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OverviewMany times all of us could hear from mass media that an asteroid approached and swept past the Earth. Such an asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the planet some day. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the authors. Each chapter written by an expert contains an overview of an aspect and new findings in the field. The main hazardous effects – cratering, shock, aerial and seismic waves, fires, ejection of dust and soot, tsunami are described and numerically estimated. Numerical simulations of impacts and impact consequences have received much attention in the book. Fairly small impacting objects 50 -100 m in diameter pose a real threat to humanity and their influence on the atmosphere and ionosphere is emphasized. Especially vulnerable are industrially developed areas with dense population, almost all Europe is one of them. Special chapters are devoted to the famous 1908 Tunguska event and new results of its simulations, bolides in the atmosphere and impacts on the early Earth. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vitaly Adushkin , Ivan NemchinovPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.569kg ISBN: 9789048176441ISBN 10: 9048176441 Pages: 357 Publication Date: 19 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsMain Factors of Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids.- Size-Frequency Distribution Of Asteroids And Impact Craters: Estimates Of Impact Rate.- Cometary Hazards.- Bolides in the Earth Atmosphere.- Geologic Effects of Large Terrestrial Impact Crater Formation.- Thermal Radiation and Fires After Impacts of Cosmic Objects.- Tunguska Catastrophe of 30 June 1908.- High-Velocity Impact Ejecta: Tektites and Martian Meteorites.- Marine Target Impacts.- Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Effect.- Impacts and Evolution of Early Earth.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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