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Australia's meteorite craters /
On Earth, catastrophic impact of an asteroid or comet with truly global consequences has not happened during our written history, and the threat seems very small. Giant scars on our planet's surface are relics of an impact history stretching back more than 2 billion years, and there is no assur...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Welshpool, W.A. :
Western Australian Museum,
2009.
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| Colección: | Factfocus.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Discovery and Ancient Beliefs; Anatomy of a Crater; A Meteoritic Fingerprint; How was Wolfe Creek Crater Formed?; Australia's Impact Record; The Crater Map of Australia; Why Formed by a Meteorite?; Target Earth; Can it Happen Again?; Glossary; Sources and Selected Further Reading; Acknowledgements.