Numerical modeling of tektite origin in oblique impacts: Implication to Ries-Moldavites strewn field

Vestnik Ceskeho Geologickeho Ustavu

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-311

  Artemieva, Natalia ^a   Pierazzo, Elisabetta ^b   Stöffler, Dieter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Germany; Impact crater; Melt; Moldavite; Numerical modeling; Ries Moldavite strewn field; Tektite

Indexed keywords

IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOLDAVITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEKTITE;

GERMANY;

EID: 0042816511     PISSN: 12103527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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