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Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process

H. J. Melosh

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Themes in the study of impact cratering Crater morphology Stress waves in solids Cratering mechanics: contact and compression stage Ejecta deposits Scaling of crater dimensions Cratering mechanics: modification stage Multiring basins Cratered landscapes Atmospheric interactions Impact cratering and planetary evolution Appendix I: Derivation of the Hugoniot equations Appendix II: Equations of the state for impact cratering General bibliography Index.

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Key concepts: Impact crater, Ejecta, Geology, Scaling, Lunar craters, Astrobiology, Physics, Geometry