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- Kueppers, Michael, et al.
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Triple F-a comet nucleus sample return mission
- 2009
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In: Experimental astronomy. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0922-6435 .- 1572-9508. ; 23:3, s. 809-847
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Triple F (Fresh From the Fridge) mission, a Comet Nucleus Sample Return, has been proposed to ESA's Cosmic Vision program. A sample return from a comet enables us to reach the ultimate goal of cometary research. Since comets are the least processed bodies in the solar system, the proposal goes far beyond cometary science topics (like the explanation of cometary activity) and delivers invaluable information about the formation of the solar system and the interstellar molecular cloud from which it formed. The proposed mission would extract three sample cores of the upper 50 cm from three locations on a cometary nucleus and return them cooled to Earth for analysis in the laboratory. The simple mission concept with a touch-and-go sampling by a single spacecraft was proposed as an M-class mission in collaboration with the Russian space agency ROSCOSMOS.
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- Reimold, W U, et al.
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Laser argon dating of melt breccias from the Siljan impact structure, Sweden : Implications for a possible relationship to Late Devonian extinction events
- 2005
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In: Meteoritics and Planetary Science. - : Wiley. - 1086-9379 .- 1945-5100. ; 40:4, s. 591-607
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In earlier studies, the 65-75 km diameter Si1jan impact structure in Sweden has been linked to the Late Devonian mass extinction event. The Siljan impact event has previously been dated by K-Ar and Ar-Ar chronology at 342-368 Ma, with the commonly quoted age being 362.7 +/- 2.2 Ma (2 sigma, recalculated using currently accepted decay constants). Until recently, the accepted age for the Frasnian/Famennian boundary and associated extinction event was 364 Ma, which is within error limits of this earlier Si1jan age. Here we report new Ar-Ar ages extracted by laser spot and laser step heating techniques for several melt breccia samples from Si1jan (interpreted to be impact melt breccia). The analytical results show some scatter, which is greater in samples with more extensive alteration; these samples generally yield younger ages. The two samples with the least alteration yield the most reproducible weighted mean ages: one yielded a laser spot age of 377.2 +/- 2.5 Ma (95% confidence limits) and the other yielded both a laser spot age of 376.1 +/- 2.8 Ma (95% confidence limits) and a laser stepped heating plateau age over 70.6% (39)Ar release of 377.5 +/- 2.4 Ma (2 sigma). Our conservative estimate for the age of Siljan is 377 2 Ma (95% confidence limits), which is significantly different from both the previously accepted age for the Frasnian/Famennian (F/F) boundary and the previously quoted age of Siljan. However, the age of the F/F boundary has recently been revised to 374.5 +/- 2.6 Ma by the International Commission for Stratigraphy, which is, within error, the same as our new age. However, the currently available age data are not proof that there was a connection between the Si1jan impact event and the F/F boundary extinction. This new result highlights the dual problems of dating meteorite impacts where fine-grained melt rocks are often all that can be isotopically dated, and constraining the absolute age of biostratigraphic boundaries, which can only be constrained by age extrapolation. Further work is required to develop and improve the terrestrial impact age record and test whether or not the terrestrial impact flux increased significantly at certain times, perhaps resulting in major extinction events in Earth's biostratigraphic record.
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- Henkel, Herbert, et al.
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Geophysical investigations of the Siljan impact structure - A short review
- 2005
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In: IMPACT TECTONICS. - Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag. - 3540241817 ; , s. 247-283
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Siljan in southwest Sweden is the largest impact structure in western Europe, with a present topographic diameter of ca. 75 km. Recent age determinations indicate an age of 377 Ma. The bedrock geology of the region has recently been re-mapped by the Geological Survey of Sweden in the scale of 1:50 000. There is now complete coverage with airborne geophysics. New maps of the geophysical data have been prepared for this review. In connection with the Deep Gas Project, further geophysical studies were made and two drill holes were sunk to over 6 kin depth in the central uplift of the structure. The Deep Gas Project produced a large number of reports and publications, which are listed in the summary report of Juhlin (1991). Some of the results are compiled and shortly summarized here. Digital elevation data are available with 50 in spatial resolution, and a gray tone map has been prepared with the regional trend removed. A profile of these data shows that the peak ring of the structure is still visible in the morphology.
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- Kirsanova, M.S., et al.
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Study of triggered star formation around HII region S235
- 2007
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In: Proceedings of "Millimeter wave astronomy and star formation", ed. I. Zinchenko, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, August 2007, Inst. of Applied Physics RAS. ; , s. 23-29
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)
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- Liu, D W, et al.
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Analysis and calculation of thermal conductivity of rock in deep strata
- 2005
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In: Journal of Central South University of Technology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1005-9784 .- 1993-0666. ; 12, s. 114-119
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The thermal conductivity of rock is an important parameter for the deep mine and the geothermal development. It is often not possible to measure the thermal conductivity of the rocks present in the deep strata, and the usual approach is to calculate thermal conductivity including mineralogy and porosity. The compositions of core samples from the MID01 borehole in the Björkö area were determined, and the mineral composition was classified. The calculation of the thermal conductivity of rock in the borehole was carried out, and the main factors for the thermal conductivity of rock were analyzed. The results show that the calculated thermal conductivity of rock is reliable and useful for the design and calculation of geothermal development in the Björkö area.
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