Stratigraphic relations of australites in the Port Campbell Embayment, Victoria

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-384

  Shoemaker, Eugene M ^a   Uhlherr, H Ralph ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b 26 Orloff Court ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEKTITE;

AUSTRALIA; PORT CAMPBELL; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033134062     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01346.x     Document Type: Article

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