Neural Information Processing formatIsbn:Softcover 9783642344800 The ISSI Europlanet Workshop entitled "Quantifying the satellite impact hazard The ISSI Europlanet Workshop entitled "Quantifying the Martian Geochemical Reservoirs" was held in Bern in April 2011 with the objective to create a diverse interdisciplinary forum composed of scientists directly involved in space based exploration of the Martian surface My intent in writing this book is to present an introduction to the thermo chanical theory required to conduct research and pursue applications of shock physics in solid materials as well as simulation and synthesis Proceedings