Chicxulub : the impact and tsunami : the story of the largest known asteroid to hit the Earth /: the impact and tsunami : the story of the largest known asteroid to hit the Earth. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Shonting, Cathy Ezrailson.
• Authors: Shonting, David H; Ezrailson, Cathy
• Contents: Preface: About the Book; A Note from€the€Author (David Shonting); A Note from€the€Coauthor (Cathy Ezrailson); Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations, Notation, and Metric Units; Prologue: The Arrival; 1: The Orbiting Objects; The Asteroids; Asteroid Impacts: It's All About Kinetic Energy; On Kinetic Impacts; The Barringer Impact Crater; The Tunguska Explosion; On the€Probabilities of€Asteroid-Earth Collisions; Other Objects of€Concern; References; 2: The Tale of€Chicxulub; The Alvarez Discovery: The€Origin of€the€K-Pg Boundary; On the€Size of€the€Asteroid. Conclusions of€the€Alvarez Study Found: A€Crater; Found: Tektites in€Haiti; A Fortuitous Geology Conference; Geophysical Gravity and€Seismic Data; Bore Hole and€Crater Stratigraphy; Evidence of€Ejecta in€the€K-Pg Boundary; Arroyal Membral, Northeast Mexico; Brazos River, Texas; Dogie Creek, Wyoming; A Typical Deep Ocean Core Through the€K-Pg Boundary; Other Attributes of€the€Crater Target Zone; The Impact Effects of€a€Deeper Gulf; Effects of€High Sulfates in€Deep Target Rocks; Reaffirming the€Effects of€the€"Alvarez Asteroid." Chicxulub's Single Event-Caused Extinction: The€DeniersReferences; 3: A Scenario for€the€Chicxulub Impact and€Energies; The Ancient Gulf of€Mexico: A€Little History; Chicxulub's Atmospheric Entry: The€Sonic Boom; Impact and€Explosion; The Seismic Waves; Explosion, Ejecta and€Fall-Out; An Undersea Nuclear Explosion as€an€Analogy of€Chicxulub; The Chicxulub Crater Formation: A€Model; The Great Explosion Cavity; Today's Crater; On Impact and€Volcanic Craters; References; 4: The Chicxulub Tsunami; Tsunami Generation: The€Three Modes; A Primer on€Tsunamis: Wave Basics. Refraction: Navigator of€Tsunamis Tsunami Waves Coming Ashore: Run-up; The Cortes Bank; The Indonesian Earthquake Tsunami: 2004; The Tsunami at Unimac Island, Aleutians; The Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami: 2011; The La Palma Volcano Collapse Tsunami: A€Model; The 1950DA Ocean Impact Tsunami: A€Model; The Chicxulub Impact Tsunami; The Chicxulub Tsunami's "Edgerton Effect"; Chicxulub's Spreading Waves and€their Global Reach; References; 5: Long Term Global Effects; Oceanographic Chaos: Creation of€the€Hot Toxic€Sea; Ocean Stability Effects; The Long Dark "Nuclear" Winter.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiv, 124 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 551.3/97; Popular works; Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth; SCIENCE -- Essays; SCIENCE -- Reference; Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Science -- Astronomy; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Historical geology; Popular astronomy & space; Solar system: the Sun & planets; Natural disasters; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Geology; Astronomy; Planetology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319394879; 3319394878
• Related ISBNs: 9783319394855; 3319394851
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 19, 2016).
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