The significance of the contemporaneous Logoisk impact structure (Belarus) and Afro-Arabian flood volcanism

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-8

  Sherlock, Sarah C ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^a   Glazovskaya, Liudmila ^b   Peate, Ingrid Ukstins ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRATER; FLOOD BASALT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; VOLCANISM;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69249180196     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-017     Document Type: Article

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