Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth 1-1-001-325-4330-325 125th Anniversary Volume

125th Anniversary Volume

(5) the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia

and two global compilations: rifts and large mafic magmatic events through time

to provide an overview of the nature and evolution of the crust-mantle and lithosphere-asthenosphere boundaries in different tectonic settings

Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth 1-1-001-325-4330-325 125th Anniversary VolumeEditors: Leon T. Silver and Peter H. Schultz What has been the history of the impacts of large asteroids and comets on Earth during the past 3. 5 b. y.? What have been the physical, chemical, and biological consequences of these impacts? Have they produced major perturbations of the important indigenous physical and biological trends of terrestrial evolution? What are the current probabilities of such impacts? Forty eight chapters provide a