A meteorite crater on Earth formed on September 15, 2007: The Carancas hypervelocity impact

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1967-1984

  Tancredi, G ^a   Ishitsuka, J ^b   Schultz, P H ^c   Harris, R S ^c   Brown, P ^d   Revelle, D O ^e   Antier, K ^f   Pichon, A Le ^f   Rosales, D ^b   Vidal, E ^b   Varela, M E ^g   Sanchez L ^a   Benavente, S ^h   Bojorquez, J ⁱ   Cabezas, D ^b   Dalmau, A ^b  

^a Inst Fisica   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DIF   (France)

^g Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito CASLEO ^*  (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

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EID: 77950321401     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb02006.x     Document Type: Article

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