The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History

by Graham Ryder
The Cretaceous-Tertiary Event and Other Catastrophes in Earth History
Author: Graham Ryder
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780813723075
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"This volume atempts to explore and clarify the relationship among the geological records, the extinctions, and the causes of catastrophes for life in Earth's history. Most of the papers address the geological record and the extinctions across the Cretaceou-Teriary boundary, and the buried Chicxulub structure that is now consensually deemed to be of impact origin and to be intimately related to that boundary." (GSA website).

Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments

by Vivien Gornitz
Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Author: Vivien Gornitz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2008-10-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402045514
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One of Springer’s Major Reference Works, this book gives the reader a truly global perspective. It is the first major reference work in its field. Paleoclimate topics covered in the encyclopedia give the reader the capability to place the observations of recent global warming in the context of longer-term natural climate fluctuations. Significant elements of the encyclopedia include recent developments in paleoclimate modeling, paleo-ocean circulation, as well as the influence of geological processes and biological feedbacks on global climate change. The encyclopedia gives the reader an entry point into the literature on these and many other groundbreaking topics.

Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events

by Charles Cockell
Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events
Author: Charles Cockell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2006-05-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540257365
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The biological effects of asteroid and comet impacts have been widely viewed as primarily destructive. The role of an impactor in the K/T boundary extinctions has had a particularly important influence on thinking concerning the role of impacts in ecological and biological changes. th During the 10 and final workshop of the ESF IMPACT program during March 2003, we sought to investigate the wider aspects of the involvement of impact events in biological processes, including the beneficial role of these events from the prebiotic through to the ecosystem level. The ESF IMPACT programme (1998-2003) was an interdisciplinary effort that is aimed at understanding impact processes and their effects on the Earth environment, including environmental, geological and biological changes. The IMPACT programme has 15 member states and the activities of the programme range from workshops to short courses on topics such as impact stratigraphy, shock metamorphism, etc. The program has also awarded mobility grants and been involved in the development of teaching aids and numerous publications, including this one.

Evolutionary Catastrophes

by V. Courtillot
Evolutionary Catastrophes
Author: V. Courtillot
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2002-03-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521891189
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Mass extinction and cataclysmic volcanic activity: will fascinate everyone interested in the history of life and death on our planet.

Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects

by Gerta Keller
Volcanism, Impacts, and Mass Extinctions: Causes and Effects
Author: Gerta Keller
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2014-09-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813725054
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"Comprises articles stemming from the March 2013 international conference at London's Natural History Museum. Researchers across geological, geophysical, and biological disciplines present key results from research concerning the causes of mass extinction events"--

The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts

by Kevin R. Evans
The Sedimentary Record of Meteorite Impacts
Author: Kevin R. Evans
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813724376
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Although about 70 percent of known terrestrial meteorite impacts involve sedimentary rocks, the response of such rock to hyper- velocity impact is not well understand. Evans (Missouri State U., Springfield) introduces a dozen papers from a session on impact geology at the 2004 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Arranged by rocks' stratigraphic order (oldest to youngest) in proximal and distal settings, papers study topics including: characterization of impact sediments; a model for impact cratering processes; development of breccias (rock composed of sharp fragments embedded in a fine- grained matrix) in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure; and the method of impact stratigraphy applied to aging of the K-T boundary associated with mass extinction. The well-illustrated volume is not indexed.

Tsunamiites

by Tsunemasa Shiki
Tsunamiites
Author: Tsunemasa Shiki
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2020-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128239409
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Tsunamiites: Features and Implications, Second Edition, is an overview of the state-of-the art developments in sedimentology of tsunami-induced and tsunami-affected deposits, namely tsunamiites. It also highlights new problems and issues calling for additional investigation and provides insight into the direction for future tsunamiite research. New to this edition: discussion of the impact of 2011 tsunami in Northern Japan as well as additional coverage of offshore tractive current deposition and deposition of boulders. - Includes a comprehensive overview of new developments in tsunamiites from leading experts - Covers future trends and development needs for researching sediments from tsunamis - New edition includes coverage and lessons learned from the 2011tsunami in Northern Japan