Evidence for cometary bombardment episodes

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 977-982

  Napier, W M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Earth; Galaxy: disc; Oort Cloud

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES;

'CURRENT; COMETS: GENERAL; DENSITY ESTIMATES; GALAXY: DISKS; IMPACTORS; OORT CLOUD; PERIOD SOLUTIONS; SPIRAL ARMS; SPORADICS;

COMETS;

EID: 33645092129     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09851.x     Document Type: Article

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