Impact Tectonics

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This volume is the latest in a series stemming from the scientific program on "The Response of the Earth System to Impact Processes" (IMPACT) organized by the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF, comprising over 60 member organizations from more than 20 countries, aims to unite European scientists on shared research interests. The IMPACT program encompasses all facets of impact research, facilitating workshops, exchange programs, short courses, and related activities to foster interdisciplinary and international collaboration. The impacts of asteroids or comets on Earth's surface have significantly influenced the planet's evolution. This interdisciplinary program seeks to understand impact processes and their effects on the Earth system, including environmental, biological, and geological changes, as well as their implications for biodiversity. The program's primary objective is to grasp the processes behind these interactions, achieved through eight workshops and their published proceedings. The workshop that led to this volume focused on impact tectonic studies and took place in Mora, located in the western part of the Siljan impact structure's ring basin in Sweden.