摘要
Unusualcarbonaceousmatter,termedherechiemite,composedofmorethan90%CfromtheAlpineForelandatLakeChiemseeinBavaria,southeasternGermanyhasbeeninvestigatedusingopticalandatomicforcemicroscopy,X-rayfluorescencespectroscopy,scanningandtransmissionelectronmicroscopy,high-resolutionRamanspectroscopy,X-raydiffractionanddifferentialthermalanalysis,aswellasbyδ13Cand14Cradiocarbonisotopicdataanalysis.Inthepumice-likefragments,poorlyorderedcarbonmatterco-existswithhigh-orderingmonocrystallineα-carbyne,andcontainssubmicrometer-sizedinclusionsofcomplexcomposition.Diamondandcarbyneaddtothepeculiarmixofmatter.TherequiredveryhightemperaturesandpressuresforcarbyneformationpointtoashockeventprobablyfromtherecentlyproposedHoloceneChiemgaumeteoriteimpact.Thecarbonmaterialissuggestedtohavelargelyformedfromheavilyshockedcoal,vegetationlikewood,andpeatfromtheimpacttargetarea.Thecarbonization/coalificationhighPTprocessmaybeattributedtoastrongshockthatinstantaneouslycausedthecompleteevaporationandlossofvolatilematterandwater,whichneverthelesspreservedtheoriginalcellularstructureseenfossilizedinmanyfragments.Relativelyfreshwoodencapsulatedinthepurportedstronglyshockedmatterpointtoquenchedcarbonmeltcomponentspossiblyimportantforthediscussionofsurvivaloforganicmatterinmeteoriteimpacts,implyinganastrobiologicalrelationship.
出版日期
2018年06月16日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)