Complex craters: Relationship of stratigraphy and rings to impact conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E11, 1999, Pages 27091-27104

  O'Keefe, John D ^a   Ahrens, Thomas J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033499759     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE000596     Document Type: Article

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