40Ar/39Ar age of the Lonar crater and consequence for the geochronology of planetary impacts
Asteroid impacts play an important role in the evolution of planetary surfaces. In the inner solar system, the large majority of impacts occur on bodies (e.g., asteroids, the Moon, Mars) covered by primitive igneous rocks. However, most of the impacts recorded on Earth occur on different rock types...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Geological Society of America
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23456 |