Impact Tectonics (Impact Studies)
Contributors: Christian Koeberl (Editor); Herbert Henkel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9783540241812
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Geophysics; Economic Ecology; Fracture Patterns; Impact Mechanisms; Pseudotachylite Formation; Science / Geology; Science-Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science-Geophysics; Structural Geology; Congresses; Cryptoexplosion structures; Geology, Structural
First sentence: Rocks of the Earth's crust may experience a variety of catastrophic processes that can lead to the formation of new rocks characterized by fragments of the original rock(s) hosted in a much finer-grained, aphanitic, or even glassy matrix.