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Bethe H. A. and Adams M. C. 1959. A theory for the ablation of glassy materials. Journal of the Aero/Space Sciences. 26 (6): 321-328, 350.

Beudant F. S. 1818. Voyage Mineralogique et Geologique en Hongrie. Vol. II: 214. (Also edition of 1822, Vol. II, p.213 - See Verbeek R. D. M. 1897b.  p.250)

Bevan A. 1992. 1992 WAMET/EUROMET Joint Expedition to Search for Meteorites in the Nullarbor Region, Western Australia. Meteoritics. 27 (3): 202-203. (Abstract). (Brief mention of australites). Full article available free at http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Metic/0027//0000202.000.html *

Bevan A. 1997. Obituaries - William Harold Cleverly. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.  80: 289. Full article available free at http://www.ecu.edu.au/pa/rswa/content/work/journals/PDF/80(4)/80(4)obituaries.pdf *

Bevan A. and McNamara K. 1992. The day it rained glass. Australian Natural History. 23: 919-926. *

Beyer H. O. 1928a. Rizalite: A new Luzon variety of tektite most closely related to the Billitonites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-12. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 1] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). This paper, written in Sept. and early Oct. 1928, was not published - due to discovery of new references which considerably modified first conclusions. Contains first description of Luzon tektite. *

Beyer H. O. 1928b. Further notes on Rizalite. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-7. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 2] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). This is an incomplete and unpublished paper, continuing the data contained in BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 1, but not published due to the discovery of new data and literature which led to a rewriting of both papers. *

Beyer H. O. 1928c. Tektites in Luzon: announcing their discovery and proposing the term Rizalite as a designation for the same. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part I (as paper No. 1 in this volume): 19-34. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 1 and BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 3] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1928d. Rizalites: their particular characteristics, sculpture, and relationship to the other tektite varieties. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-8. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 5] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). Part of an incomplete and unpublished paper dealing with the special characteristics both of the Rizalites alone and in comparison with the other tektite varieties - especially those of the Billitonite, Australite and general Malaysianite groups. This paper was to be revised in light of recent literature prior to publication. *

Beyer H. O. 1928e. Notes on tektites and abstracts of important papers. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-30. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 6] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1928f. Chemical character of tektites: a list and compilation of known analyses. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-19. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 15] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). Personally compiled by Beyer from the original sources - including one hitherto unpublished Rizalite analysis by T. Dar Juan. *

Beyer H. O. 1931a. A bibliography of tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-40. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 3] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1931. A bibliography of tektites: with brief summaries or abstracts of the more important papers. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-38. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 4] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1933a. Tektites in the Philippines. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part I (as paper No. 2 in this volume): 35-48. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 2] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1933b. First list of additions to the tektite bibliography. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-5. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 4] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1933c. Additions to the tektite bibliography (continuing tektite paper No. 4 (1931)). University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-6. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 13] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1933d. The chemistry of tektites; and notes on their physical grouping. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part I (as paper No. 4 in this volume): 59-86. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 6] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1934a. Distribution and characteristics of Philippine tektites; with description of the principle sites where they have been found, and some of the existing collections. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part I (as paper No. 5 in this volume): 87-111. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 7] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1934b. A brief account of the Pugad-Babuy tektite-bearing site, of southwestern Bulacan Province, Luzon. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part I (as paper No. 6 in this volume): 112-130. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 8] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1934c. Tektite chronology and tabulated data. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-64. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 9] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). (Also found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. as Paper No. 15. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part III. Probably never published). *

Beyer H. O. 1934d. Second list of additions and complete index to the tektite bibliography; with further additions and a brief index to the abstracts and reviews. University of the Philippines, Manila. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 10] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1934e. A brief statement of some essential facts regarding Philippine and other Indo-Malaysian tektites; with notes on recent theories of tektite origin. In: Himmel, H. (reviewer) Neues Jahrbuch, Referate, 1931, 615. Also in: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part I (Paper No. 3): 49-58. *

Beyer H. O. 1934f. Tektite form and surface sculpture: section I - Form-size studies of the Rizalites. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part I (Paper No. 7 - part of): 132-137. (Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 17, Part I] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1936a. Rizal province tektite collections. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part II (Paper No. 8): 5-86. *

Beyer H. O. 1936b. General notes on the Kubao tektite site (with map). In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part II (Paper No. 9): 87-126. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/3 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektites paper No. 9] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila - although it is dated 1934 here. *

Beyer H. O. 1936c. General notes on the Santa Mesa tektite site. University of the Philippines, Manila: 212-232. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 14] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1936d. General notes on the Kubao tektite site: covering the history of our exploration and the character of the primary tektite deposit. University of the Philippines, Manila: 233-279. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 15] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). Includes extracts from Beyer's 1940 paper entitled " Philippine Archaeology and its relation to the origin of the Pacific Island population". *

Beyer H. O. 1938a. The big tektites of the Bikol Peninsula (the world's largest-known natural whole tektite bodies. Part I: The super-sized tektites of the Bikol Peninsula. University of the Philippines, Manila: 281-293. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 16, Part I] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). + Appendix A: List of Bikol specimens collected prior to August 1st, 1938: 294-296. *

Beyer H. O. 1938b. The big tektites of the Bikol Peninsula (the world's largest-known natural whole tektite bodies. Part II: The Bikol tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 296-302. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 16, Part II] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). + Appendix B: List of Bikol specimens collected during the latter half of 1938: 302-306. *

Beyer H. O. 1941a. The big tektites of the Bikol Peninsula (the world's largest-known natural whole tektite bodies). Part III: The Bikol tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 307-312. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 16, Part III] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). + Appendix C: Continuation of the catalogue list: 312-323. + Final Note: On war damage to the Bikol Collection. (1945): 323-324. *

Beyer H. O. 1941b. The origin of tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 395-432. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 21] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1945a. Continuation of the tektite bibliography. University of the Philippines, Manila. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 11] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1945b. Continuation of the collection of abstracts, reviews and extracts of tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 12] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila).

Beyer H. O. 1945c. A bibliography of tektites (with full alphabetical, chronological, and subjective indexes) - Section A. University of the Philippines, Manila. Paper No. 13 - Section A. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part III. Probably never published, may exist individually).

Beyer H. O. 1945d. General notes on the Busuanga tektites. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part II (Paper No. 11): 175-188. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/3 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No.11] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila - although it is dated 1934 here. *

Beyer H. O. 1945e. Minor Philippine tektite sites in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao (with map). In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part II (Paper No. 12): 189-200. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 23] and [BEY 35/3 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 12 - although it is dated 1941 here] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila. *

Beyer H. O. 1945f. General notes on the Busanga tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila: 358-372. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 18] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1945g. General notes on the Zambales-Pangasinan tektite area. University of the Philippines, Manila: 395-432. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 22] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1945h. Further notes on the chemistry of tektites in the light of new analyses. University of the Philippines, Manila: 429-453. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No.24] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1946. On regional differences in tektites (especially as regards the characteristic Philippinite forms, sizes, and chemical types). University of the Philippines, Manila: 476-484. (?Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 25] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1947. Outline review of Philippine archaeology by islands and provinces. Philippine Journal of Science. 77 (3-4): 205-374. (numerous references to tektites). *

Beyer H. O. 1948. Philippine and East Asian Archaeology, etc. Philippine National Research Council. (Manila; Dec 1948). Bulletin. 29: (references to flaked tektites, esp. pp. 13-14).

Beyer H. O. 1954. The Relation of Tektites to Archaeology. National Research Council of the Philippines, University of the Philippines. *

Beyer H. O. 1955. Additional Notes on Tektite Lore. (Multigraph Publication), Manila. 1st Nov. 1955.

Beyer H. O. 1961a. A bibliography of tektites (with full alphabetical, chronological, and subjective indexes) - Section B. University of the Philippines, Manila. Paper No. 13 - Section B. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part III. Probably never published, may exist individually).

Beyer H. O. 1961b. A collection of tektite literature. University of the Philippines, Manila. Paper No. 14: 103 pp. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part III. Probably never published, may exist individually).

Beyer H. O. 1961c. A brief general review of the many types and subtypes found among Philippine tektites. University of the Philippines. Paper No. 16: about 30-40 pp. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part IV. Probably never published).

Beyer H. O.  1938-1945. The big tektites of the Bikol Peninsula. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part II (Paper No. 10): 127-174. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/3 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 10] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila. *

Beyer H. O.  1940 (re-published 1943). Philippine tektites and the tektite problem in general. Popular Astronomy. 48 (1 - January 1940): 43-48. Also in: Annual Report Smithsonian Institution, 1942: 253-259. Popular Astronomy article available free at http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1940PA.....48...43B (Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 19] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O.  Various years: 1928-1946. Tektite Catalogues: 1. Kubao collection; 2. Pugad-Babuy collection; 3. Special Santa-Mesa collection; 4. General Rizal Province collection; 5. General Philippine and comparative collection. University of the Philippines, Manila. (?Unpublished).

Beyer H. O. ?1961d. The origin of tektites. University of the Philippines, Manila. Paper No. 17. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part IV. Probably never published).

Beyer H. O. ?1961e. Additional data on the chemical and physical properties of tektites - especially in the light of recent geochemical and geophysical studies, in pursuit of the new space science. University of the Philippines, Manila. Paper No. 18. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part IV. Probably never published).

Beyer H. O. ?1961f. New Philippine tektite finds in Pangasinan and the Cagayan Valley - and their importance in dating tektite deposits, and the history and character of the tektite sculpture. University of the Philippines. Paper No. 19. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part IV. Probably never published).

Beyer H. O. 1935. Philippine tektites. Philippine Magazine. 32 (11): 534, 542-3, 581-2, with 1 pl. (Available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 13] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. 1941 (revised 1945)d. Tektite form and surface sculpture: section III - Tektite sculpture and surface markings. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part I (Paper No. 7 - part of): 139-158. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 17, Part III] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila. *

Beyer H. O. 1944-45. Tektite form and surface sculpture: section II - Form-size comparison of the Rizalites with the Australites. In: Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science.  Part I (Paper No. 7 - part of): 137-139. Also available on microfilm [BEY 35/2 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 17, Part II] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila. *

Beyer H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1 (Parts I and II). University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Quezon City. NOTE: This volume is supposedly in 4 parts (I, II, III and IV); however, I do not believe that parts III and IV exist. (No page numbers are listed in the contents of Volume I for Parts III and IV. Additionally, numerous Parts I and II are found in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila, but no Parts III and IV). The work is likely incomplete and the papers probably exist individually.  *

Beyer H. O. (compiled by). 1931b. Some abstracts and reviews of tektite literature. University of the Philippines, Manila: 1-34. (Unpublished, but available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 Philippine tektites - Philippine tektite paper No. 5] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila). *

Beyer H. O. (or anonymous writings based on Beyer's work). 1964. Tektites and the old Filipino folks. Philippines International Magazine. 8 (1): 13-17. *

Beyer W. G. and Beyer H. O. ?1961. New finds and studies of the tektites of Laos. University of the Philippines. Paper No. 20. (Found in contents of Beyer, H. O. 1961-1962. Philippine Tektites: Volume 1. University of the Philippines Publications in Natural History and in the new field of Space Science. Part IV. Probably never published).

Bigazzi G. and De Michele V. 1996. New fission-track age determinations on impact glasses. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 31: 234-236. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996M%26PS...31..234B *

Bigazzi G. and De Michele V. 1997. New fission-track ages of Libyan Desert Glass. In: de Michele, V. (ed.) Special publication of the Sahara Journal - Silica '96. Proceedings of the Meeting on Libyan Desert Glass and Related Events, July 1996, Milano, 49-57. *

Biino G. 1997. Surface chemistry of minerals and tektites as constrained by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Seventh Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference: Abstract #2249. Full article available free at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/gold/pdf/2249.pdf *

Biino G. G., Groening P. and Miesel T. 1998. Weathering and polymerization of tektites: an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) investigation. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 33 (1): 89-95. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998M%26PS...33...89B *

Bland P. A., de Souza Filho C. R., Jull A. J. T., Kelley S. P., Hough R. M., Artemieva N. A., Pierazzo E., Coniglio J., Pinotti L., Evers V. and Kearsley A. T. 2002. A possible tektite strewn field in the Argentinian pampa. Science. 296 (5570): 1109-1111. Full article available free (after free registration) from www.scienceexpress.org. *

Blood M. L. 1996. The tektites of Tibet. Meteorite Magazine. 2 (2). 18-19. Full article available free at http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/621.htm *

Blum J. D. and Chamberlain C. P. 1992. Oxygen isotope constraints on the origin of impact glasses from the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Science. 257 (5073): 1104-1107. *

Blum J. D., Chamberlain C. P., Hingston M. P., Koeberl C., Marin L. E., Schuraytz B. C. and Sharpton V. L. 1993. Isotopic comparisons of K/T boundary impact glass with melt rock from the Chicxulub and Manson impact structures. Nature. 364: 325-327. *

Blum J. D., Papanastassiou D. A., Koeberl C. and Wasserburg G. J. 1991. Nd and Sr isotopic study of Muong Nong and splash-form Australasian tektites. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 22nd: 113-114. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991LPI....22..113B *

Blum J. D., Papanastassiou D. A., Wasserburg G. J. and Koeberl C. 1992. Neodymium and Strontium isotopic study of Australasian tektites: new constraints on the provenance and age of the target materials. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 56 (1): 483-492. *

Boamah D. and Koeberl C. 2006. Petrographic studies of "fallout" suevite from outside the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 41: 1761-1774. Full article available free at http://www.univie.ac.at/geochemistry/koeberl/publication_list/290-Bosumtwi-fallout-suevite-MAPS2006.pdf *

Boeckl R. S. 1972. Search for carbon-14 in tektites. Journal of Geophysical Research. 77 (2): 367-368. *

Boer K. de. 1929. Über die Fundortverteilung der Glasmeteoriten (=Regarding the distribution of the localities where glass-meteorites have been found). Astronomische Nachrichten. 234: 135-6. Translated into English by H. & G. Hornbostel, Manila, December 1928 and available on microfilm [BEY 35/1 - Tektite paper No. 8] in the National Library of the Philippines, Manila. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1929AN....234..135G *

Bohatý M. 1990. Málo známá fakta o vltavínech a jejich nalezištích ve stare odborné literatuře. (=A little-known facts about moldavites and their deposits in the old literature). Jihočeské Muzeum v Českých Budějovicích Přírodní Vědy. Sborník Referátů 5. Konference o Vltavínech v Českých Budějovicích 20. - 21.října 1987: 9-16.

Bohor B. F. and Betterton W. J. 1988. Are the hollow spherules in K-T boundary claystones altered microtektites? Meteoritics. 23: 259. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988Metic..23R.259B *

Bohor B. F. and Betterton W. J. 1989. Glauconite spherules and shocked quartz at the K/T boundary in DSDP Site 603B. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 20th: 92-93. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989LPI....20...92B *

Bohor B. F. and Betterton W. J. 1991. K/T spherules are altered microtektites. Meteoritics. 26: A320-321. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991LPICo.766...27B *

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Bohor B. F., Betterton W. J. and Foord E. E. 1988. Coesite, glass and shocked quartz at DSDP 612: Evidence for nearby impact in the late Eocene. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 19th: 114-115. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988LPI....19..114B *

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Bohor B. F., Triplehorn D. M., Nichols D. J. and Millard H. T. Jr. 1987. Dinosaurs, spherules and the 'magic' layer: a new K-T boundary clay site in Wyoming. Geology. 15 (10): 896-899. *

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Bonte P., Turpin L., Sigurdsson H., Carpena J. and Jehanno C. 1991. Trace Element and Radiogenic Isotope Characteristics and Fission Track Dating of High-Silica and High-Ca Tektite Glasses from the Cretaceous-Tertiary, Boundary at Beloc, Haiti. Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 22nd: 123. Full article available free at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991LPI....22..123B *

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