Breccia formation at a complex impact crater: Slate Islands, Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-311

  Dressler, B O ^a   Sharpton, V L ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breccia; Impact crater; Pseudotachylite; Slate Islands

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA FORMATION; IMPACT CRATER;

CANADA;

EID: 0031399426     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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