Kgagodi Basin: The first impact structure recognized in Botswana

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1765-1779

  Brandt, D ^a   Holmes, H ^b   Reimold, W U ^a   Paya, B K ^a   Koeberl, C ^c   Hancox, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Department of Geological Survey ^*  (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; PETROGRAPHY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

BOTSWANA; KGAGODI;

EID: 0036979175     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01162.x     Document Type: Article

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