Volatile enhanced dispersal of high velocity impact melts and the origin of tektites

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-382

  Howard, Kieren Torres ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Impact; Melt; Tektite; Volatile

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRATER; FORMATION MECHANISM; IMPACT; MELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TEKTITE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 79958768303     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.11.006     Document Type: Review

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