Image: Shock metamorphism at Bloody Creek crater
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Description: A photomicrograph of the granitic rock near the Bloody Creek crater. The parallel lines throughout the thin section indicate that shock metamorphism has taken place. These features are only found in rocks deformed by impact events.
Title: Shock metamorphism at Bloody Creek crater
Credit: "The Bloody Creek structure, a impact crater located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada", press release, ca. 2009
Author: Prof Ian Spooner et al., Acadia University
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