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Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

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Full Title: Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution: Proceedings of the Sudbury 1992 Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, 31 August to 2 September 1992

Editors: B.O. Dressler, R.A.F. Grieve, and V.L. Sharpton


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Twenty-eight papers, organized in five chapters, cover a wide range of topics of interest to the planetologist and other geoscientists. Topics include impact cratering phenomena and processes, shock metamorphism, the origin of tektites, terrestrial and planetary impact structures, and paleontological extinctions. Six papers present new data on the origin and evolution of the Sudbury Structure of northern Ontario. Information on nine other terrestrial impact structures also is presented, including the Popigai and Puchezh-Katunki structures of Russia, the Vredefort structure of South Africa, and the Beaverhead structure of Montana. The six papers in the first section on Planetary Constraints and Perspectives are of special interest to the planetologist dealing with the origin of lunar multiring basins, impact structures on Venus, and impact melt production on the planets. Includes an extensive glossary.

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Published: 1/03/1995

ISBN Number: 0813722934

Pages: 348

Product Category: Special Papers