The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences Geology and Geophysics of a Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Marine Impact Event /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tsikalas, Filippos (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dypvik, Henning (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Smelror, Morten (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Impact Studies,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Geophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

The Mjølnir impact structure was recognized in 1993 and included in the Earth Impact Database in 1996, based on the discoveries of unequivocal meteorite impact indicators such as shocked quartz, Ir-enrichments, possible glass remnants, fragments of nickel-rich iron oxides, in addition to the convinc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Geological Framework
• Impact Structure and Morphology
• Impact Geophysics and Modeling
• Impact Cratering and Postimpact Sedimentation
• Ejecta Geology
• The Impact Dynamics
• Structural Analysis of Deformed Central Peak Sediments
• Post-impact Deformation due to Sediment loang
• The Mjølnir Tsunami.