Cosmic impacts, cosmic catastrophes.

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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989mercu..18..185c&link_type=abstract

Mercury (ISSN 0047-6773), vol. 18, Nov.-Dec. 1989, p. 185-192.

Physics

Geomorphology, Hypervelocity Impact, Meteorite Craters, Tungusk Meteorite, Asteroids, Comets, Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary

Scientific paper

The discovery of cosmic impacts and their effects on the earth's surface are discussed. The manner in which the object impacts with the earth is described. The formation of crytovolcanic structures by craters is examined. Examples of cosmic debris collisions with earth, in particular the Tunguska explosion of 1908 and the Meteor Crater in Arizona, are provided.

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