Experimental shock deformation in zircon: a transmission electron microscopic study

被引:143
作者
Leroux, H
Reimold, WU
Koeberl, C
Hornemann, U
Doukhan, JC
机构
[1] Univ Witwatersrand, Econ Geol Res Unit, Dept Geol, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa
[2] Univ Sci & Technol Lille, Lab Struct & Proprietes Etat Solide, F-59655 Villeneuve Dascq, France
[3] Univ Vienna, Inst Geochem, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[4] Fraunhofer Inst Kurzzeitdynam, D-79576 Weil Am Rhein, Germany
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
deformation; zircon; TEM data; experimental studies;
D O I
10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00082-5
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
In recent years, apparently shock-induced and, thus, impact-characteristic microdeformations, in the form of planar microdeformation features and so-called strawberry (granular) texture, have been observed in zircons in rocks from confirmed impact structures and from the K/T boundary. The nature of the planar microdeformations in this mineral is, however, still unknown, and critical information is needed regarding the shock pressure range in which these deformation effects are produced. We experimentally shock deformed two series of thin zircon (ZrSiO4) target plates, cut perpendicular to the c-axis, at shock pressures of 20, 40, and 60 GPa. The recovered samples were characterized by optical and scanning electron microscopy. In addition, one sample series was studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microdeformation effects observed at 20 GPa include pervasive micro-cleavage and dislocation patterns. Plastic deformation is indicated by a high density of straight dislocations in glide configuration. The dominant glide systems are < 100 >{010}. Micro-cleavages, induced by shear stresses during the compression stage, occur mostly in the {100} planes. The large density of dislocations at crack tips shows that plastic deformation was initiated by the micro-cracking processs. At 40 GPa, the sample was partly transformed from the zircon (z) to a scheelite (CaWO4)-type (s) structure. Planar deformation features (PDFs) containing an amorphous phase of zircon composition are present in the not yet transformed zircon relies. The phase with scheelite structure, initiated in the {100} planes of zircon, consists of thin (0.1 to several mu m) bands that crosscut the zircon matrix. The phase transformation is displacive (martensitic) and can be related by {100}(z)//{112}(s) and [001](z)//< 110 >(s). The scheelite structure phase is densely twinned, with twins in the (112) plane. The 60-GPa sample consists completely of the scheelite structure phase. Crosscutting and displacing relationships between twins and PDFs demonstrate that PDFs are formed in the zircon structure, i..e., before the phase transformation to the scheelite structure occurred, most likely at the shock front. Crystallographic orientations of optically visible planar features in zircon, in comparison with orientations of planar defects at the TEM scale, suggest that the optically visible features are more likely planar microfractures than PDFs. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:291 / 301
页数:11
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