Impact Cratering on the Earth.

Autor: Grieve, Richard A.F.
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Zdroj: Scientific American; Apr90, Vol. 262 Issue 4, p66, 8p, 4 Color Photographs, 11 Diagrams, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: Examines studies of terrestrial impact cratering. Impact cratering as a vital part of the earth's evolution; Discovery of the shock-metamorphic effects; Limitations of the study of the lunar craters; Forms of impact craters; Diagnostic indicators of shock metamorphism; Hypotheses about the evolution of the earth; Insights into the earliest periods of geology.
Databáze: Complementary Index