Impacts in Precambrian Shields

This multiauthor book is a compilation of fourteen papers that result from activities within the scientific programme "Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes" (IMPACT) of the European Science Foundation. The program deals with all aspects of meteorite impact research and operates...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Plado, Jüri (Editor), Pesonen, Lauri J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:Impact Studies
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Impact Cratering Record of Fennoscandia — A New Look at the Database
  • Re-examining Structural Data from Impact Craters on the Canadian Shield in the Light of Theoretical Models
  • Popigai Crater: General Geology
  • Geophysics and Petrophysics of the Popigai Impact Structure, Siberia
  • U-Pb Analyses of Zircons from the Popigai Impact Structure, Russia: First Results
  • Impact-Generated Hydrothermal Systems: Data from Popigai, Kara, and Puchezh-Katunki Impact Structures
  • Geology and Petrography of the Zapadnaya Impact Crater in the Ukrainian Shield
  • Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana: A Remote Sensing Investigation
  • Geochemistry of Soils from the Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana, and Relationship to Radiometric Airborne Geophysical Data
  • Tektite Origin in Oblique Impacts: Numerical Modeling of the Initial Stage
  • Geology and Magnetic Signatures of the Neugrund Impact Structure, Estonia
  • Natural Resources of the Kärdla Impact Structure, Hiiumaa Island, Estonia
  • Seismic Correlation of the Mjølnir Marine Impact Crater to Shallow Boreholes
  • Numerical Modeling of Impacts into Shallow Sea