tektites in English

noun

1

a small black glassy object, many of which are found over certain areas of the earth's surface, believed to have been formed as molten debris in meteorite impacts and scattered widely through the air.

And downstream of those areas there are tektites being found, but only one or two per county.

Use "tektites" in a sentence

1. Australite tektites are a group of tektites generally believed to be members of the very large Indochina strewnfield

2. Australite s and related forms comprise about 10 percent of the tektites found in Australia

3. Australites are tektites found in Australia.They are mostly dark or black, and have shapes including discs …

4. Cataclysmic event that produced Australite tektites, around 780,000 years ago, has remained mysterious and scientifically contentious

5. ‘This Australite tektite is an example of rare tektites which have flanges around their margins.’ ‘The flanged Australites are the most fascinating of the tektites and their surface features are the best understood.’ ‘The whole tektite subject has been problematic for generations, and the Australites nicely capture and expand this

6. ‘This Australite tektite is an example of rare tektites which have flanges around their margins.’ ‘The flanged Australites are the most fascinating of the tektites and their surface features are the best understood.’ ‘The whole tektite subject has been problematic for generations, and the Australites nicely capture and expand this

7. Australasian; impact; crater; Lao; tektite; The Australasian strewn field, a horizon of glassy clasts (“tektites”) quenched from molten ejecta of a bolide impact about 0.79 Ma (1, 2), extends across about 1/10 of the Earth’s surface ()––from Indochina to East Antarctica and from the Indian to western Pacific Oceans (Fig