Scientific comment on "Muundjua et al., 2007: Magnetic imaging of the Vredefort impact crater, South Africa, EPSL 261, 456-468"

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 393-396

  Reimold, W U ^a   Gibson, R L ^b   Henkel, H ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMAGING METHOD; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY;

AFRICA; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VREDEFORT DOME;

EID: 49849099236     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.046     Document Type: Note

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