Hydrocode modeling of oblique impacts: The fate of the projectile

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-130

  Pierazzo, E ^a   Melosh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; OBLIQUITY;

EID: 0034102784     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01979.x     Document Type: Article

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