02642nam 2200601Ia 450 991082165700332120200520144314.01-920843-58-2(CKB)2560000000103389(EBL)1218657(SSID)ssj0000915328(PQKBManifestationID)12377207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915328(PQKBWorkID)10869236(PQKB)11322529(MiAaPQ)EBC1218657(Au-PeEL)EBL1218657(CaPaEBR)ebr10717540(OCoLC)852757133(EXLCZ)99256000000010338920110819d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAustralia's meteorite craters /Alex Bevan and Ken McNamara ; foreword by Robert Hough1st ed.Welshpool, W.A. Western Australian Museum20091 online resource (100 p.)FactfocusDescription based upon print version of record.1-920843-96-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-94).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; AcknowledgementsOn 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 assurance it cannot happen again. In Australia there are 36 structures ranging from tens of metres to tens of kilometres in diameter, and recognised to varying degrees of certainty as having been formed by giant meteorite impact. In clear and concise language this book begins with ancient beliefs and myths abFactfocus.Meteorite cratersAustraliaMeteoritesAustraliaMeteorite cratersMeteorites550551.3970994Bevan A. W. R1625568McNamara Ken728920Western Australian Museum.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821657003321Australia's meteorite craters3961132UNINA