Tunguska catastrophe of 30 June 1908

Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 227-266

  Svetsov, Vladimir ^a   Shuvalov, Valery ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6452-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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