Impact Cratering (PDF)

List of Contributors 1. Impact cratering: Processes and products Gordon R. Osinski and Elisabetta Pierazzo 2. Population of impactors and the impact cratering rate in the inner Solar System Patrick Michel and Alessandro Morbidelli 3. The contact and compression stage of impact cratering H. Jay Melosh 4. Excavation and impact ejecta emplacement Gordon R. Osinski, Richard A. F. Grieve, and Livio L. Tornabene 5. The modification stage of crater formation Thomas Kenkmann, Gareth S. Collins and Kai Wünnemann 6. Impact-induced hydrothermal activity Kalle Kirsimäe and Gordon R. Osinski 7. Impactites: Their characteristics and spatial distribution Richard A. F. Grieve and Ann M. Therriault 8. Shock Metamorphism Ludovic Ferrière and Gordon R. Osinski 9. Impact Melting Gordon R. Osinski, Richard A. F. Grieve, Cassandra Marion, and Anna Chanou 10. Environmental effects of impact events Elisabetta Pierazzo¯ and H. Jay Melosh 11. The Geomicrobiology of impact structures Charles S. Cockell, Gordon R. Osinski, and Mary A. Voytek 12. Economic deposits at terrestrial impact structures Richard A. F. Grieve 13. Remote sensing of impact craters Shawn P. Wright, Livio L. Tornabene, and Michael S. Ramsey 14. Geophysical studies of impact craters Joanna Morgan and Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra 15. Projectile identification in terrestrial impact structures and ejecta material Steven Goderis, François Paquay, and Philippe Claeys 16. The Geochronology of Impact CratersSimon P. Kelley and Sarah C. Sherlock 17. Numerical modeling of impact processes Gareth S. Collins, Kai Wünnemann, Natalia Artemieva, and Elisabetta Pierazzo 18. Comparison of simple impact craters: A case study Horton E. Newsom, Shawn P. Wright, Saumitra Misra, and Justin J. Hagerty 19. Comparison of mid-size terrestrial complex impact structures: A case study Gordon R. Osinski and Richard A. F. Grieve 20. Processes and products of impact cratering: Glossary and definitions Gordon R. Osinski Index

Dr Gordon "Oz" Osinski is the NSERC/MDA/CSA Industrial Research Chair in Planetary Geology in the Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics and Astronomy at Western University, Canada. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) First Class in Geology from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (1999) and a Ph.D., also in Geology (2004), from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. His research covers the tectonics of impact crater formation, the generation of impact melts, emplacement of ejecta, and post-impact processes such as impact-associated hydrothermal activity. He has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and special papers and has given over 60 conference presentations since 2001.

Dr Elisabetta Pierazzo, who tragically died during the preparation of this book, was a Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist at the Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, both located in Tucson, Arizona. She held a Laurea in Physics from the University of Padua, Italy (1988) and a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from University of Arizona (1997). She was a world renowned expert on the numerical modelling of impact events, focusing on the environmental effects of impact events, oblique impacts, and impact melt production.

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