Shock-metamorphic petrography and microRaman spectroscopy of quartz in upper impactite interval, ICDP drill core LB-07A, Bosumtwi impact crater, Ghana

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 591-609

  Morrow, Jared R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250642323     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01063.x     Document Type: Article

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