Impact Stratigraphy
The Italian Record
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geology
| Author: | Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl | ISBN: | 9783540483663 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg | Publication: | April 10, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl |
| ISBN: | 9783540483663 |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Publication: | April 10, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
This book provides a general introduction to impact stratigraphy, with emphasis on the recognition of distal impact ejecta in the field, by focusing on the impactoclastic layers of the Umbria-Marche sequence in Central Italy, with an almost perfect stratigraphic record over the last 200 Million years. A general introduction to impact cratering and a discussion of distal ejecta and impact layers around the world is followed by a detailed description of the record of the impact of extraterrestrial bodies in sediments of the Umbria-Marche Apennines. The volume is of interest to a diverse audience in the geological and planetary sciences, ranging from (upper) undergraduate to research level. This book can also be used by students and researchers as a field guide to some of the most important Italian impact layers.
This book provides a general introduction to impact stratigraphy, with emphasis on the recognition of distal impact ejecta in the field, by focusing on the impactoclastic layers of the Umbria-Marche sequence in Central Italy, with an almost perfect stratigraphic record over the last 200 Million years. A general introduction to impact cratering and a discussion of distal ejecta and impact layers around the world is followed by a detailed description of the record of the impact of extraterrestrial bodies in sediments of the Umbria-Marche Apennines. The volume is of interest to a diverse audience in the geological and planetary sciences, ranging from (upper) undergraduate to research level. This book can also be used by students and researchers as a field guide to some of the most important Italian impact layers.
