Popigai crater: Origin and distribution of diamond-bearing impactites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-359

  Masaitis, V L ^a  

^a A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; IMPACT CRATER; IMPACTITE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031844038     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01639.x     Document Type: Article

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