Although about 70 percent of known terrestrial meteorite impacts involve sedimentary rocks, the response of such rock to hyper- velocity impact is not well unde

In this volume, the geologic and planetary science communities explore impact events and how they affected the evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies. th

"This volume contains a sizable suite of contributions dealing with regional impact records (Australia, Sweden), impact craters and impactites, early Archean im

Impact cratering is an important geological process on all solid planetary bodies, and, in the case of Earth, may have had major climatic and biological effects

In this volume, the geologic and planetary science communities explore impact events and how they affected the evolution of Earth and other planetary bodies. th