Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth's History /

Every year Earth is bombarded with about 40,000 tons of extraterrestrial material. This includes microscopic cosmic dust particles shed by comets and asteroids in outer space, meteorites, as well as large comets and asteroids that have led to catastrophic events in the geologic past. Originally cons...

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Main Author:	Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Bernhard
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Schmitz, Birger
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 2001.
Subjects:	Geology. Interstellar matter. Accretion (Astrophysics) Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book