Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects

Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-90-481-7644-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 357 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 563 g

An asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the Earth some day, and potentially cause great destruction. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the authors. Each chapter, written by an expert, contains an overview of an aspect and new findings in the field. Coverage describes and numerically estimates the main hazardous effects.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nemchinov, Ivan

Adushkin, Vitaly

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.