• Edward Ching-Te Chao (趙景德; November 30, 1919 – February 3, 2008) was one of the founders of the field of impact metamorphism, the study of the effects...
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    Tzu-ch'en Chao (simplified Chinese: 赵紫宸; traditional Chinese: 趙紫宸; pinyin: Zhào Zǐchén; 1888–1979), also known as TC. Chao, was one of the leading Protestant...
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    the mineral in 1961. It was discovered in Meteor Crater in 1962 by Edward C. T. Chao. Unlike other silica polymorphs, the crystal structure of stishovite...
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    The Kaali impacts (c. 1500 BC) during the Nordic Bronze Age may have influenced Estonian and Finnish mythology, the Campo del Cielo (c. 2500 BC) could be...
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    impact event, or artificially, through a nuclear explosion. In 1960, Edward C. T. Chao and Shoemaker identified coesite at Meteor Crater, adding to the growing...
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    that the Ries was of volcanic origin. In 1960 Eugene Shoemaker and Edward C. T. Chao showed that the depression was caused by meteorite impact. The key...
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  • artist Chao Yao-tung (趙耀東; 1916–2008), Taiwanese politician Edward C. T. Chao (趙景德; 1919–2008), Chinese-born American geologist Ting Tsung Chao (趙廷箴; 1921–2008)...
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    doi:10.1002/jqs.2571. ISSN 0267-8179. S2CID 131415717. Gersonde, R.; F. T. Kyte; T. Frederichs; U. Bleil; H. W. Schenke; G. Kuhn (2005). "The late Pliocene...
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    in 1953. In 1960, a natural occurrence of coesite was reported by Edward C. T. Chao, in collaboration with Eugene Shoemaker, from Barringer Crater, in...
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  • approved by the IMA in 1969. The mineral was named for USGS petrologist Edward C. T. Chao (1919-2008). At the type locality in Bavaria chaoite occurs in graphite...
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