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The Puchezh-Katunki Impact Crater

Geology and Origin

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Editors:
  1. Victor L. Masaitis

    1. A. P. Karpinsky All-Russia Institute of Geological Research (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia

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  2. Mikhail V. Naumov

    1. A. P. Karpinsky All-Russia Institute of Geological Research (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia

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  • Essential data on the geology of the Puchezh-Katunki crater
  • Comprehensive guide
  • State-of-the-art information on the crater

Part of the book series: Impact Studies (IMPACTSTUD)

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This book presents essential data on the geology of the Puchezh-Katunki crater – an early Jurassic crater located on the East European Platform, with an impact structure that is ca. 80 km in diameter. Offering a comprehensive guide, it reviews the studies carried out during the last several decades on this prominent but not well-known impact structure. It offers the international community state-of-the-art information on the crater with regard to e.g. structural mapping, drilling (including the Vorotilovo well, which is 5374 m deep), geophysical research, and the petrological analysis of impactites and various breccias. In addition, the book includes new results from the mineralization and crystallizations beneath this large impact crater, and suggests new models for crater formations.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Geological Framework of the Puchezh-Katunki Impact Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Research History of the Disturbances in the Center of East European Platform

      • Mikhail S. Mashchak, Mikhail V. Naumov
      Pages 3-13

    3. Geologic Setting of the Impact Site

      • Mikhail S. Mashchak, Mikhail V. Naumov
      Pages 15-34

    4. Mode of Occurrence and Composition of Impact-Generated and Impact-Modified Formations

      • Victor L. Masaitis, Mikhail S. Mashchak, Mikhail V. Naumov, Tatjana V. Selivanovskaya
      Pages 35-99

    5. Transformations of Crystalline Rocks of the Central Uplift and Its Deep-Seated Zones

      • Victor L. Masaitis, Jeanne V. Orlova, Mikhail V. Naumov, Mikhail S. Mashchak
      Pages 101-147

    6. Impact Event and Subsequent Geologic Evolution

      • Mikhail V. Naumov, Victor L. Masaitis, Mikhail S. Mashchak
      Pages 149-165

  3. Impact Cratering and Origin of the Puchezh-Katunki Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Asteroid Impacts and Their Geological Consequences

      • Boris A. Ivanov
      Pages 169-182

    3. Modeling of the Impact Structure Origin

      • Boris A. Ivanov
      Pages 183-210

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 211-213
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Editors and Affiliations

  • A. P. Karpinsky All-Russia Institute of Geological Research (VSEGEI), St. Petersburg, Russia

    Victor L. Masaitis, Mikhail V. Naumov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Puchezh-Katunki Impact Crater

  • Book Subtitle: Geology and Origin

  • Editors: Victor L. Masaitis, Mikhail V. Naumov

  • Series Title: Impact Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32043-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32042-3Published: 06 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32045-4Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32043-0Published: 23 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1612-8338

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 213

  • Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Mineralogy

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