Seismic expression of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater: Structural and morphologic refinements based on new seismic data

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 339, Issue , 1999, Pages 149-164

  Poag, C Wylie ^a   Hutchinson, Deborah R ^a   Colman, Steven M ^a   Lee, Myung W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MOON; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES;

AVERAGE DIAMETER; BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRYSTALLINE PEAKS; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SINGLE CHANNELS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

CRATER LAKE; CRATERING; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAMETER; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870946452     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2339-6.149     Document Type: Article

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