Petrography, geochemistry, and alteration of country rocks from the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 513-540

  Karikari, Forson ^a   Ferrière, Ludovic ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^b   Mader, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34250683440     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01058.x     Document Type: Article

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