Late Eocene microkrystites and microtektites at Maud Rise (Ocean Drilling Project Hole 689B; Southern Ocean) suggest a global extension of the approximately 35.5 Ma Pacific impact ejecta strewn field

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 747-755

  Vonhof, H B ^a   Smit, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EJECTA; EOCENE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SPHERULE; TEKTITE;

MAUD RISE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0033401304     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01387.x     Document Type: Article

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