Constraints on central uplift structure from the Manicouagan impact crater

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2049-2057

  Spray, John G ^a   Thompson, Lucy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 62849127406     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00660.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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