Lavoisier S.A.S.
14 rue de Provigny
94236 Cachan cedex
FRANCE

Heures d'ouverture 08h30-12h30/13h30-17h30
Tél.: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 40 67 02


Url canonique : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/documentation/encyclopedic-atlas-of-terrestrial-impact-craters/descriptif_4135000
Url courte ou permalien : www.lavoisier.fr/livre/notice.asp?ouvrage=4135000

Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters, 1st ed. 2019

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Flamini Enrico, Di Martino Mario, Coletta Alessandro

Couverture de l’ouvrage Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
This comprehensive atlas explains the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth, presenting a wealth of radar images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites that were acquired at the same frequency, spatial resolution, operating mode, and illumination, allowing excellent comparison of different impact structures. It also discusses in detail the processes that have hidden or erased terrestrial impact craters, and clearly explains the basic principles of remote sensing and the COSMO-SkyMed system and radar instruments. Also, the optical satellite remote sensing technique used to produce the optical images is described. The main section documents each of the exposed craters officially recognized as caused by meteoritic impact, presenting a table with the COSMO-SkyMed radar image and, where available, a Sentinel optical image and a photograph taken in situ. A short accompanying text reports the location, context, geographical coordinates, and other ancillary information to support future researches.

Section 1 - Chapters.- Impacting Bodies and Post-Impact Modification Processes on Earth.- Cosmic Impacts: a Planetary Surfaces Modification Process.- Impact Crater.- The Planet Earth: a Review of the Influence of Cratering on the Geological Evolution of our Planet.- Observation from Space: SAR Systems.- Observation from Space: OPTICAL Systems.- Section 2 - Terrestrial Impact Craters List.

Enrico Flamini graduated in Physics at Sapienza University of Rome in 1977 and after worked as a researcher at CNR and as ESA Research Fellow at the University of Sussex (UK) on hypervelocity impacts applied to planetary cratering. Since 1985 he had a position at the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with different roles including Director of the Observation of the Universe Department and ASI Chief Scientist. He has been Program Manager for the Italian participation in the Cassini-Huygens, Rosetta-Philae, Mars Express, MRO, Dawn, and Juno missions; Chairman of the lander Philae Steering Committee; Mission Science Director for LARES on the Vega maiden flight; and Hemeritus Principal Investigator of the SIMBIO-SYS experiment on BepiColombo. He has also served as Vice-Chair and Chair of the ESA Science Programme Committee. Presently he is Professor of Solar System Exploration at G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy: Has been awarded with the title of Officer of the NationalOrder of Merit of France and has received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Gold Medal. The International Astronomical Union named an asteroid “18099 Flamini” in recognition of his work in Planetary sciences.

Mario Di Martino is an astronomer at the INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Turin. His principal research field is the physical study of asteroids, and he has conducted hypervelocity impact experiments at national facilities and the NASA-AMES Research Center with the aim of studying the craterization of the solid bodies of the Solar System and of simulating the catastrophic impacts that occur among asteroids in the main belt. More recently, his interests have focused on impact phenomena on Earth and on the systematic observation of bright meteors (bolides) to determine the orbits of meteoroids that cause them and to define with precision the fall area of meteorites possibly delivered by the observed bolide. He has organized several scientific expeditions in North Afri

Provides a timely, comprehensive atlas of impact craters on Earth Includes images of all the known terrestrial craters Analyzes the formation and evolution of craters and processes that hide or erase them Offers a tool for the discovery of new, as yet unknown craters

Date de parution :

Ouvrage de 691 p.

21x27.9 cm

Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).

189,89 €

Ajouter au panier