The Sirente crater, Italy: Impact versus mud volcano origins

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Stoppa, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MUD VOLCANO; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646142304     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00474.x     Document Type: Article

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