Bombarded Britain: A Search for British Impact Structures
- ISBN-10
- 1783261013
- ISBN-13
- 9781783261017
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 220
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-07-26
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- Author
- Richard Stratford
Description
This book describes a search for geological evidence of meteorite impact structures in Britain. The statistics of impact structures indicate that Britain should have Phanerozoic impact structures up to tens of kilometres in diameter. A constant theme is the importance of atmospheric break-up of small asteroids and comets. These fragmenting bodies produce anomalously shallow craters with low rims and central peaks; three British structures of this type are identified. Analysis of fireball statistics implies that damaging fireball explosions occur over the British Isles on a time-scale of decades. On a time-scale of millennia, however, more damage is done by Atlantic impact tsunami. Contents: Impacts and Geology:A Curious OmissionOf Calculations and CratersThe Search for Impact StructuresThe Shetland CratersMidlands GeologyThe Ashby InlierCharnwood ForestThe Midlands Basin — A Cometary Impact Structure?The Herefordshire DomesThe Rochford Basin — A Digression into EssexFuller's Earth and Bagshot Sands — A Surrey Crater?Gabbro, Granite, and GrampiansOther Circular StructuresImpacts in History:Small Craters, Airbursts, and TsunamiDozmary Pool and Other CraterletsLevin–Bolt and BlastBritish Atlantis? Readership: Upper level undergraduates and post-graduate students in geology and planetary science. Keywords:Meteorite Craters;Terrestrial Impact Structures;Atmospheric Break-Up;British Geology;St Magnus Bay;Midlands Impact Structure;Woolhope Dome;Scottish Younger Gabbros;Dozmary Pool;AirburstsReviews:“In his search for bombarded Britain, the author delivers a master class in impact and air blast processes … I believe that Bombarded Britain is going to make an impact.”Astronomy Now
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