The geology of Darwin Crater, western Tasmania, Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 328-339

  Howard, Kieren T ^a   Haines, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

crater fill; Darwin Crater; Darwin glass; deformation; impact glass

Indexed keywords

DARWIN CRATER; DIAGNOSTIC SHOCK INDICATORS; KINKED MICAS; PLANAR DEFORMATION FEATURES;

GEOPHYSICS; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY; TWINNING;

PETROGRAPHY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRATER; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GLASS; QUARTZITE; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SILURIAN; SLATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TASMANIA;

MICAS;

EID: 34447266176     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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