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Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations. / Rumpf, Clemens; Lewis, Hugh G.; Atkinson, Peter Michael.
In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 44, No. 8, 28.04.2017, p. 3433-3440.

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Rumpf, C, Lewis, HG & Atkinson, PM 2017, 'Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 3433-3440. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073191

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Rumpf C, Lewis HG, Atkinson PM. Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations. Geophysical Research Letters. 2017 Apr 28;44(8):3433-3440. Epub 2017 Apr 19. doi: 10.1002/2017GL073191

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Rumpf, Clemens ; Lewis, Hugh G. ; Atkinson, Peter Michael. / Asteroid impact effects and their immediate hazards for human populations. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 2017 ; Vol. 44, No. 8. pp. 3433-3440.

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