METEORITE IMPACTS
Serpent Mound Impact Structure, South-Central, OHIO
I am currently leading a research project funded by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to study the deformation produced during the impact that created the Serpent Mound Impact Structure in south-central, Ohio. In order to learn how the deformation was produced I am running high strain-rate Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar experiments. A shatter cone is shown below.
Shock-induced deformation bands in sandstone are shown below.