Cratered cobbles in Triassic Buntsandstein conglomerates in northeastern Spain: An indicator of shock deformation in the vicinity of large impacts

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-14

  Ernstson, Kord ^a   Rampino, Michael R ^b,c   Hiltl, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azuara impact structure; Conglomerates; Impact; Shock; Spallation; Triassic

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; SHOCK WAVES; SPALLING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONGLOMERATES; IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURES; SHOCK; SPALLATION; TRIASSIC;

DEFORMATION;

CONGLOMERATE; CRATERING; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; IMPACT; TRIASSIC;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84874990137     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0011:CCITBC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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