Chicxulub : the impact and tsunami : the story of the largest known asteroid to hit the Earth / David Shonting, Cathy Ezrailson

By:

Shonting, David H

Contributor(s):

Ezrailson, Cathy

Series: Springer Praxis booksPublisher: [Switzerland?] : Springer/Praxis, [2017]Description: xxiv, 124 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9783319394855
3319394851
9783319394879
3319394878

Other title:

Largest known asteroid to hit the Earth

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

551.397097265 23

LOC classification:

QE613.5.M4 S56 2017

Contents:

Prologue: The arrival -- 1. The orbiting objects -- 2. The tale of Chicxulub -- 3. A scenario for the Chicxulub impact and energies -- 4. The Chicxulub tsunami -- 5. Long term global effects -- Epilogue: Possible Chicxulub effects on the path of human evolution

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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	QE613.5.M4 S56 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001443943

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