Ejection behavior characteristics in experimental cratering in sandstone targets

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-49

  Sommer, Frank ^a   Reiser, Fiona ^a   Dufresne, Anja ^a   Poelchau, Michael H ^a   Hoerth, Tobias ^b   Deutsch, Alex ^c   Kenkmann, Thomas ^a   Thoma, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84873060697     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maps.12017     Document Type: Article

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