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Together with geological/geophysical studies and laboratory-scale experiments numerical simulations of impacts contribute a great deal to our knowledge of the cratering process. Whereas field studies give information about target conditions and final crater configuration, numerical modeling allow us to follow the evolving process in time and to reconstruct several important features not surviving after the cessation of the impact event and later time.
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Shuvalov, V., Dypvik, H., Tsikalas, F. (2010). The Impact Dynamics. In: Tsikalas, F., Dypvik, H., Smelror, M. (eds) The Mjølnir Impact Event and its Consequences. Impact Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88260-2_7
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