The Obolon impact structure, Ukraine, and its ejecta deposits

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-404

  Eugene, Gurova ^a   Gurova, Elena ^a   Chernenko, Yuri ^a   Yamnichenko, Anatoly ^a  

^a National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

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EID: 67649986507     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00740.x     Document Type: Article

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