The Chesapeake Bay Crater: Geology and Geophysics of a Late Eocene Submarine Impact Structure

The Chesapeake Bay Crater: Geology and Geophysics of a Late Eocene Submarine Impact Structure
ISBN-10
3642189008
ISBN-13
9783642189005
Category
Science
Pages
523
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Wylie Poag, Christian Koeberl, Wolf Uwe Reimold

Description

The authors have synthesized 16 years of geological and geophysical studies which document an 85-km-wide impact crater buried 500 m beneath Chesapeake Bay in south eastern Virginia, USA. In doing so, they have integrated extensive seismic reflection profiling and deep core drilling to analyze the structure, morphology, gravimetrics, sedimentology, petrology, geochemistry, and paleontology of this submarine structure. Of special interest are a detailed comparison with other terrestrial and extraterrestrial craters, as well as a conceptual model and computer simulation of the impact. The extensive illustrations encompass more than 150 line drawings and core photographs.

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