Domenico Troili (1766): "The true cause of the fall of a stone in Albereto is a subterranean explosion that hurled the stone skyward"

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1857-1864

  Marvin, Ursula B ^a   Cosmo, Mario L ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; METEORITE; TROILITE;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; VILLA ALBARETO;

EID: 0036979169     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01169.x     Document Type: Article

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