The Quaternary impact record from the Pampas, Argentina

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 221-238

  Schultz, Peter H ^a   Zárate, Marcelo ^b   Hames, Bill ^c   Koeberl, Christian ^d   Bunch, Theodore ^e   Storzer, Dieter ^f   Renne, Paul ^g   Wittke, James ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e Bilby Research Center   (United States)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Escoria; Impact glass; Loess; Pampasites; Tektites

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; METEORITE; QUATERNARY; TEKTITE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542750001     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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