Table 1 Sites in Indochina where Australasian tektites were reported in strata

Phang Daeng^a

Thailand

N 16° 48′

E 104° 24′

MN

At least 10 kg of MN tektite fragments were found in the “laterite” layer, ~ 0.3 m below the ground surface. Tektite fragments were concentrated in a small area

Barnes and Pitakpaivan 1962

Nong Sapong^a

Thailand

N 17° 12′

E 104° 42′

MN

MN tektite fragments were found in the “laterite” layer, ~ 0.7 m below the ground surface. Tektite fragments were concentrated in a small area

Barnes and Pitakpaivan 1962

81 km west of Nakhon Sakhon^a

Thailand

N 17° 30′

E 103° 30′

MN

MN tektite fragments were found in the “laterite” layer, ~ 0.7 m below the ground surface

Barnes and Pitakpaivan 1962

Huai Sai

Thailand

N 14° 53′

E 105° 25′

MN

A cluster of 1139 MN tektite fragments with a total mass of 6 kg was partly exposed at the surface. The largest piece weighed 701.7 g. The fragments were concentrated in 2 × 3 m area and 30 cm in depth. These fragments were in the uppermost light gray sandy soil layer and in the upper 10 cm of the quartz pebble-bearing “laterite” layer. Most of the fragments were found at the boundary of these two layers

Fiske et al. 1996

Huai Om

Thailand

N 14° 35′

E 105° 17′

MN

Two MN tektite fragments with a total weight of 2 g were found from the top of the “laterite” layer. 14 MN tektite fragments with a total weight of 43.5 g were in float but clearly derived from the immediate strata above

Fiske et al. 1996

1 km WNW of Ban E Sae

Thailand

N 15° 07.0′

E 104° 07.0′

Sp

Two splash-form tektites were from the very top of the “laterite” layer

Wasson et al. 1995

400 m NNW of Ban Ta Ko

Laos

N 16° 22.336′

E106°27.595′

MN

MN tektite fragments were found in the upper 20 cm of the pebbly “laterite” layer, ~ 1 m below the surface. 450 g of tektite fragments was found in total from a 12 m² area

Fiske et al. 1999

500 m N of the entrance of Muong Nong

Laos

N 16° 22.800′

E 106° 30.00′

MN

Two small MN tektite fragments were found at the top of the pebbly “laterite” layer. Ten fragments of MN tektite with a total mass of 250 g were found on the surface of a quarry

Fiske et al. 1999

7 km N of Khe Sahn

Vietnam

N 16° 40.71′

E 106° 42.33′

MN

86 MN tektite fragments with a total mass of 500 g were concentrated in the upper 10 cm of the pebbly quartzite clast layer

Fiske et al. 1999

~ 1 km S of Xeno

Laos

N 16° 39.6′

E 105° 00.5′

MN

Two MN tektite fragments with a total weight of 3.9 g were found from a reddish “laterite” layer containing scattered quartz pebbles

Schnetzler and McHone 1996

~ 9 km S of Xeno

Laos

N 16° 35.2′

E 105° 02.3′

MN

Four MN tektite fragments with a total weight of 4.8 g were found from a reddish “laterite” layer containing scattered quartz pebbles

Schnetzler and McHone 1996

~ 11 km of Xeno

Laos

N 16° 34.2′

E 105° 01.9′

MN

A MN tektite fragment with weight of 3.0 g was found from a reddish “laterite” layer containing scattered quartz pebbles

Schnetzler and McHone 1996

Ban Fang

Thailand

N 16° 27.83′

E 102° 37.83′

Not described

One tektite is from the upper part of the “laterite” layer, ~ 1.2 m below the ground surface

Tamura 1992

Khon Kaen University

Thailand

N 16° 28.83′

E 102° 49.91′

Not described

One tektite is from the upper part of the “laterite” layer, ~ 1.2 m below the ground surface

Tamura 1992

Ban Non Chai

Thailand

N 16° 22.83′

E 102° 51.45′

Not described

One tektite is from the “laterite” layer, partly exposed in the ground surface

Tamura 1992

Ban Samran

Thailand

N 16° 32.73′

E 102° 49.85′

Not described

One tektite is from the “laterite” layer, partly exposed in the ground surface

Tamura 1992

Ban Khan Kaem Khun

Thailand

N 16° 40.50′

E 102° 48.33′

Not described

One tektite is from the “laterite” layer, partly exposed in the ground surface

Tamura 1992

Noen Sa-nga

Thailand

N 15° 36.50′

E 101° 58.00′

Irregular shape

A small piece of an irregular-shaped tektite with a weight of 8.75 g is found at the top of the “laterite” layer

Songtham et al. 2011, 2012