Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects

Many times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth. Such an asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the planet some day. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts b...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Adushkin, Vitaly (Éditeur intellectuel), Nemchinov, Ivan (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Édition:1st ed. 2008.
Sujets:
Solar system.
Earth sciences.
Planetary science.
Geophysics.
Mathematical physics.
Space Physics.
Earth Sciences.
Planetary Science.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Accès en ligne:Texto Completo
Table des matières:
  • Main Factors of Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids
  • Size-Frequency Distribution Of Asteroids And Impact Craters: Estimates Of Impact Rate
  • Cometary Hazards
  • Bolides in the Earth Atmosphere
  • Geologic Effects of Large Terrestrial Impact Crater Formation
  • Thermal Radiation and Fires After Impacts of Cosmic Objects
  • Tunguska Catastrophe of 30 June 1908
  • High-Velocity Impact Ejecta: Tektites and Martian Meteorites
  • Marine Target Impacts
  • Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Effect
  • Impacts and Evolution of Early Earth.

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