Hydrocode modeling of the Sierra Madera impact structure

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1947-1958

  Goldin, Tamara J ^a   Wünnemann, Kai ^b   Melosh, H Jay ^a   Collins, Gareth S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 33846073154     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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