New impact-melt rock from the Roter Kamm impact structure, Namibia: Further constraints on impact age, melt rock chemistry, and projectile composition

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1201-1218

  Hecht, Lutz ^a   Reimold, W Uwe ^a   Sherlock, Sarah ^b   Tagle, Roald ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^c   Schmitt, Ralf Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 57349106542     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01123.x     Document Type: Article

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