Structural outer rim of Chesapeake Bay impact crater: Seismic and bore hole evidence

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 218-226

  Poag, C Wylie ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; EJECTA BLANKET; IMPACT CRATER; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SLUMPING;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0029730156     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02015.x     Document Type: Article

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