The Toms Canyon structure, New Jersey outer continental shelf: A possible late Eocene impact crater

Marine Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 23-60

  Poag, C Wylie ^a   Poppe, Lawrence J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater; Impact; Seismic reflection; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EOCENE; IMPACT CRATER;

ATLANTIC, TOMS CANYON STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032006472     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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