Tektites In The Geological Record

Author : Gerald Joseph Home McCall
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862390851

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Tektites in the Geological Record by Gerald Joseph Home McCall Pdf

This text commences with the history of tektites, from mediaeval China, through finds in Czechoslovakia in the 18th century and Darwin's description while on the Beagle, to 20th-century finds in South East Asia, the Ivory Coast and the USA. The four major strewn fields are described, followed by their extension by deep sea finds of microtektites and the recognition of irregular, large layered tektites in SE Asia.

Author : John Aloysius O'Keefe
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Nature
ISBN : UCAL:B4569859

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Tektites and Their Origin by John Aloysius O'Keefe Pdf

Author : Philip M. Bagnall
Publisher : Richmond, Va. : Willmann-Bell
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015022025632

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The Meteorite & Tektite Collector's Handbook by Philip M. Bagnall Pdf

Author : G. Brent Dalrymple
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Argon-argon dating
ISBN : OSU:32435077348290

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40Ar/39Ar Age Spectra and Total-fusion Ages of Tektites from Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sedimentary Rocks in the Beloc Formation, Haiti by G. Brent Dalrymple Pdf

Author : Virgil Everett Barnes
Publisher : Dowden Hutchinson and Ross
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4596547

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Tektites by Virgil Everett Barnes Pdf

Author : Gerald Joseph Home McCall,A. J. Bowden,Richard John Howarth
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862391947

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The History of Meteoritics and Key Meteorite Collections by Gerald Joseph Home McCall,A. J. Bowden,Richard John Howarth Pdf

This Special Publication has 24 papers with an international authorship, and is prefaced by an introductory overview which presents highlights in the field. The first section covers the acceptance by science of the reality of the falls of rock and metal from the sky, an account that takes the reader from BCE (before common era) to the nineteenth century. The second section details some of the world's most important collections in museums - their origins and development. The Smithsonian chapter also covers the astonishingly numerous finds in the cold desert of Antarctica by American search parties. There are also contributions covering the finds by Japanese parties in the Yamato mountains and the equally remarkable discoveries in the hot deserts of Australia, North Africa, Oman and the USA. The other seven chapters take the reader through the revolution in scientific research on meteoritics in the later part of the twentieth century, including terrestrial impact cratering and extraordinary showers of glass from the sky; tektites, now known to be Earth-impact-sourced. Finally, the short epilogue looks to the future.

Author : Kenneth McNamara
Publisher : Western Australian Museum
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781920843588

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Australia's Meteorite Craters by Kenneth McNamara Pdf

On Earth, catastrophic impact of an asteroid or comet with truly global consequences has not happened during our written history, and the threat seems very small. Giant scars on our planet’s surface are relics of an impact history stretching back more than 2 billion years, and there is no assurance it cannot happen again. In Australia there are 36 structures ranging from tens of metres to tens of kilometres in diameter, and recognised to varying degrees of certainty as having been formed by giant meteorite impact. In clear and concise language this book begins with ancient beliefs and myths about craters and then explains how they are actually formed and provides details of their structure. Using the record in the rocks, the authors also assess the likelihood of future impacts and their possible effects.

Author : César Augusto Barrero Meneses,Edson Passamani Caetano,Claudia E. Rodríguez Torres,Carmen Pizarro,Ligia Edith Zamora Alfonso
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400764828

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LACAME 2012 by César Augusto Barrero Meneses,Edson Passamani Caetano,Claudia E. Rodríguez Torres,Carmen Pizarro,Ligia Edith Zamora Alfonso Pdf

Proceedings of the Thirteenth Latin American Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, Medellin, Colombia, November 11-16, 2012. The broad scope of the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect to interdisciplinary subjects makes this volume an outstanding source of information to researchers and graduate students, who will find the unique results of Mössbauer spectroscopy a valuable aid and complement to their research in conjunction with other techniques. In this volume, applications to mineralogy, catalysis, soil science, amorphous materials, nanoparticles, magnetic materials, nanotechnology, metallurgy, corrosion, and magnetism, have been put together in original works produced by invited speakers and different research teams across the continent. Reprinted from Hyperfine Interactions (HYPE) Volume

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Geology
ISBN : MINN:31951P00688995K

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U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : E. A. Du Bray,E. C. T. Chao,Henry W. Roehler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
ISBN : OSU:32435056588205

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U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin by E. A. Du Bray,E. C. T. Chao,Henry W. Roehler Pdf

Author : David Bryant
Publisher : Heathland Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1999741722

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Spacerocks: A Collectors' Guide to Meteorites, Tektites and Impactites by David Bryant Pdf

Beautiful, older than the Earth and possibly the way that life has travelled around the universe meteorites have fascinated mankind since the dawn of time. Every iron artefact in the tomb of Tutankhamun is made from an iron meteorite! This book is a complete guide to recognising, collecting and curating space rocks.

Author : Shin Yabushita,Jacques Henrard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401713214

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Dynamics of Comets and Asteroids and Their Role in Earth History by Shin Yabushita,Jacques Henrard Pdf

The last decade of this century has seen a renewed interest in the dynamics and physics of the small bodies of the Solar System, Asteroids, Comets and Meteors. New observational evidences such as the discovery of the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt, refined numerical tools such as the symplectic integrators, analytical tools such as semi-numerical perturbation algorithms and in general a better understanding of the dynamics of Hamiltonian systems, all these factors have converged to make possible and worthwhile the study, over very long time spans, of these "minor" objects. Also the public, the media and even some political assell}blies have become aware that these "minor" objects of our planetary environnement could become deadly weapons. Apparently they did have a role in Earth history and a role more ominous than "predicting" defeat (or victory, why not?) to batches of credulous rulers. Remembering what may have happened to the dinosaurs but keeping all the discretion necessary to avoid creating irrational scares, it may not be unwise or irrelevant to improve our knowledge of the physics and dynamics of these objects and to study in particular their interactions with our planet.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Mineralogy
ISBN : UOM:39015055713112

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Mineralogical Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : P.G. Eriksson,Wladyslaw Altermann,D.R. Nelson,W.U. Mueller,O. Catuneanu,Octavian Catuneanu
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080542591

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The Precambrian Earth by P.G. Eriksson,Wladyslaw Altermann,D.R. Nelson,W.U. Mueller,O. Catuneanu,Octavian Catuneanu Pdf

In this book the editors strive to cover all primary (i.e. non-applied) topics in Precambrian geology in a non-partisan way, by using a large team of international authors to present their datasets and highly divergent viewpoints. The chapters address: celestial origins of Earth and succeeding extraterrestrial impact events; generation of continental crust and the greenstone-granite debate; the interaction of mantle plumes and plate tectonics over Precambrian time; Precambrian volcanism, emphasising komatiite research; evolution and models for Earth's hydrosphere and atmosphere; evolution of life and its influence on Precambrian ocean chemistry and chemical sedimentation; sedimentation through Precambrian time; the application of sequence stratigraphy to the Precambrian rock record. Each topic is introduced and a non-partisan closing commentary provided at the end of each chapter. The final chapter blends the major geological events and rates at which important processes occurred into a synthesis, which postulates a number of "event clusters" in the Precambrian when significant changes occurred in many natural systems and geological environments. Also available in paperback, ISBN: 0-444-51509-7

Author : Leon Theodore Silver,Peter H. Schultz
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813721903

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Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth by Leon Theodore Silver,Peter H. Schultz Pdf