Meteorite impact craters on Earth: major shock-induced effects in rocks and minerals

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 327, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-86

  Martinez, Isabelle ^a   Agrinier, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; METEORITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

EID: 0032423966     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80036-0     Document Type: Review

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