Abstract
Three separate samples of the meteorite Bjurbole were artificially shocked at pressures of 70 kb, 200 kb, and 400 kb. Analysis of xenon released in stepwise heating shows that the I‐Xe system of the 400 kb sample is substantially altered by the shock loading and it is no longer possible to infer an age or trapped xenon composition for that sample. The 200 kb and 70 kb samples display isotopic structures progressively less altered demonstrating the gradations in shock disturbance likely to be found in natural systems. Interpretations of the I‐Xe and 40Ar‐39Ar systems for several naturally shocked meteorites are also presented. New data for Arapahoe do not confirm the previously reported age and trapped xenon composition, demonstrating instead that its I‐Xe structure has been strongly disturbed by shock.
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