Chapter 4 Sedimentary fill of the late devonian flynn creek crater: a hard target marine impact

Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy

Volumn 20, Issue C, 2005, Pages 51-69

  Schieber, Jürgen ^a   Jeffrey Over, D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

black shale; impact age; preservation; sedimentary processes; wet impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248998001     PISSN: 09205446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-5446(05)80004-4     Document Type: Article

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