The dossier contains correspondence on the management and organisation of the Network: background documents concerning the proposal for a Network on "Impacts and the geological and biological evolution of the earth"; documents concerning the European Research Group for Terrestrial Impact Phenomena (ERGTIP); article "Endogenous production, exogenous delivery and impact-shock synthesis of organic molecules: an inventory for the origins of life", by C. Chyba and C. Sagan; article "The Sudbury structure: controversial or misunderstood?" by R. Grieve; Preparatory meeting, Amsterdam, 1 June 1992; final version of the proposal: "The role of impact processes in the geological and biological evolution of planet earth".
Correspondence on the organisation of the first international workshop on "Terrestrial impact record and impact cratering in variable geological environments", Nördlingen, 28 April – 2 May 1993 (photograph); second international workshop on "The identification and characterization of impacts", Lockne, 31 May – 5 June 1994; third international workshop on "Shock wave behaviour of solids in nature and experiments", Limoges, 18-21 Sep 1994; fourth international workshop on "The effects of impacts on the evolution of the atmosphere and biosphere", Ancona, 12-17 May 1995; proposal on compiling an "Impact craters geological database (ICGD)", by V.L. Masaitis and B.A. Ivanov, Aug 1994; "Impact cratering research in Europe. Status and future of the ESF Scientific Network Impact cratering and evolution of planet earth", Feb 1995.
The dossier contains minutes of the Coordination Committee meetings: first meeting of the Coordination Committee, Strasbourg, 21 Jan 1993; second Coordination Committee meeting, Nördlingen, 30 April 1993; meeting of a subgroup of the Coordination Committee, Frankfurt, 8 Feb 1994; third meeting of the Coordination Committee, Östersund, 2 June 1994; fourth meeting of the Coordination Committee, Limoges, 19 Sep 1994; fifth meeting of the Coordination Committee, Ancona, 13-17 May 1995.
The dossier also contains final report, 1995; review of the Network; evaluation by Jan Hertogen.

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Photograph, Textual

The dossier contains a photograph of the participants at the workshop in Nördlingen, in 1993 (positive on paper).