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Impacts and the Early Earth
. Ed(S): Gilmour, Iain; Koeberl, Christian
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Paperback. Editor(s): Gilmour, Iain; Koeberl, Christian. Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 466 pages, 181 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 28 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 712.
Only 10% of the 150 or so known impact craters on Earth date from the early Precambrian Era, a time period covering some 88% of the Earth's history. Yet this Era encompasses fundamental events in the origin and evolution of our planet from the origin of life itself to the development of continents. The papers in this volume were presented at a workshop sponsored by the European Science Foundation Scientific Network on Impact cratering held in Cambridge, UK, in December 1998. The papers outline the present state of scientific understanding of the role impacts may have played in the biological ... Read more
Only 10% of the 150 or so known impact craters on Earth date from the early Precambrian Era, a time period covering some 88% of the Earth's history. Yet this Era encompasses fundamental events in the origin and evolution of our planet from the origin of life itself to the development of continents. The papers in this volume were presented at a workshop sponsored by the European Science Foundation Scientific Network on Impact cratering held in Cambridge, UK, in December 1998. The papers outline the present state of scientific understanding of the role impacts may have played in the biological ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540670926
SKU
V9783540670926
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