Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality
Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary Conference on Impacts, Volcanism, and Mass Mortality

Author: Virgil L. Sharpton

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 0813722470

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The conference was held in Snowbird, Utah, October 1988, as a sequel to the Conference on Large Body Impacts held in 1981, also in Snowbird. This volume contains 58 peer-reviewed papers, arranged into sections that cover the major themes of the conference: catastrophic impacts, volcanism, and mass mortality; geological signatures of impacts; environmental effects of impacts; patterns of mass mortality; volcanism and its effects; case histories of mass mortalities; and events and extinctions at the K/T boundary. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

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Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13:

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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences
The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences

Author: Henning Dypvik

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-09-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 354088260X

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The Mjølnir impact structure was recognized in 1993 and included in the Earth Impact Database in 1996, based on the discoveries of unequivocal meteorite impact indicators such as shocked quartz, Ir-enrichments, possible glass remnants, fragments of nickel-rich iron oxides, in addition to the convincing complex crater shape of the structure. This book presents the geological and geophysical history of the Barents Sea region along with the discovery of the Mjølnir impact crater. We place the Mjølnir event into the geological framework of the region and present elaborative numerical models of its formation and associated tsunami generation. The book represents an update and synthesis as well as the complete compilation of the Mjølnir crater studies.

Cities and Their Vital Systems
Cities and Their Vital Systems

Author: Advisory Committee on Technology and Society

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 1298

ISBN-13: 9780309037860

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Cities and Their Vital Systems asks basic questions about the longevity, utility, and nature of urban infrastructures; analyzes how they grow, interact, and change; and asks how, when, and at what cost they should be replaced. Among the topics discussed are problems arising from increasing air travel and airport congestion; the adequacy of water supplies and waste treatment; the impact of new technologies on construction; urban real estate values; and the field of "telematics," the combination of computers and telecommunications that makes money machines and national newspapers possible.

Meteorites
Meteorites

Author: Monica M. Grady

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781862390171

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The impact of extraterrestrial material on Earth can lead to effects traceable in both the geological and biological record. This study describes meteorite flux with time, covering small and large bodies capable of producing craters. The effects of impacts on the environment is also covered focusing specifically on the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event.

250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy
250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy

Author: Christian Koeberl

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0813725429

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"The Umbria-Marche Apennines are entirely made of marine sedimentary rocks, representing a continuous record of the geotectonic evolution of an epeiric sea from the Early Triassic to the Pleistocene. The book includes reviews and original research works accomplished with the support of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco"--