The limitations of NEO-uniformitarianism

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 72, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 279-292

  Steel, D I ^a,b  

^a ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Cratering rate; Inner solar system environment; Interplanetary dust; Meteoroids

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CATASTROPHISM; COMET; IMPACT; NEAR EARTH OBJECT; UNIFORMITARIANISM;

EID: 0029731240     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00117530     Document Type: Article

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