SUPRACENTER: Locating fireball terminal bursts in the atmosphere using seismic arrivals

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1449-1460

  Edwards, W N ^a   Hildebrand, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA PROCESSING; METEORITE; SHOCK WAVE; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 4844221562     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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