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Impact Tectonics

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Editors:
  1. Christian Koeberl

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Herbert Henkel

    1. Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Current knowledge of impact tectonics, geological and geophysical investigations of terrestrial impact structures, and suggested new impact structures
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Impact Studies (IMPACTSTUD)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Impact Tectonics — General Aspects

    1. “Pseudotachylites” in Large Impact Structures

      • Wolf U. Reimold, Roger L. Gibson
      Pages 1-53

    2. The Mechanics of Pseudotachylite Formation in Impact Events

      • H. Jay Melosh
      Pages 55-80

    3. Silicified Cone-in-Cone Structures from Erfoud (Morocco): A Comparison with Impact-Generated Shatter Cones

      • Stefano Lugli, Wolf U. Reimold, Christian Koeberl
      Pages 81-110

    4. Redistribution of Lithologies in Impact-induced Dikes of Impact Structures

      • Victor L. Masaitis
      Pages 111-129

    5. The Preliminary Analysis of Polygonal Impact Craters within Greater Hellas Region, Mars

      • Teemu Öhman, Marko Aittola, Veli-Petri Kostama, Jouko Raitala
      Pages 131-160

  3. Structural and Tectonic Aspects of Impact Craters

    1. BP and Oasis Impact Structures, Libya: Remote Sensing and Field Studies

      • Christian Koeberl, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Jeff Plescia
      Pages 161-190

    2. Late Modification-Stage Tectonic Deformation of the Popigai Impact Structure, Russia

      • Mikhail S. Mashchak, Mikhail V. Naumov
      Pages 191-210

    3. Settings of Meteorite Impact Structures in the Svecofennian Crustal Domain

      • Väino Puura, Jüri Plado
      Pages 211-245

    4. Geophysical Investigations of the Siljan Impact Structure — A Short Review

      • Herbert Henkel, Sven Aaro
      Pages 247-283

    5. Mjølnir Crater as a Result of Oblique Impact: Asymmetry Evidence Constrains Impact Direction and Angle

      • Filippos Tsikalas
      Pages 285-306

    6. The Duobblon Structure - A Small Segment of a Large Precambrian Impact Structure?

      • Robert Lilljequist, Ulla Preeden
      Pages 307-322

    7. Åvike Bay — a 10 km Diameter Possible Impact Structure at the Bothnian Sea Coast of Central Sweden.

      • Herbert Henkel, Väino Puura, Tom Flodén, Juho Kirs, Mare Konsa, Ulla Preeden et al.
      Pages 323-340

    8. The Structure and Age of the Kaali Main Crater, Island of Saaremaa, Estonia

      • Anto Raukas, J.-M. Punning, T. Moora, Ü. Kestlane, A. Kraut
      Pages 341-355

    9. The Lockne Crater: Revision and Reassessment of Structure and Impact Stratigraphy

      • Maurits Lindström, Jens Ormö, Erik Sturkell, Ilka von Dalwigk
      Pages 357-388

    10. A Study of Impact Fracturing and Electric Resistivity Related to the Lockne Impact Structure, Sweden

      • Ann Bäckström
      Pages 389-404

  4. Impact Studies by Numerical and Experimental Methods

    1. Hydrocode Simulation of the Lockne Marine Target Impact Event

      • Valery Shuvalov, Jens Ormö, Maurits Lindström
      Pages 405-422

    2. Numerical Simulation of Shock Propagation in Heterogeneous Solids

      • Jan-Martin Hertzsch, Boris A. Ivanov, Thomas Kenkmann
      Pages 423-445

    3. The Kentland Impact Crater, Indiana (USA): An Apatite Fission-Track Age Determination Attempt

      • John C. Weber, Christina Poulos, Raymond A. Donelick, Michael C. Pope, Nicole Heller
      Pages 447-466

    4. The Combined Petrographic and Chemical Analysis of end-Permian Kerogens

      • M.A. Sephton, C.V. Looy, H. Visscher, H. Brinkhuis, J.W. de Leeuw
      Pages 467-478
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About this book

This volume is the latest of eight books as a result of the activities of the scientific program on ”The Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes” (IMPACT) of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF is the European association of national funding organisations of fundamental research, with more than 60 member organisations from more than 20 countries. One of the main goals of ESF is to bring European scientists together to work on topics of common interest. The ESF IMPACT program deals with all aspect of impact research, mainly through the organisation of workshops, exchange program, short course, and related activities. An important aspect of the program is to stimulate interdisciplinary and international research. Impacts of asteroids or comets on the earth surface have played an important role in the evolution of the planet. The ESF IMPACT program is an interdisciplinary program aimed at understanding impact processes and their effect on the earth system, including environmental, biological, and geological changes, and consequences for the biodiversity of ecosystems. The key goal of the program, to comprehend the processes that are responsible for these interactions, has been met with by eight workshops and published proceedings from these. The workshop from which this volume resulted, was devoted to impact tectonic studies. It was located in the small town of Mora in the western part of the ring basin of the very large Siljan impact structure in Sweden.

Reviews

From the reviews of the first edition:

"This book presents a wide-ranging view of some of the latest research into impacts and some useful reviews. … The book is richly illustrated throughout with pertinent photographs, maps, diagrams and graphs. … All of the articles are clearly written, contain good overviews of the related research literature and extensive and useful bibliographies. They will be of great value to research workers and graduate students. … It should attract a wide readership from among impact researchers worldwide … ." (Chris Hayward, Geological Magazine, Vol. 143, 2006)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Christian Koeberl

  • Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Herbert Henkel

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