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Record Nr.

UNINA9910437787303321

Autore

Glass Billy P

Titolo

Distal impact ejecta layers : a record of large impacts in sedimentary deposits / / Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-93468-X

3-540-88262-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (722 p.)

Collana

Impact studies, , 1612-8338

Altri autori (Persone)

SimonsonBruce M

Disciplina

551.39

Soggetti

Cryptoexplosion structures

Cratering

Sediments (Geology)

Geology, Stratigraphic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Impact Crater Formation -- Distal Impact Ejecta Layers -- Modeling Variations in Distal Impact -- Distal Impact Ejecta Layers and Earth History.

Sommario/riassunto

Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects. Most terrestrial impact craters have been erased or modified beyond recognition. However, major impacts throw ejecta over large areas of the Earth's surface. Recognition of these impact ejecta layers can help fill in the gaps in the terrestrial cratering record and at the same time provide direct correlation between major impacts and other geological events, such as climatic changes and mass extinctions. This book provides the first summary of known distal impact ejecta layers.