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Impact and Cratering Dynamics

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The classic studies of the Barringer Crater, Arizona, Ries Crater, South Germany, and more recently Chicxulub impact structure, Yucatan, and other craters, coupled with laboratory high-velocity impact experiments, have established the dynamics of impact cratering, shock metamorphism and ballistic ejecta processes.

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  1. Planetary Science Institute and School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, AD Hope Building #14, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

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Glikson, A.Y. (2013). Impact and Cratering Dynamics. In: The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6328-9_4

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