The Dhala structure, Bundelkhand craton, Central India - Eroded remnant of a large Paleoproterozoic impact structure

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1383-1398

  PAti, Jayanta K ^a   Reimold, Wolf Uwe ^b   Koeberl, Christian ^c   Pati, Puniti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 58049104339     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00704.x     Document Type: Article

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