Cuban tektite revisited

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Meteoritics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1988.tb00911.x· OSTI ID:6591336

Koeberl, C

Major-element and trace-element analyses were performed on the Cuban tectite, found about 20 years ago at Columbia University and classified by Garlick et al. (1971) as belonging to the North American tectite strewn field. The results indicate that the Cuban tektite is a North American tektite, but different from both bediasites and Georgia tektites, although with some similarities to bediasites. This tektite also has some similarities to the Barbados tektites, and, thus, may comprise its own distinct subgroup, probably related to the Barbados occurrence and belonging to a Caribbean substrewn field. It is concluded that the Cuban tektite really originated from Cuba. 32 references.

• Research Organization: Wien Universitaet, Vienna (Austria)
• OSTI ID: 6591336
• Journal Information: Meteoritics; (United States), Vol. 23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
TEKTITES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ABLATION
CUBA
ELEMENTS
PETROGRAPHY
POTASSIUM OXIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
TRACE AMOUNTS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GREATER ANTILLES
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OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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