Shock-metamorphosed zircon in terrestrial impact craters

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-454

  Wittmann, Axel ^a   Kenkmann, T ^a   Schmitt, R T ^a   Stoffler D ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACTITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

EID: 33646128493     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00472.x     Document Type: Article

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