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Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution V
Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution 5
v, 227 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
"Impact cratering is one of the most fundamental geological processes. On many planets, impact craters are the dominant geological landform. On Earth, erosion, plate tectonics, and volcanic resurfacing continually destroy the impact cratering record, but even here, the geological, biological, and environmental effects of impact cratering are apparent. Impact events are destructive and have been linked to at least one of the "big five" mass extinctions over the past 540 Ma. Intriguingly, impact craters can also have beneficial effects. Many impact craters are associated with economic metalliferous ore deposits and hydrocarbon reservoirs. This Special Paper provides an up-to-date synthesis of impact cratering processes; the role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life, products, and effects; and the techniques used to study impact craters on Earth and other planetary bodies. This volume resulted from the Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V conference held in Sudbury, Canada, in August 2013." -- Publisher's description
Introduction / Gordon R. Osinski and David A. Kring -- The role of meteorite impacts in the origin of life: Potential catalytic role of phyllosilicates in pre-biotic organic synthesis / H.H. Schmitt -- Making craters : from the small to the big: Scaling impact crater dimensions in cohesive rock by numerical modeling and laboratory experiments / N. Güldemeister, K. Wünnemann, and M.H. Poelchau. Characteristics of impact craters in the northern hemisphere of Mars / Nadine G. Barlow. Morphologic and structural mapping of the central uplift of Betio crater, Thaumasia Planum, Mars / A.M. Nuhn, L.L. Tornabene, G.R. Osinski, and A.S. McEwen. Kinematics of large terrestrial impact crater formation inferred from structural analysis and three-dimensional block modeling of the Vredefort Dome, South Africa / Andreas Jahn and Ulrich Riller. Scaling of basin-sized impacts and the influence of target temperature / Ross W.K. Potter, David A. Kring, and Gareth S. Collins -- Products of planetary impacts: Petrologic and impact size controls on Precambrian spherule diameters / Alexandra Krull Davatzes, Nicholas Swartz, and Matthew Enos. Zircon formation in impact melts : complications for deciphering planetary impact histories / Matthew M. Wielicki and T. Mark Harrison. Microscopic effects of shock metamorphism in zircons from the Haughton impact structure, Canada / A.C. Singleton, G.R. Osinski, and S.R. Shieh. Surficial polymict impact breccia unit, Wetumpka impact structure, Alabama : shock levels and emplacement mechanism / David T. King Jr., Jared R. Morrow, Lucille W. Petruny, and Jens Ormö. Nature and origin of the Garson Member of the Onaping Formation, Sudbury impact structure, Canada / A.B. Coulter and G.R. Osinski -- Remote sensing methods to study impact craters: Mapping terrestrial impact craters with the TanDEM-X digital elevation model / Manfred Gottwald, Thomas Fritz, Helko Breit, Birgit Schättler, and Alan Harris. Real-time crater profile analysis : visualizing high-resolution laster altimetry data sets on the GPU / J. McDonald and J. Montgomery.
edited by Gordon R. Osinski (Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, Department of Earth Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario), David A. Kring (Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, Lunar and Planetary Institute, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lunar Science Institute, and NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute).
Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 518