Is ries crater typical for its size? An analysis based upon old and new geophysical data and numerical modeling

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 384, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-83

  Wunnemann K ^a,c   Morgan, J V ^a   Jodicke H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosumtwi; Crater morphology; Impact cratering; Magnetotelluric; Numerical modeling; Ries

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUIDIZATION; MAGNETOTELLURICS; METEOR IMPACTS; MORPHOLOGY; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOSUMTWI; CONSTITUTIVE MATERIALS; CRATER MORPHOLOGY; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; IMPACT CRATERING; MAGNETOTELLURIC; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; SUBSURFACE STRUCTURES;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

CRATER; EARTH; FLUIDIZATION; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; IMPACT; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; PORE SPACE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; UPLIFT;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; RIES CRATER;

EID: 73949107409     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2384-1.67     Document Type: Article

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