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Terrestrial Impact Structures
This bibliography lists 110 features for which origin by meteoritic impact has been suggested and gives a comprehensive group of references for each feature. Annotations for the more significant contributions to the literature are included. The structures are divided into six categories, and their geographic locations are indicated on a sketch map.
From Local Patriotism to a Planetary Perspective
The Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin, two conspicuous geological structures in southern Germany, were traditionally viewed as somewhat enigmatic but nevertheless definitely volcanic edifices until they were finally recognized as impact craters in the 1960s. The changing views about the origin of the craters mark an important paradigm shift in the Earth sciences, from an Earth-centric approach to a planetary perspective that acknowledged Earth’s place in the wider cosmos. Drawing on a range of printed sources, detailed archival material, letters, personal notes, and interviews with veterans of Ries research, Martina Kölbl-Ebert provides a detailed reconstruction, not only of the histor...
