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UNINA9910141499003321 |
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Titolo |
Impact cratering [[electronic resource] ] : processes and products / / edited by Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
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1-118-44730-1 |
1-299-15776-9 |
1-118-44733-6 |
1-118-44732-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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OsinskiGordon R |
PierazzoElisabetta |
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Soggetti |
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Impact craters |
Cratering |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; ONE: Impact cratering: processes and products; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Formation of hypervelocity impact craters; 1.2.1 Contact and compression; 1.2.2 Excavation stage; 1.2.3 Modification stage; 1.2.4 Post-impact hydrothermal activity; 1.3 Morphology and morphometry of impact craters; 1.3.1 Simple craters; 1.3.2 Complex craters; 1.3.3 Multi-ring basins; 1.4 Impactites; 1.4.1 Classification of impactites; 1.4.2 Impact melt-bearing impactites; 1.5 Recognition of impact craters |
1.6 Destructive effects of impact events1.7 Beneficial effects of impact events; 1.7.1 Microbiological effects; 1.7.2 Economic effects; 1.8 When a crater does not exist: other evidence for impact events; 1.9 Concluding remarks; References; TWO: Population of impactors and the impact cratering rate in the inner Solar System; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Population of impactors in the inner Solar System; 2.3 Impact frequency |
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of NEOs with the Earth; 2.4 Comparison with the impact record on terrestrial planets; 2.4.1 The Earth; 2.4.2 The other terrestrial planets |
2.5 Variability of the impact frequency during the last 3 Ga2.6 The early cratering history of the Solar System; 2.7 Conclusions; References; THREE: The contact and compression stage of impact cratering; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Maximum pressures during contact and compression; 3.2.1 The planar impact approximation; 3.2.2 Energy partition during compression; 3.2.3 Unloading of the projectile; 3.3 Jetting during contact and compression; 3.4 The isobaric core; 3.5 Oblique impact; 3.6 The end of contact and compression; References; FOUR: Excavation and impact ejecta emplacement; 4.1 Introduction |
4.2 Excavation4.3 Impact plume; 4.4 Generation of continuous ejecta blankets; 4.5 Rayed craters; 4.6 Generation of multiple ejecta layers; 4.6.1 Observations; 4.6.2 Initial impact melt production and early emplacement; 4.6.3 Late-stage melt emplacement - the surface melt flow phase; 4.7 Distal impact ejecta; 4.8 Depth of excavation; References; FIVE: The modification stage of crater formation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Morphology and morphometry of simple and complex impact craters; 5.2.1 Simple crater morphology; 5.2.2 Complex crater morphology; 5.2.3 Crater morphology as a function of size |
5.3 Kinematics of crater collapse5.3.1 Kinematics of simple crater formation; 5.3.2 Kinematics of complex crater formation; 5.4 Subsurface structure of complex impact craters; 5.4.1 Crater rim; 5.4.2 Ring syncline; 5.4.3 Central uplift; 5.4.4 Peak ring; 5.5 Mechanics of cavity collapse: what makes the target so weak?; 5.5.1 Target disintegration into blocks; 5.5.2 Distributed and localized brittle deformation; 5.5.3 Localized melting; 5.5.4 Temporary weakening; 5.6 Effects of oblique impact incidences on cavity collapse; 5.7 Effects of rheologically complex targets on cavity modification |
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Impact cratering is arguably the most ubiquitous geological process in the Solar System. It has played an important role in Earth's history, shaping the geological landscape, affecting the evolution of life, and generating economic resources. However, it was only in the latter half of the 20th century that the importance of impact cratering as a geological process was recognized and only during the past couple of decades that the study of meteorite impact structures has moved into the mainstream. This book seeks to fill a critical gap in the literature by providing an overview text covering |
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UNINA9910797582003321 |
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Titolo |
Planning our future libraries : blueprints for 2025 / / Kim Leeder & Eric Frierson, editors |
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Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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0-8389-9688-4 |
0-8389-1207-9 |
0-8389-9686-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Library planning |
Libraries - Forecasting |
Public services (Libraries) - Forecasting |
Organizational change |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Planning Our Future Libraries: Blueprints for 2025; Contents; Introduction; Embracing Participation; Reimagining Spaces; Building New Infrastructure; Leading for the Future; References; Part 1: Embracing Participation; Chapter 1: Redesigning Library Services Again: Revising Buckland's Manifesto; Buckland's Assumption and Three Types of Libraries; Situating Redesigning Library Services; The Library of 2025 versus the 100-Year Library; The Participatory Library; References; Chapter 2: Radical Trust: A User-Librarian Shared Model; Visions of Radical Trust |
Advocates of Radical Trust for LibrariesScenario One: The Library 2025 without Radical Trust, or Resistance Is Futile; Scenario Two: The Library 2025 with Radical Trust, or the Athenaeum; Conclusion; References; Part 2: Reimagining Spaces; Chapter 3: Meaningful Space in a Digital Age; When Did My "Stuff" Become Content?; The Projection of Self through Our Spaces; Creating Meaningful Spaces; Narrative Design; Praxis: Library 2025; References; Chapter 4: The Faculty Commons: Reimagining the Intellectual Heart of Campus; The Evolution of |
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Academic Library Buildings and Services |
We Are More Than Books Aren't We?Students in the Library: From Adjustment to Transformation; The Library as a Platform for Faculty Innovation; A Focus on Teaching and Research; Spaces That Are Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts; References; Chapter 5: Free-Range Librarianship: Public Librarian as Park Ranger; Building a Model of "Everywhere"; Park Rangers and the Information Ecosystem; A Free-Range Librarianship Model; Conclusion; References; Part 3: Building New Infrastructure; Chapter 6: The Constant Innovator: A New Organizational Mode of Experimentation |
A Call to Action: Taking Charge of Our Professional DestinyGoogle: A Model for Managing Innovation; The Practicalities: How All This Will Work; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: The Future of Funding: A Proposal for a National Library Card; Realign by 2025; Establishing a National Library Card; Embedding Libraries in the Tax Code; Social Impact Bonds and Libraries; A Public-Private Trust for Libraries; Reengaging First Use; References; Part 4: The Global Future; Chapter 8: International School Libraries: Current Status and Future Vision; Case Study One: Nepal; Case Study Two: Honduras |
Case Study Three: BrazilThe International School Library Future; Getting to the International School Library 2025; References; Appendix: Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto (Abridged); Introduction; Three Types of Library; Reinventing the Library; Organization and Implementation; The Challenge; Author's Note; About the Contributors; Index |
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This thought-provoking collection will challenge librarians at every kind of institution to start planning today for the library of tomorrow. |
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UNINA9910778327303321 |
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Autore |
Dahab Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
Voices of exile in contemporary Canadian francophone literature [[electronic resource] /] / F. Elizabeth Dahab |
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Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
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1-282-49485-6 |
9786612494857 |
0-7391-3838-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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French-Canadian literature - Arab authors - History and criticism |
French-Canadian literature - Quebec (Province) - History and criticism |
Immigrants' writings, French-Canadian - Quebec (Province) - History and criticism |
Exiles in literature |
Arabs in literature |
Group identity in literature |
Arabs - Canada - Ethnic identity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01. Introduction: The Odyssey of Québécois/Canadian-Arabic Writers and Their Writing; Chapter 02. Deprivation and Despair in Saad Elkhadem's Wings of Lead, The Plague, Trilogy of the Flying Egyptian, and One Night in Cairo; Chapter 03. From Baghdad to Montréal via Paris: Naïm Kattan and His Multiple Reality; Chapter 04. Of Suffocated Minds and Tortured Hearts: The Universe of Abla Farhoud; Chapter 05. Of Broken Promises and Mended Lives: The War-Ravaged World of Wajdi Mouawad |
Chapter 06. "Fragments and Enigmas": Hédi Bouraoui and La Femme d'entre les lignesConclusion; Bibliography; Index; Credits; About the Author |
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Over the last four decades, the largest French-speaking state in North America, QuZbec, has nested more than a dozen vibrant modes of French expression created by members of the varied cultural |
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communities that have settled there. Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature examines the works of several first-generation Canadian authors originating from Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, and the Maghreb, who produced a trilingual literature that reflects the diversity of their cultural backgrounds. By casting a critical eye on the works of Saad Elkhadem, Naim Kattan, Abla Farhoud, Wajdi |
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