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

• Main Authors: Shonting, David (Author), Ezrailson, Cathy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.