When a cosmic impact strikes the sea bed

Geological Magazine

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-80

  Ormö, Jens ^a   Lindström, Maurits ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS;

CRATER DIAMETER; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; MELT SHEET; MOST LIKELY; SEA BED; TARGET IMPACT; WATER DEPTH;

COSMOLOGY;

BOLIDE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 0034023667     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800003538     Document Type: Article

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