Impact cratering [[electronic resource] ] : processes and products / / edited by Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
551.21
551.3/97 551.397 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
OsinskiGordon R
PierazzoElisabetta |
Soggetto topico |
Impact craters
Cratering |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-44730-1
1-299-15776-9 1-118-44733-6 1-118-44732-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141499003321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Impact cratering [[electronic resource] ] : processes and products / / edited by Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
Disciplina |
551.21
551.3/97 551.397 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
OsinskiGordon R
PierazzoElisabetta |
Soggetto topico |
Impact craters
Cratering |
ISBN |
1-118-44730-1
1-299-15776-9 1-118-44733-6 1-118-44732-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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 References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830339603321 |
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Impacts on earth / Daniel Benest, Claude Froeschlé (eds.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | xvii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 551.397 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Benest, Danielauthor
Froeschlé, Claudeauthor |
Collana |
Lecture notes in physics ; 505.
Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; vol. 505 |
Soggetto topico |
Asteroids - Collisions with Earth
Shock waves |
ISBN | 3540642099 (alk. paper) |
Classificazione |
LC QB651
52.9.52 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Catastrophic collisions in the asteroid belt : the identification of dynamical families / A. Cellino and Ph. Bendjoya -Origin and dynamical transport of near-Earth asteroids and meteorites / A. Morbidelli and Ch. Froeschlé - Topics on chaotic transport for Hamiltonian systems : modelling of diffusion processes for small bodies in the solar system / C. Froeschlé and E. Lega - Collisional disruption of natural satellites / P. Farinella - Concepts of shock waves / A. Migault - The experimental and theoretical basis for studying collisional disruption in the solar system / D.R. Davis - Signatures of impacts in quartz (microstructures and formation mechanisms) / J.C. Doukhan - Dating of impact events / U. Schärer - Impact energy flux on Earth in the last 150 MY as inferred from the cratering record / A.C. Bagatin, A. Montanari and P. Farinella - Earth-orbiting debris cloud and its collisional evolution / A. Rossi and P. Farinella. |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991004075269707536 |
Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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