Shock-induced melting and vaporization of shatter cone surfaces: Evidence from the Sudbury impact structure

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 329-336

  Gibson, Heather M ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHATTER CONE; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031815539     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01637.x     Document Type: Article

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