Distal Impact Ejecta Layers

Bruce M. Simonson

ISBN 10: 3662501260 / ISBN 13: 9783662501269

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg Aug 2016, 2016

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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 732 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Distal Impact Ejecta Layers
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Aug 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662501260
• ISBN 13: 9783662501269
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 40D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 40 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1089 grams

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Synopsis

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