Identification of the Bloody Creek structure, a possible impact crater in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1193-1202

  Spooner, Ian ^a   Stevens, George ^a   Morrow, Jared ^b   Pufahl, Peir ^a   Grieve, Richard ^c   Raeside, Rob ^a   Pilon, Jean ^d   Stanley, Cliff ^a   Barr, Sandra ^a   McMullin, David ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72449141699     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01217.x     Document Type: Article

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