Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures
Hypervelocity impacts of asteroids and comets have played a key role in the evolution of the Solar System and planet Earth. Geochronology, the science that investigates the ages of rocks, has become a preponderant tool for dating impact events and for assessing whether they are related in time to ma...
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| description | Hypervelocity impacts of asteroids and comets have played a key role in the evolution of the Solar System and planet Earth. Geochronology, the science that investigates the ages of rocks, has become a preponderant tool for dating impact events and for assessing whether they are related in time to mass extinctions on Earth. Impact events are instantaneous compared to other geological processes and, in theory, represent easy targets for multitechnique geochronology. Yet, only a few terrestrial impact events are accurately and precisely dated. A dating campaign is urgently needed if we are to fully understand the role of impacts in Earth history. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-153352017-09-13T13:40:19Z Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures Jourdan, Fred Reimold, W. Deutsch, A. stratigraphy impact melt rock geochronology impact age temporal correlation Hypervelocity impacts of asteroids and comets have played a key role in the evolution of the Solar System and planet Earth. Geochronology, the science that investigates the ages of rocks, has become a preponderant tool for dating impact events and for assessing whether they are related in time to mass extinctions on Earth. Impact events are instantaneous compared to other geological processes and, in theory, represent easy targets for multitechnique geochronology. Yet, only a few terrestrial impact events are accurately and precisely dated. A dating campaign is urgently needed if we are to fully understand the role of impacts in Earth history. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15335 10.2113/gselements.8.1.49 Mineralogical Society of Canada restricted |
| spellingShingle | stratigraphy impact melt rock geochronology impact age temporal correlation Jourdan, Fred Reimold, W. Deutsch, A. Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title | Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title_full | Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title_fullStr | Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title_short | Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures |
| title_sort | dating terrestrial impact structures |
| topic | stratigraphy impact melt rock geochronology impact age temporal correlation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15335 |