The Kamil crater in Egypt

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5993, 2010, Pages 804-

  Folco, Luigi ^a   Martino, Mario Di ^b   El Barkooky, Ahmed ^c   D'Orazio, Massimo ^d   Lethy, Ahmed ^e   Urbini, Stefano ^f   Nicolosi, Iacopo ^f   Hafez, Mahfooz ^e   Cordier, Carole ^a   Van Ginneken, Matthias ^a   Zeoli, Antonio ^a   Radwan, Ali M ^e   El Khrepy, Sami ^e   El Gabry, Mohamed ^e   Gomaa, Mahomoud ^e   Barakat, Aly A ^g   Serra, Romano ^h   El Sharkawi, Mohamed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Egypt)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^g Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMETER; GEOPHYSICS; IRON METEORITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SOLAR SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CRETACEOUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EGYPT; EXPLOSION; GAMMA RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VOLCANO;

EGYPT;

EID: 77955615953     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190990     Document Type: Short Survey

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9. Work carried out within the "2009 Egyptian-Italian Year of Science and Technology" framework. T. Hussein and F. Porcelli provided diplomatic support; the Egyptian Army, logistical support; G. Negro, field assistance; F. Speranza and P. Rochette, helpful discussion; the European Commission (Marie Curie Actions-RTNs ORIGINS project), Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., and Telespazio S.p.A. (in the European Space Agency-Space Situational Awareness program framework), financial support.