Scaling of oblique impacts in frictional targets: Implications for crater size and formation mechanisms

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 716-731

  Elbeshausen, Dirk ^a   Wünnemann, Kai ^a   Collins, Gareth S ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cratering; Earth; Geologic processes; Impact processes; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350416107     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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