{"product_id":"9780306466892","title":"Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAccretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink | Birger Schmitz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Space Science \/ Astronomy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEvery year Earth is bombarded with about 40,000 tons of  extraterrestrial material. This includes microscopic cosmic dust  particles shed by comets and asteroids in outer space, meteorites, as  well as large comets and asteroids that have led to catastrophic  events in the geologic past. Originally considered only a curiosity,  extraterrestrial matter found on Earth provides the only samples we  have from comets, asteroids and other planets. Only recently mankind  has started to actively collect extraterrestrial matter in space  (Apollo program, Stardust mission) rather than to wait for its  delivery to Earth. Still, most of our knowledge of the origin and  evolution of our solar system is based on careful studies of  meteorites, cosmic dust, and traces of large impact events in the  geologic record such as the mass extinction that terminated the  Cretaceous Period and led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.\u003cbr\u003e  This book summarizes our current knowledge of the properties, origin,  orbital evolution and accretion mechanism of extraterrestrial matter  accreted on Earth and sheds light on accretion processes and fluxes in  the geologic past. The chapters in the first part of the book are  arranged in order to follow extraterrestrial matter from its origin in  space, its orbital evolution on its way to Earth, its interaction with  the Earth magnetosphere and atmosphere to its more or less violent  collision with the Earth's surface. In the second part of the book  several chapters deal with the present?day flux of cosmic dust and  meteorites to Earth. Finally, several chapters deal with the  reconstruction of the accretion history of extraterrestrial matter on  Earth, starting with the most recent geologic past and ending with the  very early, violent accretion period shortly after the formation of  Earth, Moon and other solid planets in our solar system.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 October 2001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer US\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780306466892\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e466\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804764541068,"sku":"9780306466892","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780306466892.jpg?v=1781780842","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780306466892","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}