Crater morphology in sandstone targets: The MEMIN impact parameter study

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-70

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

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EID: 84873060840     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maps.12024     Document Type: Article

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