Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the earth / edited by Leon T. Silver, Peter H. Schultz, associate editors, Kevin Burke [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Silver, Leon T. (Leon Theodore), 1925-

Schultz, Peter H., 1944-

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Geological Society of America.

Conference Name:

Conference on Large Body Impacts and Terrestrial Evolution: Geological, Climatological, and Biological Implications (1981 : Snowbird, Utah)

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; no. 190.

Special paper ; 190

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cryptoexplosion structures--Congresses.

Cryptoexplosion structures.

Catastrophes (Geology)--Congresses.

Catastrophes (Geology).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 528 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Geological Society of America, [1982]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Collision of astronomically observable bodies with the Earth / G.W. Wetherill and E.M. Shoemaker

Terrestrial impact rates for long and short-period comets / Paul R. Weissman

The record of impact on Earth : implications for a major Cretaceous/Tertiary impact event / Richard A.F. Grieve

Ejecta of the Ries Crater, Germany / Friedrich Hörz

Anomalies within the system : Rochechouart target rock meteorite / Philippe Lambert

Laboratory simulation of pelagic asteroidal impact : atmospheric injection, benthic topography and the surface waver radiation field / D.E. Gault and C.P. Sonett

Estimates of crater size for large-body impact : gravity-scaling results / Robert M. Schmidt and Keith A. Holsapple

The interaction of the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction bolide with the atmosphere, ocean, and solid Earth / John D. O'Keefe and Thomas J. Ahrens

The mechanics of large meteoroid impacts in the Earth's oceans / H.J. Melosh

Impact into the Earth's ocean floor : preliminary experiments, a planetary model, possibilities for detection / William B. McKinnon

A first-order estimate of shock heating and vaporization in oceanic impacts / Steven K. Croft

Impact ejecta dynamics in an atmosphere : experimental results and extrapolations / Peter H. Schultz and Donald E. Gault

Atmospheric effects of large body impacts : the first few minutes / Eric M. Jones and John W. Kodis

Evolution of an impact-generated dust cloud and its effects on the atmosphere / O.B. Toon [and others]

Reduction of photosynthetically active radiation under extreme stratospheric aerosol loads / Seigfried A.W. Gerstl and Andrew Zardecki

Formation of noctilucent clouds by an extraterrestrial impact / Christopher P. McKay and Gary E. Thomas

Chemical consequences of major impact events on Earth / John S. Lewis [and others]

Identification of projectiles of large terrestrial impact craters and some implications for the interpretation of Ir-rich Cretaceous/ Tertiary boundary layers / H. Palme

Geochemical constraints on the nature of large accretionary events / Frank T. Kyte and John T. Wasson

Potential of ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁶Os as a cosmic versus terrestrial indicator in high iridium layers of sedimentary strata / Karl K. Turekian

Possible correlations between tektite events and climatic changes? / Billy P. Glass

Mass extinctions

illusions or realities? / Norman D. Newell

Extinction or survival : selectivity and causes of Phanerozoic crises / Helen Tappan

Biogeographic extinction : a feasibility test / David M. Raup

Mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic oceans : a review / J. John Sepkoski Jr.

Sampling bias, gradual extinction patterns, and catastrophes in the fossil record / Philip W. Signor III and Jere H. Lipps

Response of marine plankton communities to a global atmospheric darkening / David H. Milne and Christopher P. McKay

Current status of the impact theory for the terminal Cretaceous extinction / Walter Alvarez [and others]

Terminal Cretaceous environmental and evolutionary changes / Kenneth J. Hsü, Judith A. McKenzie and Q.X. He

Extinction and evolution of planktonic foraminifera at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary after a major impact / J. Smit

Biostratigraphy and isotope stratigraphy and the 'catastrophic' extinction of calcareous nannoplankton at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary / Katharina Perch-Nielsen, Judith McKenzie and Quziang He

The terminal Cretaceous extinction in boreal shelf seas

a multicausal event / T. Birkelund and E. Hakansson

Terminal Cretaceous plankton extinctions : a critical assessment / Hans R. Thierstein

A paleontological consensus on the extinction of the dinosaurs? / Dale A. Russell

Patterns of extinction and survival of the terrestrial biota during the Cretaceous/Tertiary transition / William A. Clemens

Extinction of the dinosaurs : a 1982 understanding / Thomas J.M. Schopf

Iridium abundance measurements across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the San Juan and Raton basins of northern New Mexico / C.J. Orth [and others]

Dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, may have survived the event that resulted in the creation of an iridium-enriched zone near the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary / James E. Fassett

Testing of magnetostratigraphy in late Cretaceous and early Tertiary deposits, San Juan Basin, New Mexico / E.H. Lindsay, R.F. Butler and N.M. Johnson

A non-catastrophist explanation for the iridium anomaly at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary / Michael R. Rampino

Chalcophile elements in Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sediments : terrestrial or extraterrestrial? / Johan C. Varekamp and Ellen Thomas

Biomere boundaries : a possible test for extraterrestrial perturbation of the biosphere / A.R. Palmer

Frasnian-Famennian extinctions / Digby J. McLaren

The rugose coral record across the Frasnian-Famennian boundary / A.E.H. Pedder

The Frasnian-Famennian extinction event : a preliminary analysis of Appalachian marine ecosystems / George R. McGhee Jr.

Extinctions of Permian and Triassic nonmarine vertebrates / Everett C. Olson

Evidence for a major meteorite impact on Earth 34 million years ago : implication on the origin of North American tektites and Eocene extinction / R. Ganapathy

Geochemical anomalies near the Eocene/Oligocene and Permian/Triassic boundaries / Frank Asaro [and others].

Credits:

Conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Notes:

"Papers from a Conference on Large Body Impacts and Terrestrial Evolution: Geological, Climatological, and Biological Implications held at Snowbird, Utah, October 19-22, 1981. Sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Lunar and Planetary Institute."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Print version: Conference on Large Body Impacts and Terrestrial Evolution: Geological, Climatological, and Biological Implications (1981 : Snowbird, Utah). Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the earth.

OCLC:

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