The Gardnos impact structure, Norway: Petrology and geochemistry of target rocks and impactites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 873-904

  French, Bevan M ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b   Gilmour, Iain ^c   Shirey, Steven B ^d   Dons, Johannes A ^e   Naterstad, Johan ^e  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; PETROLOGY; TARGET ROCK;

NORWAY, HALLINGDAL, GARDNOS STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030810821     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00382-1     Document Type: Article

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