Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami The Story of the Largest Known Asteroid to Hit the Earth /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Shonting, David (Συγγραφέας), Ezrailson, Cathy (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Historical geology.; Planetology.; Natural disasters.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Earth.; Geology.; Popular Science.; Popular Earth Science.; Historical Geology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Natural Hazards.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts. The story then turns to the discovery of a globa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Prologue: the arrival
• Chapter 1: The orbiting objects
• Chapter 2: The tale of chicxulub
• Chapter 3: A scenario for the chicxulub impact and energies
• Chapter 4: The chicxulub tsunami
• Chapter 5: Long term global effects
• Epilogue: Possible chicxulub effects on the path of human evolution.