EL'gygytgyn impact crater, Russia: Structure, tectonics, and morphology

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-319

  Gurov, Eugene P ^a   Koerberl, Christian ^b   Yamnichenko, Anatoly ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 34247326877     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00235.x     Document Type: Article

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