Low-angle collision with Earth: The elliptical impact crater Matt Wilson, Northern Territory, Australia

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-462

  Kenkmann, Thomas ^a   Poelchau, Michael H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRATER FORMATION; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; ELLIPTICAL CRATERS; ELLIPTICAL SHAPES; FORMING PROCESS; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IMPACT VECTORS; LONG AXIS; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL TRANSPORT; METEORITE IMPACT; NORTHERN TERRITORIES; PLANAR DEFORMATION; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ GRAINS; STRUCTURAL ASYMMETRY;

ASPECT RATIO; DEFORMATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

METEOR IMPACTS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRATER; DEFORMATION; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 67549133568     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25378A.1     Document Type: Article

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