Meteorite impact cratering is the dominant surface process on most terrestrial planetary bodies. While only 200 have been discovered on Earth, understanding impact cratering as a process and understanding the results of impact cratering is key to understanding our planet’s evolution and our Solar System’s, past. I will present an overview of the impact cratering record on Earth, discuss the process of impact cratering and how we can identify impact craters even when they’ve been eroded, buried, or deformed. I will briefly discuss the consequences of impact cratering, both good, and bad, and will end with a brief introduction to ejecta layers, such as the one we have at Stac Fada.

Bio:
Dr Annemarie Pickersgill is a planetary scientist and Leverhulme-funded research fellow at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) and the University of Glasgow. Before moving to Glasgow for her PhD she completed a her bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Her research has always focussed on impact craters, ranging from Lunar analogue exploration missions in northern Canada to accurately determining when impact craters formed.

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