Meteorite cratering: Hooke, Gilbert, Barringer and beyond

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 256, Issue , 2006, Pages 443-469

  McCall, G Joe H ^a,b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATERING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE;

EID: 33745913310     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.256.01.22     Document Type: Article

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