The Rietputs Formation in South Africa: A Pleistocene Fluvial Archive of Meteorite Impact Unique to the Kaapvaal Craton
Reconstructing the terrestrial impact cratering record is a fundamental goal of planetary science. However, erosion, burial, and deformation can obscure or destroy impact records. A sedimentary record of impact is provided by detrital shocked minerals, which have been shown to survive erosion and tr...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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John Wiley & Sons
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68977 |