Deformation of dry and wet sandstone targets during hypervelocity impact experiments, as revealed from the MEMIN Program

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-86

  Buhl, Elmar ^a,b   Poelchau, Michael H ^b   Dresen, Georg ^a   Kenkmann, Thomas ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84873060229     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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