New fission-track age determinations on impact glasses

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 234-236

  Bigazzi, Giulio ^a   De Michele, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Ist Geocronologia Geochimica I   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; GLASS; IMPACT EVENT; MOLDAVITE; TEKTITE;

EID: 0029756270     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02017.x     Document Type: Article

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