Excavation and analysis of layered tektites from northeast Thailand: Results of 1994 field expedition

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-41

  Fiske, Peter S ^a   Putthapiban, Prinya ^b   Wasson, John T ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; IMPACT; PALAEO EROSION SURFACE; TEKTITE;

AUSTRALASIA; THAILAND, BAN HUAI SAI;

EID: 0029768440     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02050.x     Document Type: Article

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