Asteroids Impacts, Crustal Evolution and Related Mineral Systems with Special Reference to Australia

• Main Authors: Glikson, Andrew Y. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pirajno, Franco (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 14
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Planetology.; Structural geology.; Economic geology.; Earth System Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Economic Geology.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of Australian impact structures and related mineralization, including a discussion of the significance of many of these structures for crustal evolution. The book focuses in particular on Archaean impact ejecta/fallout units in the Pilbara Craton of Wester...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Asteroid Impacts in Time and Space
• 3. Criteria for Identification of Asteroid Impact Events
• 4. Asteroid Impacts in Time
• 5. Australian Asteroid Impacts
• 6. Asteroid Impacts and Ore Genesis
• 7. Asteroid and Crustal Evolution.