Australia's Little Space Travellers The Flight Shaped Tektites of Australia /

• Main Author: McColl, Don (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Mineralogy.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Earth.; Geology.; Popular Science.; Popular Earth Science.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.

This book provides a showcase for the incredibly well-preserved flight-textured tektites of southern Australia, which are the world’s finest known examples. It provides an overview of their forms and flight features, which can be expected to appear, at least in part, on any objects falling from spac...