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Michael H. Poelchau

Researcher at University of Freiburg

Publications -  79
Citations -  1838

Michael H. Poelchau is an academic researcher from University of Freiburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Impact crater & Hypervelocity. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 76 publications receiving 1513 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael H. Poelchau include Museum für Naturkunde & Humboldt University of Berlin.

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The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

Joanna Morgan, +39 more
- 18 Nov 2016 - 
TL;DR: The only known impact structure on Earth with an unequivocal peak ring is Chicxulub as discussed by the authors, but it is buried and only accessible through drilling, and it is not accessible to the public.
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Structural geology of impact craters

TL;DR: The formation of impact craters is a highly dynamic and complex process that subjects the impacted target rocks to numerous types of deformation mechanisms Understanding and interpreting these styles of micro-, meso-and macroscale deformation has proved itself challenging for the field of structural geology as discussed by the authors.
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Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Christopher M. Lowery, +38 more
- 30 May 2018 - 
TL;DR: Micro- and nannofossil, trace fossil and geochemical evidence from the Chicxulub impact crater demonstrates that proximity to the asteroid impact site did not determine rates of recovery of marine ecosystems after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
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The MEMIN research unit: Scaling impact cratering experiments in porous sandstones

TL;DR: In this article, a series of impact experiments into porous wet and dry sandstone targets were conducted, yielding craters with diameters between 3.9 and 40 cm, with varying velocities of 2.5 to 7.8 km/s−1.
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Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater

David A. Kring, +40 more
- 29 May 2020 - 
TL;DR: The recovered core shows the Chicxulub crater hosted a spatially extensive hydrothermal system that chemically and mineralogically modified ~1.4 × 105 km3 of Earth’s crust, a volume more than nine times that of the Yellowstone Caldera system.