The complex impact structure Serra da Cangalha, Tocantins State, Brazil

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 875-889

  Kenkmann, Thomas ^a   Vasconcelos, Marcos A R ^b,c   Crósta, Alvaro P ^b   Reimold, Wolf U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 79958817987     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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