The cratering rate of planet Earth

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Hughes, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VALUES; CRATER DIAMETER; EXTRATERRESTRIAL BODIES; PLANET EARTH; TIME INTERVAL;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 0040852269     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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