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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsikalas, Filippos (Editor), Dypvik, Henning (Editor), Smelror, Morten (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Impact Studies,
• Subjects: 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...