Agate as an indicator of impact structures: An example from Sääksjärvi, Finland

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Kinnunen, Kari A ^a   Lindqvist, Kristian ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGATE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; INDICATOR MINERAL;

FINLAND, SAAKSJARVI;

EID: 0031981697     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01603.x     Document Type: Article

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