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In Memoriam - Paolo Farinella D. Vokrouhlicky. List of Contributors. Foreword W. Alvarez. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. The origin and properties of dust impacting the Earth D.E. Brownlee. 2. Sources and orbital evolution of interplanetary dust accreted by Earth S.J. Kortenkamp, et al. 3. Delivery of material from the asteroid belt P. Farinella. 4. The Influx of comets and their debris W.M. Napier. 5. Spacecraft measurements of the cosmic dust flux H.A. Zook. 6. Magnetospheric effects on the cosmic dust input into the Earth's atmosphere A. Juhasz, M. Horanyi. 7. Atmospheric entry heating of interplanetary dust G.J. Flynn. 8. Extraterrestrial material and stratospheric aerosols D.M. Murphy. 9. Glacial cycles and interplanetary dust R.A. Muller. 10. Iridium and osmium as tracers of extraterrestrial matter in marine sediments B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink. 11. Extraterrestrial helium in seafloor sediments: Identification, characteristics, and accretion rate over geologic time K.A. Farley. 12. Seeking unbiased collections of modern and ancient micrometeorites S. Taylor, J.H. Lever. 13. Cosmic ray exposure history of meteorites R. Wieler, T. Graf. 14. Terrestrial ages of meteorites A.J.T. Jull. 15. Quantification of meteorite infall rates from accumulations in deserts, and meteorite accumulations on Mars P.A. Bland. 16. The present-day flux of meteorites to the Earth I. Halliday. 17. Fossil meteorites B. Schmitz, M. Tassinari. 18. Thesedimentary record of impact events C. Koeberl. 19. The terrestrial cratering record R.A.F. Grieve. 20. The Lunar record of recent impact cratering J.A. Grier, A.F. McEwen. 21. Accretion to Earth and Moon ~3.85 Ga S.J. Mojzsis, G. Ryder. 22. Solar system impact rates measured from lunar spherule ages R.A. Muller, et al. List of Reviewers. Index.

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