The first large meteorite impact structure discovered in the Middle East: Jebel Waqf as Suwwan, Jordan

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1681-1690

  Salameh, Elias ^a   Khoury, Hani ^a   Reimold, W Uwe ^b   Schneider, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 59649099829     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00636.x     Document Type: Article

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