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Koeberl, Christian, Glass, Billy P., Schulz, Toni, Wegner, Wencke, Giuli, Gabriele, Cicconi, Maria Rita ORCID: 0000-0002-4106-4057, Trapananti, Angela, Stabile, Paola, Cestelli-Guidi, Mariangela, Park, Jisun, Herzog, Gregory F. and Caffee, Marc W. (2022). Tektite glasses from Belize, Central America: Petrography, geochemistry, and search for a possible meteoritic component. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 325. S. 232 - 258. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1872-9533

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Abstract

The presence of tektite-like glasses from a geographically restricted area in Belize (Central America) has been known for several decades. We comprehensively studied 18 such Belize glasses by a variety of petrographic and geochemical methods, including major and trace element analysis, radiogenic isotopic composition (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Re-Os), water content, oxidation state, and cosmogenic radionuclides. The aims were to determine their compositional variation, their mode of formation and possible source rocks, and their relation to known tektites, and to search for evidence of an extraterrestrial component. In terms of petrography, the samples are similar to tektites from the four classical strewn fields, with the presence of lechatelierites, schlieren, and vesicles; these are also widely accepted indicators of an impact origin. No close similarities to volcanic glasses are evident. Water contents are very low, and iron oxidation states are mostly reduced, in both cases similar to observations for other tektites. The geochemical and isotopic data presented, such as Cr, Co and Ni elemental abundances and interelement ratios, as well as trace element patterns are typical for local and regional volcanics from the active Central American Arc. Particular similarities to material comparable to volcanic rocks from Honduras or Guatemala are noted. This is confirmed by Sr-Nd isotope signatures of the Belize glasses, showing close similarities to Central American volcanics in general, and Honduran and Guatemalan volcanic, in particular. Osmium concentrations and Os-187/Os-188 ratios are comparable to arc volcanics from world-wide locations, but - in a few of the samples - elevated Ir concentrations, near-chondritic Pt/Ir and Os-187/Os-188 ratios can also be interpreted with the admixture of a minor meteoritic component to some of the Belize samples. Be-10 concentrations are consistent with values typical of both, young or deeply buried soils and with values for Central American volcanics, which carry subducted Be-10. Geochemical data clearly indicate a source different from that of the Australasian tektites. Both isotope data sets for the Belize glasses indicate a close relationship to local arc lavas, especially those from Guatemala and Honduras, suggesting that the glasses were not deposited very far from their source. The main evidence that the Belize glasses are of impact origin are their petrographic characteristics and low water content. The evidence from Be-10 is consistent with, but does not require, a model of formation for the Belize glasses by an impact on loosely consolidated surface sediments exposed to rain. A probable meteoritic component is low and heterogeneously distributed. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Koeberl, Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Glass, Billy P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schulz, Toni UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wegner, Wencke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Giuli, Gabriele UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cicconi, Maria Rita UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-4057 UNSPECIFIED Trapananti, Angela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Stabile, Paola UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cestelli-Guidi, Mariangela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Park, Jisun UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Herzog, Gregory F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Caffee, Marc W. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-692701
DOI:	10.1016/j.gca.2022.02.021
Journal or Publication Title:	Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta
Volume:	325
Page Range:	S. 232 - 258
Date:	2022
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1872-9533
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ZHAMANSHIN IMPACT STRUCTURE; ABSORPTION FINE-STRUCTURE; IVORY-COAST TEKTITES; OXIDATION-STATE; AUSTRALASIAN TEKTITES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; LOCAL-STRUCTURE; TARGET ROCKS; IRON Multiple languages Geochemistry & Geophysics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69270