Editors: B.O. Dressler and V.L. Sharpton
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Impact specialists, or other scientists interested in the fields of geoscience and planetology will appreciate the wide range of topics in this 33-chapter volume: impact cratering mechanics; geophysical signatures of impact structures (e.g., Chesapeake Bay, Chicxulub, Mjolnir, Barents Sea, Sudbury, Slate Islands); formation and differentiation of impact melts (e.g., Sudbury); shock metamorphism and shock attenuation (e.g., Slate Islands); terrestrial impact structures under investigation (e.g., Morokweng, Lyckesele, Popigai); and the origin of carbon, including diamonds, in impact deposits (e.g., Sudbury, Chicxulub ejecta). This special volume is the outcome of a second international conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution (Sudbury 1997) attended by more than 150 scientists representing about 15 countries. Presentations on the Sudbury Structure are introduced by a summary of the understanding of this structure before the 1997 conference and are followed by concluding remarks outlining unresolved problems. This volume contains papers of interest to all geoscientists who investigate the effects of impacts and planetology.
Published: 2/28/2000
ISBN Number: 0813723396
Pages: 464
Product Category: Special Papers