Differentiation and emplacement of the Worthington Offset Dike of the Sudbury impact structure, Ontario

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1659-1679

  Hecht, Lutz ^a   Wittek, A ^a   Riller, U ^b   Mohr, T ^a   Schmitt, R T ^a   Grieve, R A F ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 59649111764     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00635.x     Document Type: Article

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