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Recent Re-Entry Research and the Cosmic Origin of Tektites

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CHAPMAN, D. Recent Re-Entry Research and the Cosmic Origin of Tektites. Nature 188, 353–355 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188353a0

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