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It forms part of a group of rock types and structures that are known as <a href="/wiki/Impactite" title="Impactite">impactites</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suevite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word "suevite" is derived from "Suevia", <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> name of <a href="/wiki/Swabia" title="Swabia">Swabia</a>. It was suggested by <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Sauer" class="extiw" title="de:Adolf Sauer">Adolf Sauer</a> in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stöffler_2013_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stöffler_2013-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suevite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suevite is thought to form in and around impact craters by the <a href="/wiki/Sintering" title="Sintering">sintering</a> of molten fragments together with unmelted clasts of the country rock. Rocks formed from more completely melted material found in the crater floor are known as <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tagamite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tagamite (page does not exist)">tagamites</a></i>. Suevite is distinct from the <a href="/wiki/Pseudotachylite" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudotachylite">pseudotachylite</a> in an impact structure as the latter is thought to have formed by frictional effects within the crater floor and below the crater during the initial compression phase of the impact and the subsequent formation of the central uplift.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suevite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Occurrence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suevite is one of the diagnostic rock-types for large impact structures. It has been described from many of the larger impact structures identified on earth. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries" title="Nördlinger Ries">Nördlinger Ries</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudbury_Basin" title="Sudbury Basin">Sudbury Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popigai_impact_structure" title="Popigai impact structure">Popigai impact structure</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicxulub_crater" title="Chicxulub crater">Chicxulub crater</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_crater" title="Kara crater">Kara crater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardnos_crater" title="Gardnos crater">Gardnos crater</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suevit_Logoisk.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suevite from an impact crater at Lahojsk, Belarus"><img alt="Suevite from an impact crater at Lahojsk, Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Suevit_Logoisk.jpg/129px-Suevit_Logoisk.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Suevit_Logoisk.jpg/194px-Suevit_Logoisk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Suevit_Logoisk.jpg/258px-Suevit_Logoisk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="469" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Suevite from an <a href="/wiki/Logoisk_crater" title="Logoisk crater">impact crater at Lahojsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Greenish suevite from an impact structure at Rochechouart, France"><img alt="Greenish suevite from an impact structure at Rochechouart, France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg/129px-Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg" decoding="async" width="129" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg/193px-Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg/257px-Suevit_Rochechouart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1166" data-file-height="1088" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Greenish suevite from an <a href="/wiki/Rochechouart_impact_structure" title="Rochechouart impact structure">impact structure at Rochechouart</a>, France</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suevite from the Manicouagan impact structure, Quebec, Canada"><img alt="Suevite from the Manicouagan impact structure, Quebec, Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg/180px-Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg/270px-Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg/360px-Suevit_Manicouagan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Suevite from the <a href="/wiki/Manicouagan_impact_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Manicouagan impact structure">Manicouagan impact structure</a>, Quebec, Canada</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A thick layer of suevite (light gray) over blocks of Bunte Breccia (here mostly made up of reddish clay)"><img alt="A thick layer of suevite (light gray) over blocks of Bunte Breccia (here mostly made up of reddish clay)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg/180px-Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg/270px-Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg/360px-Suevite_Aum%C3%BChle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="542" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A thick layer of suevite (light gray) over blocks of Bunte Breccia (here mostly made up of reddish clay)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sudbury_suevite.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suevite breccia from Sudbury impact event. The largest clast in the lower left center is 9" across."><img alt="Suevite breccia from Sudbury impact event. The largest clast in the lower left center is 9" across." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Sudbury_suevite.jpg/180px-Sudbury_suevite.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Sudbury_suevite.jpg/270px-Sudbury_suevite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Sudbury_suevite.jpg/360px-Sudbury_suevite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2605" data-file-height="1618" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Suevite breccia from <a href="/wiki/Sudbury_Basin" title="Sudbury Basin">Sudbury impact event</a>. The largest clast in the lower left center is 9" across.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suevite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meteorite_shock_stage" title="Meteorite shock stage">Meteorite shock stage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_metamorphism" title="Shock metamorphism">Shock metamorphism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suevite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> J. 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title="Blueschist">Blueschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cataclasite" title="Cataclasite">Cataclasite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclogite" title="Eclogite">Eclogite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">Gneiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granulite" title="Granulite">Granulite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenschist" title="Greenschist">Greenschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornfels" title="Hornfels">Hornfels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcflinta" title="Calcflinta">Calcflinta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabirite" title="Itabirite">Itabirite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfieldite" title="Litchfieldite">Litchfieldite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">Marble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migmatite" title="Migmatite">Migmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylonite" title="Mylonite">Mylonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Metapelite">Metapelite</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Kara_crater" title="Kara crater">Kara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakul_(Tajikistan)" title="Karakul (Tajikistan)">Karakul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keurusselk%C3%A4" title="Keurusselkä">Keurusselkä</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Lappaj%C3%A4rvi" title="Lake Lappajärvi">Lappajärvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logancha_crater" title="Logancha crater">Logancha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manicouagan_impact_structure" class="mw-redirect" title="Manicouagan impact structure">Manicouagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manson_impact_structure" title="Manson impact structure">Manson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mistastin_crater" title="Mistastin crater">Mistastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mj%C3%B8lnir_crater" title="Mjølnir crater">Mjølnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagnais_crater" title="Montagnais crater">Montagnais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morokweng_impact_structure" title="Morokweng impact structure">Morokweng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries" title="Nördlinger Ries">Nördlinger Ries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obolon%27_crater" title="Obolon' crater">Obolon'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popigai_impact_structure" title="Popigai impact structure">Popigai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presqu%27%C3%AEle_crater" title="Presqu'île crater">Presqu'île</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puchezh-Katunki_crater" title="Puchezh-Katunki crater">Puchezh-Katunki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochechouart_impact_structure" title="Rochechouart impact structure">Rochechouart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_impact_structure" title="Saint Martin impact structure">Saint Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoemaker_impact_structure" title="Shoemaker impact structure">Shoemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siljan_Ring" title="Siljan Ring">Siljan Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slate_Islands_(Ontario)" title="Slate Islands (Ontario)">Slate Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steen_River_impact_structure" title="Steen River impact structure">Steen 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