Impact microcrater morphology on Australasian microtektites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1351-1371

  Prasad, M Shyam ^a   Khedekar, V D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; TEKTITE;

EID: 0942280493     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00319.x     Document Type: Article

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