Bombarded Britain: A Search For British Impact Structures
For the Us & Can and Revised ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
186094356X
ISBN-13
9781860943560
Edition
For the Us & Can and Revised ed.
Publisher
Imperial College Press
Imprint
Imperial College Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 27th, 2004
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
612 grams
Dimensions
25.00 x 17.30 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Geological surface processes (geomorphology)
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A discussion of the search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce shallow craters with low rims; three structures of this type are identified.
This book describes a search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. The statistics of impact structures indicate that Britain should have Phanerozoic impact structures up to tens of kilometres in diameter. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce anomalously shallow craters with low rims and central peaks; three British structures of this type are identified.Analysis of fireball statistics implies that damaging fireball explosions occur over the British Isles on a time-scale of decades. On a time-scale of millennia, however, more damage is done by Atlantic impact tsunami.
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