TY - BOOK AU - McColl,Don ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Australia's Little Space Travellers: The Flight Shaped Tektites of Australia SN - 9783319460529 AV - QE1-996.5 U1 - 550 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Earth KW - Geology KW - Planetology KW - Astrophysics KW - Space sciences KW - Mineralogy KW - Ceramics KW - Glass KW - Composites (Materials) KW - Composite materials KW - Popular Earth Science KW - Astrophysics and Astroparticles KW - Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) KW - Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials N1 - Introduction and History -- Theories of Tektite Origin -- The True Origin of the Australian Tektites -- Where are Tektites Found in Australia? -- Primary Shapes of the Australian Tektites -- Flight Shaping of Australian Tektites -- The Classical Flanged Buttons -- Elongate Flanged Forms -- Miniature Flanged Forms -- Microtektites -- Hollow tektites -- Asymmetric Flanged Form.-s Fragmentation of Flanged Forms -- References; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки N2 - This book provides a showcase for the incredibly well-preserved flight-textured tektites of southern Australia, which are the world’s finest known examples. It provides an overview of their forms and flight features, which can be expected to appear, at least in part, on any objects falling from space. Some of these specimens are so perfectly shaped that it is hard to believe that they have been buried in the recent strata of Australia for 770,000 years. It also discusses the history of the story of their incredible flight into space and return becoming widely accepted, which led to them being recognized as space travelers. Further, it describes their classical shapes and offers an explanation of how each developed. It provides collectors, meteoriticists, and museum curators with insights into the astounding forms of Australian tektites produced by hypersonic flight UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46052-9 ER -