Planetary Geoscience
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Planetary Geoscience

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Planetary Geoscience

About this book

For many years, planetary science has been taught as part of the astronomy curriculum, from a very physics-based perspective, and from the framework of a tour of the Solar System - body by body. Over the past decades, however, spacecraft exploration and related laboratory research on extraterrestrial materials have given us a new understanding of planets and how they are shaped by geological processes. Based on a course taught at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this is the first textbook to focus on geologic processes, adopting a comparative approach that demonstrates the similarities and differences between planets, and the reasons for these. Profusely illustrated, and with a wealth of pedagogical features, this book provides an ideal capstone course for geoscience majors - bringing together aspects of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, volcanology, sedimentology, geomorphology, tectonics, geophysics and remote sensing.

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Yes, you can access Planetary Geoscience by Harry Y. McSween, Jr,Jeffrey E. Moersch,Devon M. Burr,William M. Dunne,Joshua P. Emery,Linda C. Kah,Molly C. McCanta in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Astronomy & Astrophysics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Brief Contents
  6. Contents
  7. Preface: Geologic Processes in the Solar System
  8. 1 Exploring the Solar System
  9. 2 Toolkits for the Planetary Geoscientist: Spectroscopy and Imaging
  10. 3 More Toolkits for the Planetary Geoscientist: Chronology, Mapping, Geophysics, and Laboratory Analysis
  11. 4 Solar System Raw Materials
  12. 5 Assembling Planetesimals and Planets
  13. 6 Planetary Heating and Differentiation
  14. 7 Unseen Planetary Interiors
  15. 8 Planetary Geodynamics
  16. 9 Planetary Structures and Tectonics
  17. 10 Planetary Igneous Activity
  18. 11 Impact Cratering as a Geologic Process
  19. 12 Planetary Atmospheres, Oceans, and Ices
  20. 13 Planetary Aeolian Processes and Landforms
  21. 14 Planetary Fluvial and Lacustrine Landforms: Products of Liquid Flow
  22. 15 Physical and Chemical Changes: Weathering, Sedimentology, Metamorphism, and Mass Wasting
  23. 16 Astrobiology: A Planetary Perspective on Life
  24. 17 Integrated Planetary Geoscience: A Case Study (Mars)
  25. Epilogue: Geologic Processes in Other Solar Systems?
  26. Glossary
  27. Index