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008			020228s2003 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2002002434
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015			_aGBA2-U3592
020			_a0816048738 _q(acid-free paper)
020			_a9780816048731 _q(acid-free paper)
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050	0	0	_aQB651 _b.E75 2003
082	0	0	_a551.3/97 _221
100	1		_aErickson, Jon, _d1948- _981108
245	1	0	_aAsteroids, comets, and meteorites : _bcosmic invaders of the earth /
260			_aNew York : _bFacts On File, _c�2003.
300			_axii, 256 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aThe living earth
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
505	8	0	_tThe Big Splash -- _tThe Big Burp -- _tThe Big Flood -- _tThe Big Boil _g25 -- _g3 _tCratering Events: Historic Meteorite Impacts -- _tArchean Impacts -- _tProterozoic Impacts -- _tPaleozoic Impacts -- _tMesozoic Impacts -- _tCenozoic Impacts _g49
505	8	0	_g4 _tPlanetary Impacts: Exploring Meteorite Craters -- _tLunar Craters -- _tMercurian Craters -- _tVenusian Craters -- _tMartian Craters -- _tOuter Planetary Craters _g75 -- _g5 _tAsteroids: Wandering Rock Fragments -- _tThe Minor Planets
505	8	0	_tThe Asteroid Belt -- _tKirkwood Gaps -- _tMeteoroid Streams -- _tMeteorite Falls -- _tExploring Asteroids -- _tMining Asteroids _g102 -- _g6 _tComets: Cosmic ICE Debris -- _tThe Oort Cloud -- _tThe Kuiper Belt -- _tSun-Grazing Comets
505	8	0	_tComets Turned Asteroids -- _tMeteor Showers -- _tCometary Exploration _g121 -- _g7 _tMeteorite Craters: Formation of Impact Structures -- _tCratering Rates -- _tImpact Cratering -- _tShock Effects -- _tCrater Formation -- _tImpact Structures
505	8	0	_tStrewn Fields -- _tCrater Erosion _g141 -- _g8 _tImpact Effects: The Global Changes -- _tGlobal Effects -- _tTectonism -- _tTsunamis -- _tMagnetic Reversals -- _tGlaciation -- _tMass Extinction _g163 -- _g9 _tDeath Star: Impact Extinction of Species
505	8	0	_tSupernovas -- _tDoomsday Comets -- _tKiller Asteroids -- _tThe Dinosaur Deathblow -- _tNemesis -- _tPlanet X _g188 -- _g10 _tCosmic Collisions: Asteroid and Comet Bombardment -- _tNear-Earth Asteroids -- _tClose Calls -- _tAsteroid Impacts
505	8	0	_tAsteroid Defense -- _tImpact Survival _g209.
505	0	0	_g1 _tOrigin of the Solar System: Formation of the Sun and Planets -- _tThe Big Bang -- _tGalaxy Formation -- _tStellar Evolution -- _tSolar Origins -- _tPlanetary Assembly _g1 -- _g2 _tThe Formation of Earth: Planetary Origins -- _tThe Big Crash
520			_aThe impact event that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs was not an isolated occurrence, for, as the foreword writer reminds us, a near-miss with an asteroid occurred in 1996. Erickson, an independent Colorado-based geologist, provides students beginning to study the Earth sciences and general readers with a lucid introduction to the bearers of such planetary impacts and their ongoing role in shaping our solar system. The book features numerous b&w illustrations, including recent photos taken from spacecraft, and a glossary with a pronunciation guide.
650		0	_aAsteroids. _981109
650		0	_aComets. _981110
650		0	_aMeteorites. _981111
800	1		_aErickson, Jon, _d1948- _tLiving earth. _981112
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002002434.html
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