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Title:
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Catastrophic events caused by cosmic objects
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Authors:
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Vitaly Adushkin, Editor ;
Ivan Nemchinov, Editor
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York, NY : Springer, 2010
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-90-481-7644-1
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Format:
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xi, 357 p. / ill., maps / 25 cm
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Bibliography note:
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"Extended and updated version and translation of the original work in Russian 'Katastroficheskie vozdeistviia kosmicheskikh tel', published by ... 'Academkniga' in 2005"--T.p. verso./ Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB651
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Subjects:
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Asteroids--Collisions with Earth
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Catastrophes (Geology)
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Collisions (Astrophysics)
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Near-earth asteroids
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Description:
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An asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the Earth some day, and potentially cause great destruction. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the authors. Each chapter, written by an expert, contains an overview of an aspect and new findings in the field. Coverage describes and numerically estimates the main hazardous effects
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Format :
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In print
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