Bombarded Britain [[electronic resource] ] : a search for British impact structures / / Richard Stratford
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Stratford Richard
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| Titolo: |
Bombarded Britain [[electronic resource] ] : a search for British impact structures / / Richard Stratford
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 208 p., [12] leaves of folded plates ) : col. maps |
| Disciplina: | 551.3970941 |
| Soggetto topico: | Meteorite craters - Great Britain |
| Meteorites - Great Britain | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Impacts and Geology: A Curious Omission; Of Calculations and Craters; The Search for Impact Structures; The Shetland Craters; Midlands Geology; The Ashby Structure; The Charnwood Circles; The Midlands Basin - A Cometary Impact Structure?; The Herefordshire Domes; The Rochford Basin - A Digression into Essex; Gabbro, Granite and Grampians; Other Circular Structures; Impacts in History?: Of Small Craters and Airbursts; Levin-Bolt and Blast; Dozmary Pool; British Atlantis. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A discussion of the search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce shallow craters with low rims; three structures of this type are identified. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Bombarded Britain |
| ISBN: | 1-281-86586-9 |
| 9786611865863 | |
| 1-84816-123-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453894403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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