Anatomy of a young impact event in central Alberta, Canada: Prospects for the missing Holocene impact record

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 955-958

  Herd, C D K ^a   Froese, D G ^a   Walton, E L ^a   Kofman, R S ^a   Herd, E P K ^a   Duke, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; DEGLACIAL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FORESTED AREA; HOLOCENES; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT EJECTA; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; IRON METEORITES; LATE HOLOCENE; LIDAR DATA; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LOW ALTITUDES; PROJECTILE MASS; QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS; TARGET MATERIALS; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE; VISIBLE IMAGERY;

IRON; METEORITES; OPTICAL RADAR;

METEOR IMPACTS;

CRATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EJECTA; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IRON METEORITE; LIDAR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WHITECOURT;

EID: 69649084237     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25236A.1     Document Type: Article

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