Upper Eocene tektite and impact ejecta layer on the continental slope off New Jersey

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-241

  Glass, B P ^a   Koeberl, C ^b   Blum, J D ^c   Mchugh, C M G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT EJECTA; TEKTITE;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031869260     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01628.x     Document Type: Article

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