Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
This comprehensive atlas explains the genesis and evolution of impact known craters on Earth, presenting a wealth of radar images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites that were acquired at the same frequency, spatial resolution, operating mode, and il
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Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
Enrico Flamini • Mario Di Martino Alessandro Coletta
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Encyclopedic Atlas of Terrestrial Impact Craters
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Editors Enrico Flamini Italian Space Agency Rome, Italy
Mario Di Martino Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino—Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Pino Torinese, Italy
Alessandro Coletta Italian Space Agency Rome, Italy
ISBN 978-3-030-05449-6 ISBN 978-3-030-05451-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05451-9
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Foreword
Craters on the Earth are traces on the path our planet has followed to come to existence from the early nebula which was filling this corner of the galaxy. Millions of cataclysmic events were necessary about five billions of years ago to form the Earth. We do not have evidences of this part of the Earth history on the surface. However, impacts continued through the Ages and traces of the most recent craters are present over the surface of the Earth. Documenting them through satellite observations provides important information on the genesis of our planet through a very valuable, systematic observational approach. This atlas is unique in its kind. The images are provided by the Italian COSMO-SkyMed SAR constellation, likely the most advanced system in the world in the X band. Radar images were acquired under a uniform spatial resolution, ill
