Abstract
Comparisons with artificially shocked standards show that many iron meteorites have been shocked at pressures of at least 130 kilobars. These shocks probably originated from preterrestrial collisions, rather than from impact with Earth.
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JAEGER, R., LIPSCHUTZ, M. Pressure History of some Iron Meteorites. Nature 213, 975–977 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213975a0
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