Asteroids, comets, and meteorites :
Erickson, Jon, 1948-
Asteroids, comets, and meteorites : cosmic invaders of the earth / - New York : Facts On File, �2003. - xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The living earth . - Erickson, Jon, 1948- Living earth. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
The Big Splash -- The Big Burp -- The Big Flood -- The Big Boil Cratering Events: Historic Meteorite Impacts -- Archean Impacts -- Proterozoic Impacts -- Paleozoic Impacts -- Mesozoic Impacts -- Cenozoic Impacts 25 -- 3 49 Planetary Impacts: Exploring Meteorite Craters -- Lunar Craters -- Mercurian Craters -- Venusian Craters -- Martian Craters -- Outer Planetary Craters Asteroids: Wandering Rock Fragments -- The Minor Planets 4 75 -- 5 The Asteroid Belt -- Kirkwood Gaps -- Meteoroid Streams -- Meteorite Falls -- Exploring Asteroids -- Mining Asteroids Comets: Cosmic ICE Debris -- The Oort Cloud -- The Kuiper Belt -- Sun-Grazing Comets 102 -- 6 Comets Turned Asteroids -- Meteor Showers -- Cometary Exploration Meteorite Craters: Formation of Impact Structures -- Cratering Rates -- Impact Cratering -- Shock Effects -- Crater Formation -- Impact Structures 121 -- 7 Strewn Fields -- Crater Erosion Impact Effects: The Global Changes -- Global Effects -- Tectonism -- Tsunamis -- Magnetic Reversals -- Glaciation -- Mass Extinction Death Star: Impact Extinction of Species 141 -- 8 163 -- 9 Supernovas -- Doomsday Comets -- Killer Asteroids -- The Dinosaur Deathblow -- Nemesis -- Planet X Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid and Comet Bombardment -- Near-Earth Asteroids -- Close Calls -- Asteroid Impacts 188 -- 10 Asteroid Defense -- Impact Survival 209. Origin of the Solar System: Formation of the Sun and Planets -- The Big Bang -- Galaxy Formation -- Stellar Evolution -- Solar Origins -- Planetary Assembly The Formation of Earth: Planetary Origins -- The Big Crash 1 1 -- 2
The impact event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs was not an isolated occurrence, for, as the foreword writer reminds us, a near-miss with an asteroid occurred in 1996. Erickson, an independent Colorado-based geologist, provides students beginning to study the Earth sciences and general readers with a lucid introduction to the bearers of such planetary impacts and their ongoing role in shaping our solar system. The book features numerous b&w illustrations, including recent photos taken from spacecraft, and a glossary with a pronunciation guide.
0816048738 9780816048731 0816050767 9780816050765
2002002434
GBA3Z8520 bnb GBA2-U3592
Asteroids.
Comets.
Meteorites.
QB651 / .E75 2003
551.3/97
Asteroids, comets, and meteorites : cosmic invaders of the earth / - New York : Facts On File, �2003. - xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The living earth . - Erickson, Jon, 1948- Living earth. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
The Big Splash -- The Big Burp -- The Big Flood -- The Big Boil Cratering Events: Historic Meteorite Impacts -- Archean Impacts -- Proterozoic Impacts -- Paleozoic Impacts -- Mesozoic Impacts -- Cenozoic Impacts 25 -- 3 49 Planetary Impacts: Exploring Meteorite Craters -- Lunar Craters -- Mercurian Craters -- Venusian Craters -- Martian Craters -- Outer Planetary Craters Asteroids: Wandering Rock Fragments -- The Minor Planets 4 75 -- 5 The Asteroid Belt -- Kirkwood Gaps -- Meteoroid Streams -- Meteorite Falls -- Exploring Asteroids -- Mining Asteroids Comets: Cosmic ICE Debris -- The Oort Cloud -- The Kuiper Belt -- Sun-Grazing Comets 102 -- 6 Comets Turned Asteroids -- Meteor Showers -- Cometary Exploration Meteorite Craters: Formation of Impact Structures -- Cratering Rates -- Impact Cratering -- Shock Effects -- Crater Formation -- Impact Structures 121 -- 7 Strewn Fields -- Crater Erosion Impact Effects: The Global Changes -- Global Effects -- Tectonism -- Tsunamis -- Magnetic Reversals -- Glaciation -- Mass Extinction Death Star: Impact Extinction of Species 141 -- 8 163 -- 9 Supernovas -- Doomsday Comets -- Killer Asteroids -- The Dinosaur Deathblow -- Nemesis -- Planet X Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid and Comet Bombardment -- Near-Earth Asteroids -- Close Calls -- Asteroid Impacts 188 -- 10 Asteroid Defense -- Impact Survival 209. Origin of the Solar System: Formation of the Sun and Planets -- The Big Bang -- Galaxy Formation -- Stellar Evolution -- Solar Origins -- Planetary Assembly The Formation of Earth: Planetary Origins -- The Big Crash 1 1 -- 2
The impact event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs was not an isolated occurrence, for, as the foreword writer reminds us, a near-miss with an asteroid occurred in 1996. Erickson, an independent Colorado-based geologist, provides students beginning to study the Earth sciences and general readers with a lucid introduction to the bearers of such planetary impacts and their ongoing role in shaping our solar system. The book features numerous b&w illustrations, including recent photos taken from spacecraft, and a glossary with a pronunciation guide.
0816048738 9780816048731 0816050767 9780816050765
2002002434
GBA3Z8520 bnb GBA2-U3592
Asteroids.
Comets.
Meteorites.
QB651 / .E75 2003
551.3/97