The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences Geology and Geophysics of a Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Marine Impact Event /

The Mjølnir impact structure was recognized in 1993 and included in the Earth Impact Database in 1996, based on the discoveries of unequivocal meteorite impact indicators such as shocked quartz, Ir-enrichments, possible glass remnants, fragments of nickel-rich iron oxides, in addition to the convinc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Dypvik, Henning (Editor ), Tsikalas, Filippos (Editor ), Smelror, Morten (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Impact Studies
Temas:
Geology.
Geophysics.
Paleontology .
Paleontology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Geological Framework
  • Impact Structure and Morphology
  • Impact Geophysics and Modeling
  • Impact Cratering and Postimpact Sedimentation
  • Ejecta Geology
  • The Impact Dynamics
  • Structural Analysis of Deformed Central Peak Sediments
  • Post-impact Deformation due to Sediment loang
  • The Mjølnir Tsunami.

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