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The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences

Geology and Geophysics of a Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Marine Impact Event

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Editors:
  1. Filippos Tsikalas

    1. Dept. Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  2. Henning Dypvik

    1. Dept. Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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  3. Morten Smelror

    1. (NGU), Geological Survey Norway, Trondheim, Norway

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  • This book represents an update and synthesis as well as the complete compilation of the
  • Mjølnir crater studies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Impact Studies (IMPACTSTUD)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Henning Dypvik, Morten Smelror, Atle Mørk, Filippos Tsikalas
    Pages 1-22

  3. Geological Framework

    • Henning Dypvik, Morten Smelror, Atle Mørk, Filippos Tsikalas, Jan Inge Faleide, Stephanie C. Werner et al.
    Pages 23-45

  4. Impact Structure and Morphology

    • Filippos Tsikalas, Jan Inge Faleide, Steinar Thor Gudlaugsson, Olav Eldholm
    Pages 47-73

  5. Impact Geophysics and Modelling

    • Filippos Tsikalas, Jan Inge Faleide, Stephanie C. Werner, Trond Torsvik, Steinar Thor Gudlaugsson, Olav Eldholm
    Pages 75-137

  6. Impact Cratering and Post-impact Sedimentation

    • Henning Dypvik, Morten Smelror, Atle Mørk, Stephanie C. Werner, Trond H. Torsvik
    Pages 139-174

  7. Ejecta Geology

    • Henning Dypvik, Morten Smelror, Atle Mørk, Filippos Tsikalas
    Pages 175-194

  8. The Impact Dynamics

    • Valery Shuvalov, Henning Dypvik, Filippos Tsikalas
    Pages 195-209

  9. Structural Analysis of Deformed Central Peak Sediments

    • Roy H. Gabrielsen, Henning Dypvik, Valery Shuvalov
    Pages 211-228

  10. Postimpact Deformation Due to Sediment Loading: The Mjølnir Paradigm

    • Filippos Tsikalas, Jan Inge Faleide
    Pages 229-256

  11. The Mjølnir Tsunami

    • Sylfest Glimsdal, Geir K. Pedersen, Hans P. Langtangen, Valery Shuvalov, Henning Dypvik
    Pages 257-271

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 273-318
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About this book

The Mjølnir impact structure was recognized in 1993 and included in the Earth Impact Database in 1996, based on the discoveries of unequivocal meteorite impact indicators such as shocked quartz, Ir-enrichments, possible glass remnants, fragments of nickel-rich iron oxides, in addition to the convincing complex crater shape of the structure. This book presents the geological and geophysical history of the Barents Sea region along with the discovery of the Mjølnir impact crater. We place the Mjølnir event into the geological framework of the region and present elaborative numerical models of its formation and associated tsunami generation. The book represents an update and synthesis as well as the complete compilation of the Mjølnir crater studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Filippos Tsikalas, Henning Dypvik

  • (NGU), Geological Survey Norway, Trondheim, Norway

    Morten Smelror

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences

  • Book Subtitle: Geology and Geophysics of a Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous Marine Impact Event

  • Editors: Filippos Tsikalas, Henning Dypvik, Morten Smelror

  • Series Title: Impact Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88260-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

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

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88259-6Published: 19 October 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26556-3Published: 15 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88260-2Published: 22 September 2010

  • Series ISSN: 1612-8338

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 318

  • Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Paleontology

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