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Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History

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Editors:
  1. Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink

    1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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  2. Birger Schmitz

    1. Earth Sciences Center, University of Getenburg, Gotenburg, Sweden

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. The Origin and Properties of Dust Impacting the Earth

    • Donald E. Brownlee
    Pages 1-12

  3. Sources and Orbital Evolution of Interplanetary Dust Accreted by Earth

    • Stephen J. Kortenkamp, Stanley F. Dermott, Debra Fogle, Keith Grogan
    Pages 13-30

  4. Delivery of Material from the Asteroid Belt

    • Paolo Farinella, David Vokrouhlický, Alessandro Morbidelli
    Pages 31-49

  5. The Influx of Comets and their Debris

    • William M. Napier
    Pages 51-74

  6. Spacecraft Measurements of the Cosmic Dust Flux

    • Herbert A. Zook
    Pages 75-92

  7. Magnetospheric Effects on the Cosmic Dust Input into the Earth’s Atmosphere

    • Antal Juhász, Mihály Horányi
    Pages 93-106

  8. Atmospheric Entry Heating of Interplanetary Dust

    • George J. Flynn
    Pages 107-127

  9. Extraterrestrial Material and Stratospheric Aerosols

    • Daniel M. Murphy
    Pages 129-142

  10. Glacial Cycles and Interplanetary Dust

    • Richard A. Muller
    Pages 143-161

  11. Iridium and Osmium as Tracers of Extraterrestrial Matter in Marine Sediments

    • Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink
    Pages 163-178

  12. Extraterrestrial Helium in Seafloor Sediments: Identification, Characteristics, and Accretion Rate Over Geologic Time

    • Kenneth A. Farley
    Pages 179-204

  13. Seeking Unbiased Collections of Modern and Ancient Micrometeorites

    • Susan Taylor, James H. Lever
    Pages 205-219

  14. Cosmic Ray Exposure History of Meteorites

    • Rainer Wieler, Thomas Graf
    Pages 221-240

  15. Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites

    • A. J. Timothy Jull
    Pages 241-266

  16. Quantification of Meteorite Infall Rates from Accumulations in Deserts, and Meteorite Accumulations on Mars

    • Philip A. Bland
    Pages 267-303

  17. The Present-day Flux of Meteorites to the Earth

    • Ian Halliday
    Pages 305-318

  18. Fossil Meteorites

    • Birger Schmitz, Mario Tassinari
    Pages 319-331

  19. The Sedimentary Record of Impact Events

    • Christian Koeberl
    Pages 333-378

  20. The Terrestrial Cratering Record

    • Richard A. F. Grieve
    Pages 379-402
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About this book

Every year Earth is bombarded with about 40,000 tons of extraterrestrial material. This includes microscopic cosmic dust particles shed by comets and asteroids in outer space, meteorites, as well as large comets and asteroids that have led to catastrophic events in the geologic past. Originally considered only a curiosity, extraterrestrial matter found on Earth provides the only samples we have from comets, asteroids and other planets. Only recently mankind has started to actively collect extraterrestrial matter in space (Apollo program, Stardust mission) rather than to wait for its delivery to Earth. Still, most of our knowledge of the origin and evolution of our solar system is based on careful studies of meteorites, cosmic dust, and traces of large impact events in the geologic record such as the mass extinction that terminated the Cretaceous Period and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
This book summarizes our current knowledge of the properties, origin, orbital evolution and accretion mechanism of extraterrestrial matter accreted on Earth and sheds light on accretion processes and fluxes in the geologic past. The chapters in the first part of the book are arranged in order to follow extraterrestrial matter from its origin in space, its orbital evolution on its way to Earth, its interaction with the Earth magnetosphere and atmosphere to its more or less violent collision with the Earth's surface. In the second part of the book several chapters deal with the present?day flux of cosmic dust and meteorites to Earth. Finally, several chapters deal with the reconstruction of the accretion history of extraterrestrial matter on Earth, starting with the most recent geologic past and ending with the very early, violent accretion period shortly after the formation of Earth, Moon and other solid planets in our solar system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink

  • Earth Sciences Center, University of Getenburg, Gotenburg, Sweden

    Birger Schmitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History

  • Editors: Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Birger Schmitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8694-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46689-2Published: 31 October 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4668-5Published: 07 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8694-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 466

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Earth Sciences, general, Planetology, Geochemistry, Sedimentology

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