Petrology of impactites from El'gygytgyn crater: Breccias in ICDP-drill core 1C, glassy impact melt rocks and spherules

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1199-1235

  Wittmann, Axel ^a,b   Goderis, Steven ^c,d   Claeys, Philippe ^c   Vanhaecke, Frank ^d   Deutsch, Alexander ^e   Adolph, Leonie ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84876407831     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maps.12019     Document Type: Article

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