The first description and confirmation of the Vista Alegre impact structure in the Paraná flood basalts of southern Brazil

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-194

  Crósta, Alvaro P ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b   Furuie, Rafael A ^a   Kazzuo Vieira, Cesar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 77953104416     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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