Meteor Crater formed by low-velocity impact

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7030, 2005, Pages 157-

  Melosh, H J ^a   Collins, G S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SCIENCES; PROJECTILES; ROCKS; SPEED CONTROL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT; MELTED ROCKS; METEOR CRATER; PROJECTILE'S SPEED;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CARBONIC ACID; IRON;

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ARIZONA; METEOR CRATER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20144366682     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/434157a     Document Type: Article

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