Table of Contents

Themes in the study of impact cratering; Crater morphology; Stress waves in solids; Cratering mechanics: contact and compression stage; Ejecta deposits; Scaling of crater dimensions; Cratering mechanics: modification stage; Multiring basins; Cratered landscapes; Atmospheric interactions; Impact cratering and planetary evolution; Appendix I: Derivation of the Hugoniot equations; Appendix II: Equations of the state for impact cratering; General bibliography; Index.

Reviews

"Well-written and comprehensive .... I doubt that many will disagree about the usefulness and importance of this book." --Science"It is going to be a classic . . . . Melosh brilliantly and lucidly summarizes all that is known (or thought to be known) of hypervelocity impact and cratering on planetary surfaces." -- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta