability that the distribution of "lunar impactite" falls over the Earth's surface would exhibit the alinement along 3 great circles, which is characteristic of all known tektite deposits, is vanishingly small.”

“Impactite is the term used for all rocks produced or affected by a hypervelocity impact event.”

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