The Asteroid Impact Connection of Planetary Evolution With Special Reference to Large Precambrian and Australian impacts /

When in 1981 Louis and Walter Alvarez, the father and son team, unearthed a tell-tale Iridium-rich sedimentary horizon at the 65 million years-old Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary at Gubbio, Italy, their find heralded a paradigm shift in the study of terrestrial evolution.  Since the 1980s the discovery...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glikson, Andrew Y. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
Temas:
Planetary science.
Solar system.
Atmospheric science.
Planetary Science.
Space Physics.
Atmospheric Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A paradigm shift in Earth science
  • 2. Encounters in space
  •  3. Lunar impacts and the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB) in the Earth-Moon system
  • 4. Impact cratering and ejecta dynamics
  • 5. Identification of impact structures
  •  6. Impact ejecta and fallout units
  •   7. Extraterrestrial geochemical, isotopic and mineralogical signatures
  •  8. Precambrian asteroid impacts
  • 9. Very large impact structures
  • 10. Asteroid impact clusters and isotopic age peaks
  • 11. Australian large asteroid impact and possible impact structures
  • 12. Impacts and mass extinctions
  • 13. Uniformitarian models and the role of asteroid impacts in Earth evolution
  • 14. The current danger
  • Index.

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