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Table 1 Hugoniot data for basalt, gabbro and chondrites

From: Formation, preservation and extinction of high-pressure minerals in meteorites: temperature effects in shock metamorphism and shock classification

 

Kinosaki basalt1

Murchison2 CM2

Bruderheim2 L6

San Macros Gabbro3

ρo, kg/m3

2700

2244

3337

2941

porosity, vol%

4–7%

23%

6–8%

–

KoS, GPa

50

24

32

32

KoS'

4.2

4.9

5.5

4.6

γo

1.39

1

2.00

1.37

q

–

0

–

0.94

Co, km/s

3.5

1.87

3.11

3.3

s

1.3

1.48

1.62

1.41

  1. ρo: initial bulk density, KoS: zero-pressure isentropic bulk modulus, KoS': pressure derivative of the bulk modulus, γo and q: Grüneisen parameter at initial crystal density and the exponent factor, Co and s: bulk sound speed and the dimensionless parameter in the US-uP Hugoniot
  2. 1Sekine et al. (2008); 2Anderson and Ahrens (1998); 3Boslough (1984)
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