Editors:
- 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)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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
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Dept. Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Filippos Tsikalas, Henning Dypvik
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(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