The Lake Bosumtwi impact structure in Ghana: A brief environmental assessment and discussion of ecotourism potential

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 561-567

  Boamah, Daniel ^a,b   Koeberl, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

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EID: 34250625648     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01061.x     Document Type: Article

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