Identification of the projectile component in the impact structures Rochechouart, France and Sääksjärvi, Finland: Implications for the impactor population for the earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4891-4906

  Tagle, R ^a   Schmitt, R T ^b   Erzinger, J ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IRON METEORITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; S-TYPE ROCK; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE VIENNE; LIMOUSIN; ROCHECHOUART CRATER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650233378     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.044     Document Type: Article

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