Critical crater diameter and asteroid impact seismology

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1075-1084

  Asphaug, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 56349118453     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00694.x     Document Type: Article

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