Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution
Author: B. O. Dressier
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 361
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813722934

Comprises 28 papers which grew out of the International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, August/September, 1992 in Sudbury, Ontario. The interdisciplinary papers, encompassing diverse studies from trace element geochemistry to planetary exploration, are arranged into f

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution IV
Author: W. U. Reimold
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813724651

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution held at the Vredefort Dome, South Africa, in Aug. 2008.

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution V
Author: Gordon R. Osinski
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2015-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813725186

In this volume, the geologic and planetary science communities explore impact events and how they affected the evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies. these papers are the outcome of a conference held every five years.

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI

Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution VI
Author: Wolf Uwe Reimold
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 081372550X

"This volume contains a sizable suite of contributions dealing with regional impact records (Australia, Sweden), impact craters and impactites, early Archean impacts and geophysical characteristics of impact structures, shock metamorphic investigations, post-impact hydrothermalism, and structural geology and morphometry of impact structures - on Earth and Mars"--

Large Meteorite Impacts III

Large Meteorite Impacts III
Author: Thomas Kenkmann
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813723841

"The third volume of the series “Large Meteorite Impacts” provides an updated and comprehensive overview of modern impact crater research. In 26 chapters, more than 90 authors from Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada, and South Africa give a balanced, firsthand account of the multidisciplinary field of cratering science, with reports on field studies, geophysical analyses, and experimental and numerical simulations. Nine chapters focus on structure, geophysics, and cratering motions of terrestrial craters. Recent advances in impact ejecta studies and shock metamorphism are assembled, each with seven chapters, and three chapters extend the scope from a terrestrial to a planetary perspective."--pub. desc.

Nickel Sulfide Ores and Impact Melts

Nickel Sulfide Ores and Impact Melts
Author: Peter C. Lightfoot
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128041056

Nickel Sulfide Ores and Impact Melts: Origin of the Sudbury Igneous Complex presents a current state of understanding on the geology and ore deposits of the Sudbury Igneous Complex in Ontario, Canada. As the first complete reference on the subject, this book explores the linkage between the processes of meteorite impact, melt sheet formation, differentiation, sulfide immiscibility and metal collection, and the localization of ores by magmatic and post-magmatic processes. The discovery of new ore deposits requires industry and government scientists and academic scholars to have access to the latest understanding of ore formation process models that link to the mineralization of their host rocks. The ore deposits at Sudbury are one of the world's largest ore systems, representing a classic case study that brings together very diverse datasets and ways of thinking. This book is designed to emphasize concepts that can be applied across a broad range of ore deposit types beyond Sudbury and nickel deposit geology. It is an essential resource for exploration geologists, university researchers, and government scientists, and can be used in rock and mineral analysis, remote sensing, and geophysical applications. - Provides the only reference book to focus entirely on the Sudbury Igneous Complex - Brings together an understanding of ore deposit and impact melts as a basis for future exploration - Authored by a leading expert on the geology of the Sudbury Igneous Complex with 35 years of experience working on nickel sulfide ore deposits

Cathodoluminescence and its Application in the Planetary Sciences

Cathodoluminescence and its Application in the Planetary Sciences
Author: Arnold Gucsik
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008-11-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540875298

Cathodoluminescence microscopy/spectroscopy is a powerful technique providing detailed information on the shock metamorphism of target rocks, biosignatures of meteorites and mineralogy of the pre-solar grains. Moreover, it can be used as an in-situ method to classify the solid-atmospheric-liquid interactions on the surface of Mars.