Asteroid Impact Tsunami: A Probabilistic Hazard Assessment

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-78

  Ward, Steven N ^a   Asphaug, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cratering; Impact processes; Planetary surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001871391     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6336     Document Type: Article

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