Impacts into Marine and Icy Environments — A Short Review

Abstract

In this review we discuss the current knowledge of impact events intomarine and icy targets. This includes the major consequences of impactin marine depositional basins and on icy targets. We also discuss someof the future fields of research that could be of interest, inparticular questions regarding triggering of volcanic activity, tsunamigeneration, and impact-associated petroleum reservoirs. In thediscussion of the icy impact craters a summary of the explorationhistory is presented, both discussing comets and icy targets. An updatedschedule for related missions is given, expressing the importance ofknowing these processes also for understanding the development of thesolar system.