Ejecta entrainment by impact-generated ring vortices: Theory and experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E9, 1996, Pages 21099-21115

  Barnouin Jha, O S ^a   Schultz, P H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EJECTA ENTRAINMENT; IMPACT; RING VORTEX; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

MARS; VENUS;

EID: 15944394823     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE01949     Document Type: Article

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