Geological overview and cratering model for the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1759-1776

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a,b   Lee, Pascal ^c   Spray, John G ^b   Parnell, John ^d   Lim, Darlene S S ^c   Bunch, Theodore E ^e   Cockell, Charles S ^f   Glass, Brian ^c  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 24744449655     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00145.x     Document Type: Review

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