The circular structure of Gweni-Fada, Ennedi: A new meteorite impact crater in northern Chad;Découverte d'un nouveau cratère d'impact météoritique en Afrique: Fastroblème de Gweni-Fada (Ennedi, Sahara du Tchad)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 323, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 987-997

  Vincent, Pierre M ^a   Beauvilain, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Astrobleme; Chad; Devonian; Impact crater; Shock metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ASTROBLEME; DEVONIAN; IMPACT CRATER; METEORITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

CHAD, ENNEDI, GWENI-FADA;

EID: 0030432848     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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