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Distal Impact Ejecta Layers

A Record of Large Impacts in Sedimentary Deposits

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Billy P. Glass

    1. Dept. Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

  2. Bruce M. Simonson

    1. Dept. Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, USA

  • This book provides the first summary of known distal impact ejecta layers

Part of the book series: Impact Studies (IMPACTSTUD)

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Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects. Most terrestrial impact craters have been erased or modified beyond recognition. However, major impacts throw ejecta over large areas of the Earth's surface. Recognition of these impact ejecta layers can help fill in the gaps in the terrestrial cratering record and at the same time provide direct correlation between major impacts and other geological events, such as climatic changes and mass extinctions. This book provides the first summary of known distal impact ejecta layers

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv

  2. Introduction

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 1-13

  5. Cenozoic Microtektite/Ejecta Layers

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 137-243

  6. Mesozoic Spherule/Impact Ejecta Layers

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 245-320

  7. Paleozoic Impact Spherule/Ejecta Layers

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 321-369

  8. Proterozoic Impact Spherule/Ejecta Layers Younger Than 2.4 Ga

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 371-418

  9. Spherule Layers Near the Archean-Proterozoic Boundary

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 419-497

  10. Paleoarchean Spherule Layers

    • BillyP Glass, BruceM Simonson
    Pages 499-532

  12. Distal Impact Ejecta Layers and Earth History

    • Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson
    Pages 595-624

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 625-716

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“This book is an intensely detailed examination of what scientists know about ejecta layers in the sedimentary record, from Earth’s earliest rocks through the modern era. … A historical section at the end is especially useful to geologists sorting out how impacts have influenced physical and biological evolution. … This book is a must have for anyone interested in impact history and theory. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (M. A. Wilson, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), July, 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

    Billy P. Glass

  • Dept. Geology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, USA

    Bruce M. Simonson

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Distal Impact Ejecta Layers

  • Book Subtitle: A Record of Large Impacts in Sedimentary Deposits

  • Authors: Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson

  • Series Title: Impact Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88262-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88261-9Published: 14 December 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50126-9Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88262-6Published: 14 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1612-8338

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 716

  • Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Planetology, Sedimentology

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