The Sedimentary Record Of Meteorite Impacts
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Author | : Kevin R. Evans |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813724376 |
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Although about 70 percent of known terrestrial meteorite impacts involve sedimentary rocks, the response of such rock to hyper- velocity impact is not well understand. Evans (Missouri State U., Springfield) introduces a dozen papers from a session on impact geology at the 2004 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Arranged by rocks' stratigraphic order (oldest to youngest) in proximal and distal settings, papers study topics including: characterization of impact sediments; a model for impact cratering processes; development of breccias (rock composed of sharp fragments embedded in a fine- grained matrix) in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure; and the method of impact stratigraphy applied to aging of the K-T boundary associated with mass extinction. The well-illustrated volume is not indexed.
Author | : Billy P. Glass |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 723 |
Release | : 2012-12-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3540882626 |
Download Distal Impact Ejecta Layers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects. Most terrestrial impact craters have been erased or modified beyond recognition. However, major impacts throw ejecta over large areas of the Earth's surface. Recognition of these impact ejecta layers can help fill in the gaps in the terrestrial cratering record and at the same time provide direct correlation between major impacts and other geological events, such as climatic changes and mass extinctions. This book provides the first summary of known distal impact ejecta layers
Author | : Gordon R. Osinski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780813725185 |
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In this volume, the geologic and planetary science communities explore impact events and how they affected the evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies. these papers are the outcome of a conference held every five years.
Author | : Wolf Uwe Reimold |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 2021-09-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 081372550X |
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"This volume contains a sizable suite of contributions dealing with regional impact records (Australia, Sweden), impact craters and impactites, early Archean impacts and geophysical characteristics of impact structures, shock metamorphic investigations, post-impact hydrothermalism, and structural geology and morphometry of impact structures - on Earth and Mars"--
Author | : W. U. Reimold |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813724651 |
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Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution held at the Vredefort Dome, South Africa, in Aug. 2008.
Author | : Thomas Kenkmann |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813723841 |
Download Large Meteorite Impacts III Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"The third volume of the series “Large Meteorite Impacts” provides an updated and comprehensive overview of modern impact crater research. In 26 chapters, more than 90 authors from Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada, and South Africa give a balanced, firsthand account of the multidisciplinary field of cratering science, with reports on field studies, geophysical analyses, and experimental and numerical simulations. Nine chapters focus on structure, geophysics, and cratering motions of terrestrial craters. Recent advances in impact ejecta studies and shock metamorphism are assembled, each with seven chapters, and three chapters extend the scope from a terrestrial to a planetary perspective."--pub. desc.
Author | : Manfred Gottwald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783399372613 |
Download Terrestrial Impact Structures Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Christian Koeberl |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 764 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780813723563 |
Download Catastrophic Events and Mass Extinctions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Angela L. Coe |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2003-05-22 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521538428 |
Download The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A lavishly illustrated textbook on sequence stratigraphy, supported by numerous learning features and supplementary website.
Author | : Ted Nield |
Publisher | : Granta |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Collisions (Astrophysics). |
ISBN | : 9781847082411 |
Download Incoming! Or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Meteorite Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Astonishing new research suggests that 470 million years ago, a stupendous collision in the Asteroid Belt (whose debris is still falling today) bombarded the Earth with meteorites of all sizes. A revolutionary idea is emerging that the resulting ecological disturbance may have been responsible for the single greatest increase in biological diversity since the origin of complex life - the hitherto unexplained Great Ordovician Biodiversity Event. Introducing these fresh discoveries to a wider public for the first time, Ted Nield challenges the orthodox view that meteorite strikes are always bad news for life on Earth. He argues that one of the most widely known scientific theories - that dinosaurs were wiped out by a strike 65 million years ago - isn't the whole picture, and that the causes of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction (of which the dinosaurs' demise was a part) were much more varied and complex. Meteorites have been the stuff of legend throughout human history, interpreted as omens of doom or objects of power. But only in the 18th century, when the study of falling space debris became a science, were meteorites used to unlock the mysteries of our universe. Incoming! traces the history of meteorites from the first recorded strike to the video recordings made routinely today, showing how our interpretations have varied according to the age in which they fell, and how meteorite impacts were given fresh urgency with the advent of the atom bomb. Introducing a wealth of fascinating characters alongside extraordinary new research, Ted Nield has written the perfect introduction to the science and history of the falling sky"--Jacket.