The impact origin of Libyan Desert Glass;L'origine des verres du désert libyque: Un impact météoritique

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 322, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 839-845

  Rocchia, Robert ^a   Robin, Eric ^a   Fröhlich, François ^a   Méon, Henriette ^a   Froget, Laurence ^a   Diemer, Edmond ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Impact glass; IR spectrometry; Iridium; Lybian desert; Meteorites; Natural glass

Indexed keywords

GLASS; IMPACT; METEORITE; SILICA;

LIBYA;

EID: 0029730455     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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