Transient atmosphere generated by large meteoroid impacts onto an atmosphereless cosmic body: Gasdynamic and physical processes

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-534

  Nemtchinov, I V ^a   Shuvalov, V V ^a   Artemieva, N A ^a   Kosarev, I B ^a   Popel, S I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Impact; Meteoroid; Shock wave; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRONS; HEATING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROJECTILES; SHOCK WAVES; TURBULENCE; X RAY PRODUCTION;

SOLAR WINDS; TRANSIENT ATMOSPHERES;

METEOR IMPACTS;

EID: 0036566107     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(01)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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