Meteorite records in the ancient Greek and Latin literature: Between history and myth

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 273, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-225

  D'Orazio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; METEORITE;

EID: 33947398362     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.17     Document Type: Article

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