"Sudbury breccia" at Whitefish Falls, Ontario: Evidence for an impact origin

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 971-982

  Parmenter, Andrew C ^a   Lee, Christopher B ^a   Coniglio, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; MELTING; ROCKS; STRAIN;

IMPACT EVENT;

GEOLOGY;

BRECCIA; DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PETROGRAPHY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE;

CANADA;

EID: 0035996121     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-006     Document Type: Article

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