Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Adushkin, Vitaly; Nemchinov, Ivan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the Earth some day, and potentially cause great destruction. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the authors. Each chapter, written by an expert, contains an overview of an aspect and new findings in the field. Coverage describes and numerically estimates the main hazardous effects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Seitenzahl: 357
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781402064524
• Artikelnr.: 37348371

Autorenporträt

V.V Adushkin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia / I.V. Nemchinov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Inhaltsangabe

Main Factors of Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids.- Size-Frequency Distribution Of Asteroids And Impact Craters: Estimates Of Impact Rate.- Cometary Hazards.- Bolides in the Earth Atmosphere.- Geologic Effects of Large Terrestrial Impact Crater Formation.- Thermal Radiation and Fires After Impacts of Cosmic Objects.- Tunguska Catastrophe of 30 June 1908.- High-Velocity Impact Ejecta: Tektites and Martian Meteorites.- Marine Target Impacts.- Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Effect.- Impacts and Evolution of Early Earth.