Enigmatic tubular features in impact glass: COMMENT

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  McLoughlin, Nicola ^a   Grosch, Eugene G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGY; GLASS; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

EID: 84906683184     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35965C.1     Document Type: Article

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