Craters on the moon from Galileo to Wegener: A short history of the impact hypothesis, and implications for the study of terrestrial impact craters

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 85-86, Issue , 1999, Pages 209-224

  Koeberl, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

History; Impact craters; Lunar craters; Lunar maps

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT; METEORITE; MOON;

EID: 18544392575     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017020032451     Document Type: Article

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