Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society: An Interdisciplinary ApproachPeter T. Bobrowsky, Hans Rickman In 1908 an atmospheric explosion in northern Siberia released energy equivalent to 15 Mton of TNT. Can a comparable or larger NEO affect us again? When the next NEO strikes Earth will it be large enough to destroy a city? Will the climate change significantly? Can archaeology and anthropology provide insights into the expected cultural responses with NEO interactions? Does society have a true grasp of the actual risks involved? Is the Great Depression a good model for the economic collapse that could follow a NEO catastrophe? This volume provides a necessary link between various disciplines and comet/asteroid impacts. |
Contents
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Effects of the Meteorite Impact | 271 |
Potential Weather and ClimateRelated Impacts | 285 |
Quanlin | 291 |
Acknowledgments | 299 |
Tunguska 1908 and Its Relevance | 331 |
Conclusions | 338 |
Brian G Marsden | 341 |
4 | 344 |
1 | 38 |
Michel Hermelin | 50 |
Sidle | 64 |
William T Hartwell | 71 |
Giovanni B Valsecchi | 100 |
5 | 102 |
Copenhagen Denmark | 104 |
Facing and Coping with Global Geophysical Events | 123 |
Roma Italy | 133 |
Astronomy and Physical Implications | 142 |
Advanced NEO Surveys and Societal Responses | 163 |
School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology The Queens University of Belfast | 175 |
Evaluating the Risk of Impacts and the Efficiency of Risk Reduction | 203 |
1 | 208 |
References | 222 |
Acknowledgments | 244 |
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3 | 263 |
Desert Research Institute Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences 755 E Flamingo | 265 |
Megacryometeors Versus Small Meteorite Impacts | 346 |
Raymond G Roble | 350 |
an Inventory of Issues | 355 |
Perception of Risk from Asteroid Impact 369 | 368 |
Hazard Risk Assessment of a Near Earth Object | 383 |
1 | 408 |
Southwest Research Institute Suite 400 1050 Walnut Street | 419 |
The Civil Society As a Complex System | 424 |
Sharad Master | 450 |
Probabilities | 452 |
Insurance Coverage of Meteorite Asteroid and Comet Impacts | 469 |
Istituto diAstrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica INAF Area Ricerac Tor Vergata Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100 | 493 |
Communicating Impact Risk to the Public | 495 |
David A Kring | 503 |
Towards Rational International Policies on the NEO Hazard 521 | 520 |
A Road Map for Creating a NEO Research Program | 527 |
Index | 533 |
Departamento de Edafología y Geología Universidad de La Laguna | 536 |
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