Bombarded Britain: A Search for British Impact Structures
Richard Stratford
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Description
This book describes a search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. The statistics of impact structures indicate that Britain should have Phanerozoic impact structures up to tens of kilometres in diameter. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce anomalously shallow craters with low rims and central peaks; three British structures of this type are identified.Analysis of fireball statistics implies that damaging fireball explosions occur over the British Isles on a time-scale of decades. On a time-scale of millennia, however, more damage is done by Atlantic impact tsunami.
Product Details
Price
$125.40
Publisher
Imperial College Press
Publish Date
July 27, 2004
Pages
220
Dimensions
6.54 X 0.76 X 10.02 inches | 1.37 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781860943560
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