Flood deposits penecontemporaneous with ∼0.8 Ma tektite fall in NE Thailand: Impact-induced environmental effects?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-28

  Haines, Peter W ^a   Howard, Kieren T ^a   Ali, Jason R ^b   Burrett, Clive F ^a   Bunopas, Sangad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Geological Survey Division   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Impacts; Paleomagnetic dating; Pleistocene; Tektites; Thailand

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DEPOSIT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; TEKTITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 4344694368     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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