Structure and morphology of the Bosumtwi impact structure from seismic reflection data

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 549-560

  Scholz, Christopher A ^a   Karp, Tobias ^a   Lyons, Robert P ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250629649     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01060.x     Document Type: Article

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