Re-Os isotope systematics as a diagnostic tool for the study of impact craters and distal ejecta

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 25-46

  Koeberl, Christian ^a   Shirey, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ejecta; Impact craters; Isotope ratios; K T boundary; Re Os

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT; ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS; OSMIUM; RHENIUM;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0030820233     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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