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Physical Records Of Impacts In The Early And Modern Solar System, Robert Ellis Beauford
Physical Records Of Impacts In The Early And Modern Solar System, Robert Ellis Beauford
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The study of terrestrial meteorite impact craters and of impacted meteorites expands our understanding of cratered rocky surfaces throughout the solar system. Terrestrial craters uniquely expand upon data from remote imaging and planetary surface exploration by providing analogs for understanding the buried sub-surface portions of impact structures, while impacted meteorites provide examples of a much wider range of surface and subsurface impactite materials than we can directly sample thus far through solar system exploration.
This report examines three facets of the impact record preserved in terrestrial impact craters and in meteorites. First, it looks at the macroscopic structure of the …