Morokweng impact structure, Northwest Province, South Africa: Geophysical imaging and shock petrographic studies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 351-364

  Corner, B ^a   Reimold, W U ^b   Brandt, D ^b   Koeberl, C ^c  

^a Corner Geophysics Namibia Pty Ltd ^*  (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deformation; Geophysics; Impact features; Morokweng; Shock metamorphism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, MOROKWENG;

EID: 0030751872     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00210-5     Document Type: Article

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