Numerical modeling of the formation of large impact craters

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 356, Issue , 2002, Pages 619-630

  Ivanov, Boris A ^a   Artemieva, Natalia A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FLUIDIZATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PROJECTILES; SCALING LAWS;

COMPUTER CODES; HYDRODYNAMIC APPROXIMATION; IMPACT CRATERS; MELT PRODUCTION; MELTING ENTROPY; OBLIQUE IMPACT; PROJECTILE DIAMETER; TRANSIENT CAVITIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATER; CRATERING; ENTROPY; FLUIDIZATION; MANTLE; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

BAY OF CAMPECHE; CHICXULUB CRATER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

EID: 84871943946     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2356-6.619     Document Type: Article

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