An estimate of the terrestrial influx of large meteoroids from infrasonic measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Silber, Elizabeth A ^a   Revelle, Douglas O ^b   Brown, Peter G ^a   Edwards, Wayne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMPACT; INFRASONICS; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEORITE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 71949123775     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003334     Document Type: Article

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