Distal Impact Ejecta Layers [electronic resource] : A Record of Large Impacts in Sedimentary Deposits / by Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson.
Material type: TextSeries: Impact StudiesPublication details: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XV, 716 p. 280 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540882626Subject(s): geography | geology | Physical geography | Sedimentology | Planetology | earth sciences | Geology | Geophysics/Geodesy | Planetology | SedimentologyDDC classification: 551 LOC classification: QE1-996.5Online resources: Click here to access onlineImpact Crater Formation -- Distal Impact Ejecta Layers -- Modeling Variations in Distal Impact -- Distal Impact Ejecta Layers and Earth History.
Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects. Most terrestrial impact craters have been erased or modified beyond recognition. However, major impacts throw ejecta over large areas of the Earth's surface. Recognition of these impact ejecta layers can help fill in the gaps in the terrestrial cratering record and at the same time provide direct correlation between major impacts and other geological events, such as climatic changes and mass extinctions. This book provides the first summary of known distal impact ejecta layers
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