Name: Extreme Environments on and off the Earth
Start: 2018-05-14T
End: 2018-05-14T
Location: The Phoenix

In this event we'll be exploring some pretty extreme planetary conditions, from meteor impact sites on Earth to the planets of alien atmospheres. Please note that this event starts later than our other events in Exeter!

Cosmic crashes & formation of impact craters

Ania Losiak (Associate Research Fellow)

Impact cratering is currently the most important geological process in our Solar System, creating gigantic impact craters and even forming the Moon. Meteors killed the dinosaurs, but also by fostered life by delivering water and organic material to our planet. However, we know relatively little about the process as the Earth's surface geology is very active. Only 190 impact structures are known on Earth ranging from the small Carancas crater in Peru, to the 300km Vredefort crater in South Africa. What can we learn by studying impact craters on Earth? And how can we avoid the fate of dinosaurs?

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