Delivery of meteorites from the asteroid belt.

• Main Author: Nolan, Michael Craig.
• Other Authors: Greenberg, Richard, Lunine, Jonathan I., Melosh, H. Jay, Denton, M. Bonner, Enemark, John H.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Arizona. 1994
• Subjects: Dissertations; Academic; Geophysics; Astrophysics; Antarctic; Ida; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186644

The process of the delivery of meteorites to the surface of the Earth from plausible source regions such as the asteroid belt is currently understood in general terms, but important uncertainties and conflicts remain to be resolved. Stochastic effects of the rare disruptions of large asteroids on th...