Impact microcraters on an Australasian microtektite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-49

  Shyam Prasad, M ^a   Sudhakar, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; MICROCRATER; MICROTEKTITE;

AUSTRALASIA; INDIAN OCEAN, CENTRAL INDIAN BASIN;

EID: 0029770336     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02052.x     Document Type: Article

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