Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures
Abstract
Hypervelocity impacts of asteroids and comets have played a key role in the evolution of the Solar System and planet Earth. Geochronology, the science that investigates the ages of rocks, has become a preponderant tool for dating impact events and for assessing whether they are related in time to mass extinctions on Earth. Impact events are instantaneous compared to other geological processes and, in theory, represent easy targets for multitechnique geochronology. Yet, only a few terrestrial impact events are accurately and precisely dated. A dating campaign is urgently needed if we are to fully understand the role of impacts in Earth history.
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Jourdan, Fred and Reimold, W. Uwe and Deutsch, Alex. 2012. Dating Terrestrial Impact Structures. Elements. 8: pp. 49-53.
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Elements: an international magazine of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology
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