Tectonics of complex crater formation as revealed by the Haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1813-1834

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a,b,c   Spray, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33244457238     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00148.x     Document Type: Article

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