Full Title: Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth
Editors: Leon T. Silver and Peter H. Schultz
What has been the history of the impacts of large asteroids and comets on Earth during the past 3.5 b.y.? What have been the physical, chemical, and biological consequences of these impacts? Have they produced major perturbations of the important indigenous physical and biological trends of terrestrial evolution? What are the current probabilities of such impacts? Forty-eight chapters provide a multidisciplinary approach to the possibilities and the effects of a 10-km space wanderer colliding with Earth. One of the most comprehensive and balanced discussions of a geologic concept ever encountered, containing more than 300 illustrations.
Published: 12/28/1982
ISBN Number: 0813721903
Pages: 548
Product Category: EBooks