Geology of five small Australian impact craters

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 529-544

  Shoemaker, E M ^c   Macdonald, F A ^a   Shoemaker, C S ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Boxhole Meteorite Crater; Dalgaranga; Henbury Meteorite Craters; Liverpool; Meteorite impact craters; Oblique impact; Veevers Meteorite Crater; Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CROSS SECTION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344440965     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500180921     Document Type: Article

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