Characterization and significance of shocked quartz from the Woodleigh impact structure, Western Australia

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1341-1350

  Hough, R M ^a   Lee, M R ^b   Bevan, A W R ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; QUARTZ; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOODLEIGH STRUCTURE;

EID: 0942267419     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00318.x     Document Type: Article

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