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The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections
Author | : Gerald Joseph Home McCall |
Publisher | : Geological Society of London |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781862391949 |
This Special Publication has 24 papers with an international authorship, and is prefaced by an introductory overview which presents highlights in the field. The first section covers the acceptance by science of the reality of the falls of rock and metal from the sky, an account that takes the reader from BCE (before common era) to the nineteenth century. The second section details some of the world's most important collections in museums - their origins and development. The Smithsonian chapter also covers the astonishingly numerous finds in the cold desert of Antarctica by American search parties. There are also contributions covering the finds by Japanese parties in the Yamato mountains and the equally remarkable discoveries in the hot deserts of Australia, North Africa, Oman and the USA. The other seven chapters take the reader through the revolution in scientific research on meteoritics in the later part of the twentieth century, including terrestrial impact cratering and extraordinary showers of glass from the sky; tektites, now known to be Earth-impact-sourced. Finally, the short epilogue looks to the future.
Principles of Meteoritics
Author | : E.L. Krinov |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1483184463 |
Principles of Meteoritics examines the significance of meteorites in relation to cosmogony and to the origin of the planetary system. The book discusses the science of meteoritics and the sources of meteorites. Scientists study the morphology of meteorites to determine their motion in the atmosphere. The scope of such study includes all forms of meteorites, the circumstances of their fall to earth, their motion in the atmosphere, and their orbits in space. Meteoric bodies vary in sizes; in calculating their motion in interplanetary space, astronomers apply the laws of Kepler. In the region of retardation, the direction of motion of the meteoric body changes, and a break in the visible and real trajectories follows. The angle of fall of meteorites at a vertical line on the surface of the Earth measures between 20 degrees to 30 degrees. The text also discusses the Tunguska and Sikhote-alin meteorites, two gigantic meteorites that fell in the U.S.S.R. The text also discusses the chemistry, the mineralogy, the petrography, and the physical properties of meteorites. The book is suitable for astronomers, geologists, and general readers who have an interest in sky watching.
Meteorites and the Early Solar System II
Author | : Dante S. Lauretta |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 978 |
Release | : 2006-07-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0816546592 |
They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The composition, chemistry, and mineralogy of primitive meteorites collectively provide evidence for a wide variety of chemical and physical processes. This book synthesizes our current understanding of the early solar system, summarizing information about processes that occurred before its formation. It will be valuable as a textbook for graduate education in planetary science and as a reference for meteoriticists and researchers in allied fields worldwide.
Meteorites
Author | : Robert Hutchison |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521035392 |
Introduction to meteorites and many of their properties.
Abstracts for the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
Author | : Meteoritical Society. Meeting |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Meteorites |
ISBN | : |
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"--
Meteorites
Author | : Alex Bevan |
Publisher | : UNSW Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Meteorites |
ISBN | : 9780868404905 |
Contains several previously unpublished accounts of meteorite recoveries in Australia and provides deatails on many Australian contributions to the advancement of planetary science. Details everything from responses to meteorites in ancient civilsations to the most current theories on the origins of life on Earth.