Authors: AMBALIKA NIYOGI JAYANTA K PATI SURESH C PATEL DIPAK PANDA SHIV K PATIL
Publish Date: 2012/01/11
Volume: 120, Issue: 6, Pages: 1043-1054
Abstract
This paper provides first report of silicarich anthropogenic spherules of varying colour shape size surface texture and chemical composition found in roaddeposited sediments RDS of Allahabad city Uttar Pradesh India Morphological details and lithophile elemental composition of the silicarich spherules are compared to microtektites and impact spherules from India to demonstrate their striking morphological similarities and chemical variability This study suggests the need to use spherule data carefully while assigning an impact origin to spherulefinds or spherulebearing lithological horizons
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