Origin of a late Eocene to pre-Miocene buried crater and breccia lens at Fohn-1, North Bonaparte basin, Timor Sea: A probable extraterrestrial connection

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 381-392

  Gorter, John D ^a   Glikson, Andrew Y ^b  

^a British Borneo Australia Limited   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; TERTIARY;

INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH BONAPARTE BASIN; TIMOR SEA;

EID: 0034162989     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01784.x     Document Type: Article

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