Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007p%26ss...55..900d&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 55, Issue 7-8, p. 900-914.
Computer Science
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In this work the meteorite and target mass partition into high-speed ejecta during the formation of terrestrial impact craters is investigated. Multi-material hydrocode calculations are carried out through the entire excavation phase, and the mass of each material moving upwards with velocities inside a range of intervals is obtained. Impact of a 10 km diameter stony asteroid with 20kms into the continental crust is compared for the cases of a single layer of granite, taken to be representative for the crust, and of a two-layer crust with a 3 km thick sedimentary cover of limestone on top of granite basement, more appropriate for the Chicxulub crater. The proportion of meteorite and crustal material in high-speed ejecta is found as a function of velocity and time, and maximum distances to the crater can be estimated. The resulting distal (>7000km) ejecta mass for vertical impact is less than a percent of the impactor mass, assuming ballistic transport. Simulations of oceanic impact of a 1 km-sized stony asteroid into 5.5 km deep sea are also presented. Here, ejection of meteorite material initially is delayed, but finally it leaves the ocean in a cloud of steam and water. The velocities of meteorite material are much lower compared with the continental impact, insufficient to reach large distances on ballistic trajectories.
de Niem D.
Kührt Ekkehard
Motschmann Uwe
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