Hypervelocity impact craters in ammonia rich ice

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 467-474

  Grey, I D S ^a   Burchell, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia ice; Cratering; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842865628     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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