Magnetometer survey of the proposed Sirente meteorite crater field, central Italy: Evidence for uplifted crater rims and buried meteorites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Ormö, Jens ^a   Gomez Ortiz, David ^b   McGuire, Patrick C ^a,c   Henkel, Herbert ^d   Komatsu, Goro ^e   Rossi, Angelo Pio ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33847375113     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00228.x     Document Type: Article

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