Damage and rock-volatile mixture effects on impact crater formation

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 543-553

  O'Keefe, John D ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^a   Lainhart, Michael E ^a   Ahrens, Thomas J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex craters; Crater faults; Dilatancy; Ejecta; Impact; Shock damage; Thermal fracturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142765879     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(01)00112-9     Document Type: Article

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