Grazing meteoroids could ignite continental-scale fires

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 356, Issue , 2002, Pages 685-694

  Svetsov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DRAG; CONTINENTAL SCALE; EARTH'S SURFACE; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LOW ALTITUDES;

ORBITS;

ASTEROID; CRATERING; DRAG; ENERGETICS; FIRE; IMPACTITE; METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84871996532     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2356-6.685     Document Type: Article

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