Abstract

Recent research on tektites in the Soviet Union has been devoted to studies of viscosities, major and minor element content, and ages by the potassium-argon method. The author reviews this work, and speculates on the probable origin of tektites. Spencer's impactite glass theory is favoured, as explaining the major surface features and composition of tektites.

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