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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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Series: | Popular Science,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39487-9 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Prologue: the arrival
- Chapter 1: The orbiting objects
- Chapter 2: The tale of chicxulub
- Chapter 3: A scenario for the chicxulub impact and energies
- Chapter 4: The chicxulub tsunami
- Chapter 5: Long term global effects
- Epilogue: Possible chicxulub effects on the path of human evolution.