Lithostratigraphic and petrographic analysis of ICDP drill core LB-07A, Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 569-589

  Coney, Louise ^a   Gibson, Roger L ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^a,b   Koeberl, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 34250686622     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01062.x     Document Type: Article

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