Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth 1-1-001-325-4330-325 June 14 18

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and two global compilations: rifts and large mafic magmatic events through time

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Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth 1-1-001-325-4330-325 June 14 18Editors: Leon T. Silver and Peter H. Schultz What has been the history of the impacts of large asteroids and comets on Earth during the past 3. 5 b. y.? What have been the physical, chemical, and biological consequences of these impacts? Have they produced major perturbations of the important indigenous physical and biological trends of terrestrial evolution? What are the current probabilities of such impacts? Forty eight chapters provide a