Petrology and geochemistry of target rocks from the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, and comparison with Ivory Coast tektites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2179-2196

  Koeberl, Christian ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^b   Blum, Joel D ^b   Chamberlain, C Page ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; TEKTITE;

GHANA;

EID: 0032100972     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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