BP and Oasis impact structures, Libya, and their relation to Libyan Desert Glass

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 177-192

  Abate, Begosew ^a,d,e   Koeberl, Christian ^a   Kruger, F Johan ^b   Underwood Jr , James R ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ETHIOPIA   (Ethiopia)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; ISOTOPES; RARE EARTHS; SANDSTONE; SILICA; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHONDRITE NORMALIZED PATTERN; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMPACT STRUCTURES; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; PLANAR DEFORMATION; SHOCK CHARACTERISTICS; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHONDRITE; CRATER; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DESERT; OASIS; PARENT MATERIAL; SANDSTONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

NUBIA;

EID: 84870869116     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.177     Document Type: Article

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