Melt Production in Oblique Impacts

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 252-261

  Pierazzo, E ^a   Melosh, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes; Planets; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345856717     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6332     Document Type: Article

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