The Impact-Cratering Process

• DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.1.25
• Publication Date: 2012-02-25T07:47:45Z
• Authors: G. S. Collins; H. J. Melosh; G. R. Osinski
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Research Article| February 01, 2012 The Impact-Cratering Process Gareth S. Collins; Collins 1Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United KingdomE-mail: [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar H. Jay Melosh; Melosh 2Department Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USAE-mail: [e-mail] Gordon R. Osinski 3Depts. Sciences Physics & Astronomy, University Western Ontario, ON N6A 5B7, CanadaE-mail: [e-mail] Elements (2012) 8 (1): 25–30. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.8.1.25 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Manager Share Icon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Get Permissions Site Collins, Melosh, Osinski; Process. 2012;; doi: Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Dropdown Menu input auto suggest filter your All ContentBy SocietyElements Advanced Abstract Impact cratering is an important unique geologic process. high speeds, forces temperatures involved are quite unlike conventional endogenic processes, the environmental consequences can be catastrophic. Kilometre-scale craters excavated collapse in minutes, some cases distributing debris around globe exhuming deeply buried strata. In process, rocks deformed, broken, heated transformed ways. Elevated crust may persist millennia, chemical reactions promoted extreme environment impact plume. Released gases cause long-term perturbations climate, impact-related phosphorus reduction have played a role origin life on Earth. You do not access content, please speak institutional administrator if you feel should access.