Asymmetry of the Manson impact structure: Evidence for impact angle and direction

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 302, Issue , 1996, Pages 397-417

  Schultz, Peter H ^a   Anderson, Raymond R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Geological Survey Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PEAKS; GEOMETRIC CENTER; HIGH SPEED; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OBLIQUE IMPACT; PLANETARY SURFACES;

TRAJECTORIES;

ASYMMETRY; CRATER; CRATERING; DIAMETER; EJECTA; SLOPE ANGLE; TRAJECTORY; UPLIFT;

EID: 19844377060     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2302-7.397     Document Type: Article

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