Impact fracturing and structural modification of sedimentary rocks at Meteor Crater, Arizona

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 113, Issue E9, 2008, Pages

  Kumar, P Senthil ^a,b   Kring, David A ^c  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANE; CRATER; DEFORMATION; IMPACT; LITHOLOGY; MARS; METEOR; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549130089     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003115     Document Type: Article

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