Impact cratering in sandstone: The MEMIN pilot study on the effect of pore water

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 890-902

  Kenkmann, Thomas ^a   Wünnemann, Kai ^b   Deutsch, Alexander ^c   Poelchau, Michael H ^a   Schäfer, Frank ^d   Thoma, Klaus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

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EID: 79958792537     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01200.x     Document Type: Article

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