Cosmic impacts, cosmic catastrophes. II

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Feb 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990mercu..19...21c&link_type=abstract

Mercury (ISSN 0047-6773), vol. 19, Jan.-Feb. 1990, p. 21-25, 30.

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Earth Surface, Geochronology, Hypervelocity Impact, Impact Damage, Planetary Craters, Asteroids, Earthquakes, Floods, Shock Waves, Tektites, Earth, Impact Craters, Ries Crater, Germany, Asteroids, Description, Craters, Size, Ejecta, Debris, Tektites, Origin, Formation, Glasses, Explosions, Impact Effects, Diagrams, Evolution, Geology, Photographs, Jupiter, Satellites, Ganymede, Age, Hypotheses, Crust, Impacts, Chaos, Popular, Uranus, Miranda, Surface, Features

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The role of extraterrestrial impacts in shaping the earth's history is discussed, arguing that cosmic impacts represent just one example of a general shift in thinking that has made the idea of catastrophes respectable in science. The origins of this view are presented and current catastrophic theory is discussed in the context of modern debate on the geological formation of the earth. Various conflicting theories are reviewed and prominent participants in the ongoing scientific controversy concerning catastrophism are introduced.

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