Impactite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Impactite is a noun meaning Any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.
Meaning
Any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.
Example Sentences
Impactite is the term used for all rocks produced or affected by a hypervelocity impact event.
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.
Word Forms
- impactites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meteorite, tektite, ignimbrite, meteorolite, tectite, iron.
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