Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Author: B. O. Dressier

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0813722934

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Comprises 28 papers which grew out of the International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, August/September, 1992 in Sudbury, Ontario. The interdisciplinary papers, encompassing diverse studies from trace element geochemistry to planetary exploration, are arranged into f


Lunar Sourcebook

Lunar Sourcebook

Author: Grant Heiken

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1991-04-26

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 9780521334440

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The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.


Tektites in the Geological Record

Tektites in the Geological Record

Author: Gerald Joseph Home McCall

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781862390850

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This text commences with the history of tektites, from mediaeval China, through finds in Czechoslovakia in the 18th century and Darwin's description while on the Beagle, to 20th-century finds in South East Asia, the Ivory Coast and the USA. The four major strewn fields are described, followed by their extension by deep sea finds of microtektites and the recognition of irregular, large layered tektites in SE Asia.