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Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society An Interdisciplinary Approach /

In 1908 an atmospheric explosion in northern Siberia released energy equivalent to 15 Mton of TNT. Can a comparable or larger NEO affect us again? When the next NEO strikes Earth will it be large enough to destroy a city? Will the climate change significantly? Can archaeology and anthropology provid...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bobrowsky, Peter T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rickman, Hans. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Astrophysics.
Geology.
Human geography.
Environmental economics.
Archaeology.
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Human Geography.
Environmental Economics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32711-0
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Table of Contents:
  • Anthropology, Archaeology, Geology
  • The Geologic Record of Destructive Impact Events on Earth
  • The Archaeology and Anthropology of Quaternary Period Cosmic Impact
  • The Sky on the Ground: Celestial Objects and Events in Archaeology and Popular Culture
  • Umm al Binni Structure, Southern Iraq, as a Postulated Late Holocene Meteorite Impact Crater
  • Tree-Rings Indicate Global Environmental Downturns that could have been Caused by Comet Debris
  • The GGE Threat: Facing and Coping with Global Geophysical Events
  • Astronomy and Physical Implications
  • The Asteroid Impact Hazard and Interdisciplinary Issues
  • The Impact Hazard: Advanced NEO Surveys and Societal Responses
  • Understanding the Near-Earth Object Population: the 2004 Perspective
  • Physical Properties of NEOs and Risks of an Impact: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
  • Evaluating the Risk of Impacts and the Efficiency of Risk Reduction
  • Physical Effects of Comet and Asteroid Impacts: Beyond the Crater Rim
  • Frequent Ozone Depletion Resulting from Impacts of Asteroids and Comets
  • Tsunami as a Destructive Aftermath of Oceanic Impacts
  • The Physical and Social Effects of the Kaali Meteorite Impact — a Review
  • The Climatic Effects of Asteroid and Comet Impacts: Consequences for an Increasingly Interconnected Society
  • Nature of the Tunguska Impactor Based on Peat Material from the Explosion Area
  • The Tunguska Event
  • Tunguska (1908) and Its Relevance for Comet/Asteroid Impact Statistics
  • Atmospheric Megacryometeor Events versus Small Meteorite Impacts: Scientific and Human Perspective of a Potential Natural Hazard
  • Socio-Economic and Policy Implications
  • Social Science and Near-Earth Objects: an Inventory of Issues
  • Perception of Risk from Asteroid Impact
  • Hazard Risk Assessment of a Near Earth Object
  • Social Perspectives on Comet/Asteroid Impact (CAI) Hazards: Technocratic Authority and the Geography of Social Vulnerability
  • May Land Impacts Induce a Catastrophic Collapse of Civil Societies?
  • The Societal Implications of a Comet/Asteroid Impact on Earth: a Perspective from International Development Studies
  • Disaster Planning for Cosmic Impacts: Progress and Weaknesses
  • Insurance Coverage of Meteorite, Asteroid and Comet Impacts — Issues and Options
  • The Economic Consequences of Disasters due to Asteroid and Comet Impacts, Small and Large
  • Communicating Impact Risk to the Public
  • Impact Risk Communication Management (1998–2004): Has It Improved?
  • Towards Rational International Policies on the NEO Hazard
  • A Road Map for Creating a NEO Research Program in Developing Countries.

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