Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution V / edited by Gordon R. Osinski, Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Department of Earth Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario; David A. Kring, Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lunar Science Institute, and NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
Osinski, Gordon R., editor.; Kring, David A. (David Allen), editor.
2015
QB754.8 .I58 2015 (Mapit)
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Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution V / edited by Gordon R. Osinski, Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Department of Earth Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario; David A. Kring, Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lunar Science Institute, and NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute.
ISBN
9780813725185 (paperback)
0813725186 (paperback)
Published
Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2015.
Language
English
Description
v, 227 pages : illustrations charts (some color) ; 28 cm.
Call Number
QB754.8 .I58 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.4
Summary
In this volume, the geologic and planetary science communities explore impact events and how they affected the evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies. these papers are the outcome of a conference held every five years.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Osinski, Gordon R., editor.
Kring, David A. (David Allen), editor.
Series
Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 518.
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Introduction / Gordon R. Osinski and David A. Kring
The role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life. Potential catalytic role of phyllosilicates in pre-biotic organic synthesis / H.H. Schmitt. Making craters: from the small to the big. Scaling impact crater dimensions in cohesive rock by numerical modeling and laboratory experiments / N. Güldemeister, K. Wünnemann, and M.H. Poelchau
Characteristics of impact craters in the northern hemisphere of Mars / Nadine G. Barlow
Morphologic and structural mapping of the central uplift of Betio crater, Thaumasia Planum, Mars / A.M. Nuhn, L.L. Tornabene, G.R. Osinski, and A.S. McEwen
Kinematics of large terrestrial impact crater formation inferred from structural analysis and three-dimensional block modeling of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa / Andreas Jahn and Ulrich Riller
Scaling of basin-sized impacts and the influence of target temperature / Ross W.K. potter, David A. Kring, and Gareth S. Collins. Products of planetary impacts. Petrologic and impact size controls on Precambrian spherule diameters / Alexandra Krull Davatzes, Nicholas Swartz, and Matthew Enos
Zircon formation in impact melts: complications for deciphering planetary impact histories / Matthew M. Wielicki and T. Mark Harrison
Microscopic effects of shock metamorphism in zircons from the Haughton impact structure, Canada / A.C. Singleton, G.R. Osinski, and S.R. Shieh
Surficial polymict impact breccia unit, Wetumpka impact structure, Alabama: shock levels and emplacement mechanism / David T. King Jr., Jared R. Morrow, Lucille W. Petruny, and Jens Ormö
Nature and origin of the Garson Member of the Onaping Formation, Sudbury impact structure, Canada / A.B. Coulter and G.R. Osinski. Remote sensing methods to study impact craters. Mapping terrestrial impact craters with the TanDEM-X digital elevation model / Manfred Gottwald, Thomas Fritz, Helko Breit, Birgit Schättler, and Alan Harris
Real-time crater profile analysis: visualizing high-resolution laster altimetry data sets on the GPU / J. McDonald and J. Montgomery.

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