Is Lonar astrobleme an example of cometary impact?

Indian Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 105-114

  Ghosh, Sambhunath ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBLEME; BOLIDE; CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27944457310     PISSN: 00195936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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