Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
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Beschreibung
This comprehensive atlas explains the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth, presenting a wealth of radar images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites that were acquired at the same frequency, spatial resolution, operating mode, and illumination, allowing excellent comparison of different impact structures. It also discusses in detail the processes that have hidden or erased terrestrial impact craters, and clearly explains the basic principles of remote sensing and the COSMO-SkyMed system and radar instruments. Also, the optical satellite remote sensing technique used to produce the optical images is described. The main section documents each of the exposed craters officially recognized as caused by meteoritic impact, presenting a table with the COSMO-SkyMed radar image and, where available, a Sentinel optical image and a photograph taken in situ. A short accompanying text reports the location, context, geographical coordinates, and other ancillary information to support future researches.
This comprehensive atlas explains the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth, presenting a wealth of radar images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites that were acquired at the same frequency, spatial resolution, operating mode, and illumination, allowing excellent comparison of different impact structures. It also discusses in detail the processes that have hidden or erased terrestrial impact craters, and clearly explains the basic principles of remote sensing and the COSMO-SkyMed system and radar instruments. Also, the optical satellite remote sensing technique used to produce the optical images is described. The main section documents each of the exposed craters officially recognized as caused by meteoritic impact, presenting a table with the COSMO-SkyMed radar image and, where available, a Sentinel optical image and a photograph taken in situ. A short accompanying text reports the location, context, geographical coordinates, and other ancillary information to support future researches.
Provides a timely, comprehensive atlas of impact craters on Earth Includes images of all the known terrestrial craters Analyzes the formation and evolution of craters and processes that hide or erase them Offers a tool for the discovery of new, as yet unknown craters
Autor*in
Enrico Flamini
Themen in »Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters«
Asteroid Impacts on Earth Crater Impact Early Earth Bombardment Finding Impact Craters Impact Craters Reference Impact Craters on Earth Radar Images from COSMO-SkyMed Remote Sensing Techniques Satellite Imagery remote sensing/photogrammetry