Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami The Story of the Largest Known Asteroid to Hit the Earth /

This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts. The story then turns to the discovery of a globa...

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Main Authors: Shonting, David. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ezrailson, Cathy. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Popular Science,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39487-9
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