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Asteroids, comets, and meteorites : cosmic invaders of the earth /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Erickson, Jon, Living earth ; Publication details: New York : Facts On File, �2003.Description: xii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0816048738
  • 9780816048731
  • 0816050767
  • 9780816050765
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.3/97 21
LOC classification:
  • QB651 .E75 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
The Big Splash -- The Big Burp -- The Big Flood -- The Big Boil 25 -- 3 Cratering Events: Historic Meteorite Impacts -- Archean Impacts -- Proterozoic Impacts -- Paleozoic Impacts -- Mesozoic Impacts -- Cenozoic Impacts 49
4 Planetary Impacts: Exploring Meteorite Craters -- Lunar Craters -- Mercurian Craters -- Venusian Craters -- Martian Craters -- Outer Planetary Craters 75 -- 5 Asteroids: Wandering Rock Fragments -- The Minor Planets
The Asteroid Belt -- Kirkwood Gaps -- Meteoroid Streams -- Meteorite Falls -- Exploring Asteroids -- Mining Asteroids 102 -- 6 Comets: Cosmic ICE Debris -- The Oort Cloud -- The Kuiper Belt -- Sun-Grazing Comets
Comets Turned Asteroids -- Meteor Showers -- Cometary Exploration 121 -- 7 Meteorite Craters: Formation of Impact Structures -- Cratering Rates -- Impact Cratering -- Shock Effects -- Crater Formation -- Impact Structures
Strewn Fields -- Crater Erosion 141 -- 8 Impact Effects: The Global Changes -- Global Effects -- Tectonism -- Tsunamis -- Magnetic Reversals -- Glaciation -- Mass Extinction 163 -- 9 Death Star: Impact Extinction of Species
Supernovas -- Doomsday Comets -- Killer Asteroids -- The Dinosaur Deathblow -- Nemesis -- Planet X 188 -- 10 Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid and Comet Bombardment -- Near-Earth Asteroids -- Close Calls -- Asteroid Impacts
Asteroid Defense -- Impact Survival 209.
1 Origin of the Solar System: Formation of the Sun and Planets -- The Big Bang -- Galaxy Formation -- Stellar Evolution -- Solar Origins -- Planetary Assembly 1 -- 2 The Formation of Earth: Planetary Origins -- The Big Crash
Summary: 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.
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ADULT REFERENCE ADULT REFERENCE Chamberlin Free Public Library Reference R 551.3 ERI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) QB651 Available 34517000343452

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.

The Big Splash -- The Big Burp -- The Big Flood -- The Big Boil 25 -- 3 Cratering Events: Historic Meteorite Impacts -- Archean Impacts -- Proterozoic Impacts -- Paleozoic Impacts -- Mesozoic Impacts -- Cenozoic Impacts 49

4 Planetary Impacts: Exploring Meteorite Craters -- Lunar Craters -- Mercurian Craters -- Venusian Craters -- Martian Craters -- Outer Planetary Craters 75 -- 5 Asteroids: Wandering Rock Fragments -- The Minor Planets

The Asteroid Belt -- Kirkwood Gaps -- Meteoroid Streams -- Meteorite Falls -- Exploring Asteroids -- Mining Asteroids 102 -- 6 Comets: Cosmic ICE Debris -- The Oort Cloud -- The Kuiper Belt -- Sun-Grazing Comets

Comets Turned Asteroids -- Meteor Showers -- Cometary Exploration 121 -- 7 Meteorite Craters: Formation of Impact Structures -- Cratering Rates -- Impact Cratering -- Shock Effects -- Crater Formation -- Impact Structures

Strewn Fields -- Crater Erosion 141 -- 8 Impact Effects: The Global Changes -- Global Effects -- Tectonism -- Tsunamis -- Magnetic Reversals -- Glaciation -- Mass Extinction 163 -- 9 Death Star: Impact Extinction of Species

Supernovas -- Doomsday Comets -- Killer Asteroids -- The Dinosaur Deathblow -- Nemesis -- Planet X 188 -- 10 Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid and Comet Bombardment -- Near-Earth Asteroids -- Close Calls -- Asteroid Impacts

Asteroid Defense -- Impact Survival 209.

1 Origin of the Solar System: Formation of the Sun and Planets -- The Big Bang -- Galaxy Formation -- Stellar Evolution -- Solar Origins -- Planetary Assembly 1 -- 2 The Formation of Earth: Planetary Origins -- The Big Crash

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.

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