Chesapeake Invader : Discovering America's Giant Meteorite Crater /

Thirty-five million years ago, a meteorite three miles wide and moving sixty times faster than a bullet slammed into the sea bed near what is now Chesapeake Bay. The impact, more powerful than the combined explosion of every nuclear bomb on Earth, blasted out a crater fifty miles wide and one mile d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poag, C. Wylie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5150
Temas:
Cryptoexplosion structures > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.).
Geology, Structural > Virginia.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. Telltales
  • CHAPTER TWO. Microfossil Magic
  • CHAPTER THREE. Tektites
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Toms Canyon
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Super Tsunami
  • CHAPTER SIX. Chesapeake Crater Revealed
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Proof in the Pudding
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. A Perilous Path
  • CHAPTER NINE. Mass Extinctions
  • CHAPTER TEN. Eocene Environments
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Sinking Sand
  • CHAPTER TWELVE. Threatened Ground Waters
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Faulty Floor
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Seaward Explorer
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Buried Treasure
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Subterranean Waste
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Chicken Little's Dilemma
  • Glossary
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Recommended Sites on the World Wide Web
  • Index

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