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Nature Geoscience 1, 90 - 91 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo120
Subject Category: Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics
Structural geology: The buried record of Chicxulub
Peter Schultz1
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Peter Schultz is at Brown University 324 Brook St., Providence, Rhode Island, 02912-1846 USA.
e-mail: Peter_Schultz@Brown.edu
Abstract
Impact craters often have asymmetric shapes, which have been used to infer the direction and angle of impact. But pre-existing structural or topographic heterogeneities also play an important role in crater asymmetry.
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