The impact rate on earth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1837, 2005, Pages 2793-2810

  Bland, Philip A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b South Kensington Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cratering; Impact; Impact rate; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144440199     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1674     Document Type: Review

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