An anthropogenic origin of the "Sirente crater," Abruzzi, Italy

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 635-649

  Speranza, Fabio ^a   Sagnotti, Leonardo ^a   Rochette, Pierre ^b  

^a Istituto Naz di Geofis/Vulcanologi   (Italy)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE;

ABRUZZI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342453150     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00926.x     Document Type: Article

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