Lithological and structural characteristics of the Lake Bosumtwi impact crater, Ghana: Interpretation of acoustic televiewer images

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 779-792

  Hunze, Sabine ^a,b   Wonik, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaftliche Gemeinschaftsaufgaben   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 34250673565     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01074.x     Document Type: Article

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