In situ seismic measurements in borehole LB-08A in the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana: Preliminary interpretation

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 755-768

  Schmitt, Doug R ^a   Milkereit, Bernd ^b   Karp, Tobias ^c,d   Scholz, Christopher ^c   Danuor, Sylvester ^e   Meillieux, D ^a   Welz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Geophysik GGD   (Germany)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

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EID: 34250680541     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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