Australia's meteorite craters

On Earth, catastrophic impact of an asteroid or comet with truly global consequences has not happened during our written history, and the threat seems very small. Giant scars on our planet's surface are relics of an impact history stretching back more than 2 billion years, and there is no assur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bevan, A. W. R. (-)
Autor Corporativo: Western Australian Museum (-)
Otros Autores: McNamara, Ken
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum 2009.
Colección:Factfocus.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b33910339*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Discovery and Ancient Beliefs; Anatomy of a Crater; A Meteoritic Fingerprint; How was Wolfe Creek Crater Formed?; Australia's Impact Record; The Crater Map of Australia; Why Formed by a Meteorite?; Target Earth; Can it Happen Again?; Glossary; Sources and Selected Further Reading; Acknowledgements.