Unusual features caused by lightning impact in West Greenland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 737-741

  Appel, Peter W U ^a   Abrahamsen, Niels ^b   Rasmussen, Thorkild M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fulgurite; Greenland; Iron formation; Lightning; Magnetization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; GLASS; MAGNETIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); THERMAL EXPANSION;

FULGURITE; GREENLAND; IRON FORMATION; ROCK SURFACES; ROUGH SURFACES; THIN LAYERS; WEST GREENLAND; WHITE LINES;

LIGHTNING;

AMPHIBOLITE; CHERT; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; IMPACT; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETIZATION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 33748305984     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002391     Document Type: Article

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