Impact Cratering
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Impact Cratering

Processes and Products

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Impact Cratering

Processes and Products

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About This Book

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 broad aspects of the impact cratering process and aimed at graduate students, professionals and researchers alike. It introduces readers to the threat and nature of impactors, the impact cratering process, the products, and the effects – both destructive and beneficial. A series of chapters on the various techniques used to study impact craters provide a foundation for anyone studying impact craters for the first time.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
ISBN
9781118447321
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. COMPANION WEBSITE
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. List of contributors
  8. ONE: Impact cratering: processes and products
  9. TWO: Population of impactors and the impact cratering rate in the inner Solar System
  10. THREE: The contact and compression stage of impact cratering
  11. FOUR: Excavation and impact ejecta emplacement
  12. FIVE: The modification stage of crater formation
  13. SIX: Impact-induced hydrothermal activity
  14. SEVEN: Impactites: their characteristics and spatial distribution
  15. EIGHT: Shock metamorphism
  16. NINE: Impact melting
  17. TEN: Environmental effects of impact events
  18. ELEVEN: The geomicrobiology of impact structures
  19. TWELVE: Economic deposits at terrestrial impact structures
  20. THIRTEEN: Remote sensing of impact craters
  21. FOURTEEN: Geophysical studies of impact craters
  22. FIFTEEN: Projectile identification in terrestrial impact structures and ejecta material
  23. SIXTEEN: The geochronology of impact craters
  24. SEVENTEEN: Numerical modelling of impact processes
  25. EIGHTEEN: Comparison of simple impact craters: a case study of Meteor and Lonar Craters
  26. NINETEEN: Comparison of mid-size terrestrial complex impact structures: a case study
  27. TWENTY: Processes and products of impact cratering: glossary and definitions
  28. Index