| View Larger Image | Meteorite Craters and Impact Structures of the Earth | Hardcoverby Paul Hodge (Author)
| List Price: | $50.00 | |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | | Edition: | First Editionth Edition | | Page Count: | 132 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 30, 1994 | | Sales Rank: | 2,794,977nd |
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Product Description
During its five billion year history, Earth has been hit countless times by asteroids and meteorites. Over 150 crater-producing events have been identified, and this book describes all 139 sites worldwide at which evidence of the impacts can be seen. They range in age from recent craters formed this century to the highly eroded billion-year old ancient craters. Some are spectacular to visit, such as the Barringer Crater in Arizona, the ring-shaped mountains of Gosses Bluff, Australia, and the huge crater at Ries in Germany. For each site there is a summary table giving location, size, age and present condition. Maps are included where necessary. The author has visited many of the sites and his photographs enrich this thorough survey. Meteorite craters are fascinating to visit, so the descriptions include guidance about access and suggested itineraries for the large structures. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Extremely over-priced Novice level tourist guide by Charles R. VIau (Braintree, MA USA)  3 Stars
June 15, 2002
What the reader expects is an atlas of these crater structures, but what you get is little more than the content provided by any other run-of-the-mill tourist type book. This could have been a great work had there been some real meat and history added. Above all else, however is the insult of a [high]price tag ... outragious.
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A list and short discription of known impact craters by dsston1@ibm.net (Littleton, CO, USA)  4 Stars
December 05, 1998
This book contains short discriptions, with some photos and usually a local map to be used when exploring each impact structure on the ground. It is not intended as an in-depth scientific discussion of the impact process or of any particular terrestrial impact structure, but rather, as a "travel guide" to impact sites. It fullfils this purpose admirably.
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