Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
wiley +4 more sources
Features of the choice of power unit for electric tricycle [PDF]
The article considers the bolide Shell Eco Marathon, which main operating purpose is to cover the maximum distance with the minimum fuel consumption. With the aim of providing the bolide with technical and operational indicators, it is appropriate to ...
Stakhin Dmitry, Goncharov Kirill
doaj +1 more source
Color and spectral characteristics of long-lived meteor trail formed by the Tunka bolide
The paper addresses color characteristics and possible spectral composition of emission of a long-lived (~40 min) meteor trail of uncommon geometry, which was formed due to the bolide passage in the Tunka Valley on November 17, 2017. Analysis of dynamics
Mikhalev A. V.
doaj +1 more source
Rock art and archaeoastronomy in Morocco: preliminary observations [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to make public the exceptional discovery in the province of Essaouira (Morocco) of three petroglyphs engraved with an original subject in Moroccan rock art.
Ibhi,A. +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Several dozen stones of an ordinary chondrite meteorite fell in and around the town of Benenitra in southwestern Madagascar during the early evening of 27 July 2018, minutes after a widely observed meteor fireball (bolide) transit and detonation.
Roger L. Gibson +8 more
doaj +1 more source
The polar mesospheric cloud dataset of the Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) [PDF]
The Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) observed polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) along the Arctic circle between Sweden and Canada during the balloon flight of PMC Turbo in July 2018.
N. Kaifler +3 more
doaj +1 more source
A Geologic Si‐O‐C Pathway to Incorporate Carbon in Silicates
This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Alexandra Navrotsky +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The current version of the IAU Meteor Data Centre catalogue of photographic orbits comprising the orbital and geophysical data of 4581 meteors is applied for a more representative search of the mean orbits of bolide meteor streams among photographic meteors.
Štefan Gajdoš, Vladimir Porubcan
openaire +1 more source
A technical description of the Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) [PDF]
The Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE) was the first high-power lidar flown and operated successfully on board a balloon platform. As part of the PMC Turbo payload, the instrument acquired high-resolution backscatter profiles of polar mesospheric clouds ...
B. Kaifler +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Near Earth Object 2012XJ112 as a source of bright bolides of achondritic nature [PDF]
We analyze the likely link between the recently discovered Near Earth Object 2012XJ112 and a bright fireball observed over the south of Spain on December 27, 2012.
Cabrera-Caño, Jesus +8 more
core +3 more sources

