3D gravity modelling of the Chicxulub impact structure

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 599-609

  Ebbing, Jörg ^a,b   Janle, Peter ^a   Koulouris, Jannis ^a   Milkereit, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0035336914     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00005-8     Document Type: Article

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