Catastrophic Events Caused by Cosmic Objects

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Adushkin, Vitaly (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nemchinov, Ivan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

Many times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth. Such an asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the planet some day. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts b...