This multiauthor book is a compilation of fourteen papers that result from activities within the scientific programme "Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes" (IMPACT) of the European Science Foundation. The program deals with all aspects of meteorite impact research and operates through workshops, exchange programs and short courses. Most of the papers are initiated from the 4th IMPACT workshop "Meteorite Impacts in Precambrian Shields" that took place in Lappajärvi, Finland, in 2000. The volume begins with a detailed view of thirty confirmed meteorite impact structures found in the Fennoscandian Shield and its nearest surroundings. The following papers describe impact structures in different areas.
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This multiauthor book is a compilation of fourteen papers that result from activities within the scientific programme "Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes" (IMPACT) of the European Science Foundation. The program deals with all aspects of meteorite impact research and operates through workshops, exchange programs and short courses. Most of the papers are initiated from the 4th IMPACT workshop "Meteorite Impacts in Precambrian Shields" that took place in Lappajärvi, Finland, in 2000. The volume begins with a detailed view of thirty confirmed meteorite impact structures found in the Fennoscandian Shield and its nearest surroundings. The following papers describe impact structures in different areas.
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Currently thirty meteorite impact structures are identified in Fennoscandia, which corresponds to ~19 % of the known global record. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shock pressure attenuation, authigenic breccia, crystalline building stone, tagamite sheet, annular uplift, allogenic breccia, radiometry areas, impact lithologies, coherent impact melt sheets, water transient cavity, crystalline target rocks, true crater floor, crater periphery, parautochthonous rocks, suevite layer, allochthonous breccias, other impact structures, autochthonous breccias, suevite deposits, lithic breccias, central uplift, target lithologies, radiometric map, crater basement, impact melt rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Planetary Science, Geological Survey of Finland, Journal of Geophysical Research, Cosmochimica Acta, Barents Sea, Ivory Coast, Geological Society of America Special Paper, Lake Bosumtwi, Geological Survey of Estonia, Earth Sciences, Mishina Gora, Chemical Geology, New York, Precambrian Research, South Africa, University of Helsinki, Deep Bay, Hiiumaa Island, Majachika Upland, Nauka Press, Neugrund Bank, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, Chesapeake Bay, Lecture Notes New!
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Currently thirty meteorite impact structures are identified in Fennoscandia, which corresponds to ~19 % of the known global record. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shock pressure attenuation, authigenic breccia, crystalline building stone, tagamite sheet, annular uplift, allogenic breccia, radiometry areas, impact lithologies, coherent impact melt sheets, water transient cavity, crystalline target rocks, true crater floor, crater periphery, parautochthonous rocks, suevite layer, allochthonous breccias, other impact structures, autochthonous breccias, suevite deposits, lithic breccias, central uplift, target lithologies, radiometric map, crater basement, impact melt rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Planetary Science, Geological Survey of Finland, Journal of Geophysical Research, Cosmochimica Acta, Barents Sea, Ivory Coast, Geological Society of America Special Paper, Lake Bosumtwi, Geological Survey of Estonia, Earth Sciences, Mishina Gora, Chemical Geology, New York, Precambrian Research, South Africa, University of Helsinki, Deep Bay, Hiiumaa Island, Majachika Upland, Nauka Press, Neugrund Bank, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, Chesapeake Bay, Lecture Notes New!
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- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on page 77, page 85, and Back Matter
- Impacts and the Early Earth (Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences) by Iain Gilmour on page 56, page 57, and page 293
- Earth Science by National Geographic Society on page 57, page 78, and page 79
- Geology and Mineral Resources of West Africa by Wright on page 210, and page 252
- Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics) by H. J. Melosh on page 305, and Back Matter
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- Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events (Impact Studies) by Charles Cockell on 5 pages
- Atlas of Sand Grain Surface Textures and Applications by William Mahaney on page 229
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