Projectile Identification in Terrestrial Impact Structures and Ejecta Material

Impact Cratering: Processes and Products

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 223-239

  Goderis, Steven ^a,b   Paquay, François ^b   Claeys, Philippe ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial materials, terrestrial crustal and isotope proportions; Impactor fragment identification, moderately siderophile and HSEs; Meteorites, enrichments in moderately strongly siderophile; Methodology, systematic application of siderophile, Os Cr isotope; PGE metals Ru Rh Pd Os Ir Pt, PGE shift towards ICP MS; Projectile identification at impact craters, and ejecta layers; Projectile identification in terrestrial impact; Projectiles of Morokweng, Popigai and Lappaj rvi impact structures; Re Os isotope, multi tracer, Cr isotope, signature and high precision; Terrestrial and lunar projectile, on nature frequency of projectiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883214338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118447307.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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