Meteorite Impact! The Danger from Space and South Africa's Mega-Impact The Vredefort Structure /

• Main Authors: Reimold, Wolf Uwe (Author), Gibson, Roger L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Edition: 32_Reimold_Gibson.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Earth Sciences.

When geologists first wandered the spectacular ring of hills straddling the Vaal River north of Vredefort nearly 150 years ago, they immediately recognised that the unusually shattered and uptilted rocks bore witness to an exceptionally violent event in the distant past. However, it took more than a...