Constraints on the formation of layered tektites from the excavation and analysis of layered tektites from northeast Thailand

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-45

  Fiske, Peter S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; LAVA BOMB; LAYERED DEPOSIT; TEKTITE; VESICLE;

THAILAND, HUAI SAI;

EID: 0029749802     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02051.x     Document Type: Article

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