Catastrophic events caused by cosmic objects

Many times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth. Such an asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the planet some day. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts b...

Cijeli opis

Spremljeno u:
Bibliografski detalji
Daljnji autori: Adushkin, Vitaly (Voditelj izdanja), Nemchinov, Ivan (Voditelj izdanja)
Format: Livre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Online pristup:Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur
Accès sur la plateforme Istex
Accès Université d'Orléans
Accès INSA CVL
Bilješka: Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale)
Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• Catastrophic events caused by cosmic objects, edited by Vitaly Adushkin and Ivan Nemchinov, Dordrecht, Springer, 2008, 1 vol. (XI-357 p.), 978-1-402-06451-7
Sadržaj:
  • 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