Review of the population of impactors and the impact cratering rate in the inner solar system

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1861-1869

  Michel, Patrick ^a   Morbidelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

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EID: 41549091930     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00545.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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