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Daniel Benest,
Claude Froeschlé

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 505)

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Table of contents (10 papers)

Front Matter

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Catastrophic Collisions in the Asteroid Belt — The Identification of Dynamical Families
- Alberto Cellino, Philippe Bendjoya
Pages 3-30
Origin and Dynamical Transport of Near-Earth Asteroids and Meteorites
- Alessandro Morbidelli, Christiane Froeschlé
Pages 31-53
Topics on Chaotic Transport for Hamiltonian Systems — Modelling of Diffusion Processes for Small Bodies in the Solar System
- Claude Froeschlé, Elena Lega
Pages 54-66
Collisional Disruption of Natural Satellites
- Paolo Farinella
Pages 67-76
Concepts of Shock Waves
- André Migault
Pages 79-112
The Experimental and Theoretical Basis for Studying Collisional Disruption in the Solar System
- Donald R. Davis
Pages 113-136
Signatures of Impacts in Quartz (Microstructures and Formation Mechanisms)
- Jean-Claude Doukhan
Pages 137-154
Dating of Impact Events
- Urs Schärer
Pages 157-183
Impact Energy Flux on Earth in the Last 150 Ma as Inferred from the Cratering Records
- Adriano Campo Bagatin, Alessandro Montanari, Paolo Farinella
Pages 184-198
Earth-Orbiting Debris Cloud and Its Collisional Evolution
- Alessandro Rossi, Paolo Farinella
Pages 199-223

About this book

Impact phenomena play an essential role in the formation of planets and great influence during their evolution. The first part of this book describes the dynamics that propels asteroids in our solar system; the second part is devoted to impact phenomena; the third inspects terrestrial impacts of asteroids and the hazards due to space debris orbiting our planet. The book addresses scientists working in astronomy, extraterrestrial physics and geophysics. But it should also be of great interest to a learned public that wants to know about the most recent developments in this fast-moving field of theoretical and observational research.

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Book Title: Impacts on Earth
Editors: Daniel Benest, Claude Froeschlé
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b13592
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69703-9Published: 17 July 2003
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 248
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Geophysics/Geodesy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrobiology

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