The formation of shatter cones by shock wave interference during impacting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Baratoux, D ^a   Melosh, H J ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact craters; Shatter cones; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SHATTER CONE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 0242582129     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00474-6     Document Type: Article

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