Dating terrestrial impact structures

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-53

  Jourdan, Fred ^a   Reimold, W Uwe ^b   Deutsch, Alex ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Impact age; Impact melt rock; Stratigraphy; Temporal correlation

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT AGE; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MASS EXTINCTION; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

EARTH (PLANET);

AGE DETERMINATION; ASTEROID; CORRELATION; DATING METHOD; EARTH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SOLAR SYSTEM; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858136316     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.1.49     Document Type: Article

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