Sudbury impact event: Cratering mechanics and thermal history

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 389-397

  Ivanov, B A ^a   Deutsch, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRANITE; HEAT TRANSFER; TECTONICS;

IMPACT STRUCTURES; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEXES; TECTONIC PROCESS; TRANSIENT CAVITIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COOLING; CRATERING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIKE; HEAT TRANSFER; PENOKEAN OROGENY; SOLIDIFICATION; TECTONIC SETTING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 84870908716     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.389     Document Type: Article

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