Bottle-green microtektites from the South Tasman Rise: Deep-sea evidence for an impact event near the Miocene/Pliocene boundary

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1921-1929

  Kelly, D Clay ^a   Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; TEKTITE;

HIATUS;

EID: 14844351617     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00087.x     Document Type: Article

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