The Sedimentary Record Of Meteorite Impacts
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The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts
Author | : Kevin R. Evans |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0813724376 |
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Although about 70 percent of known terrestrial meteorite impacts involve sedimentary rocks, the response of such rock to hyper- velocity impact is not well understand. Evans (Missouri State U., Springfield) introduces a dozen papers from a session on impact geology at the 2004 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Arranged by rocks' stratigraphic order (oldest to youngest) in proximal and distal settings, papers study topics including: characterization of impact sediments; a model for impact cratering processes; development of breccias (rock composed of sharp fragments embedded in a fine- grained matrix) in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure; and the method of impact stratigraphy applied to aging of the K-T boundary associated with mass extinction. The well-illustrated volume is not indexed.