Spherule layers, crater scaling laws, and the population of ancient terrestrial impactors

2016/02/20 by Brandon C. Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Gareth S. Collins +7 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Planetary Science and Exploration

paper · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.023

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Cited by

• Modeling the Historical Flux of Planetary Impactors
• Late Heavy Bombardment [wikipedia]