Planetary Surface Processes
A comprehensive explanation of all geologic processes that shape planetary surfaces, for advanced students and researchers.
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- Full title :Planetary Surface Processes.
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A comprehensive explanation of all geologic processes that shape planetary surfaces, for advanced students and researchers.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
Notes
4.3.3 Heat transfer by thermal conduction and radiogenic heat production.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (534 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139116534, 1139116533, 9781139114363, 1139114360, 0521514185, 9780521514187, 9780511977848, 0511977840, 9781139127196, 1139127195, 1107215668, 9781107215665, 1139124188, 9781139124188, 1283298325, 9781283298322, 9786613298324, 6613298328, 1139122274, 9781139122276, 1139112171, 9781139112178
- oclc:ocn769341813
- LC Classification:QB603.S95 M45 2011
- Dewey Decimal:559.9/2
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The grand tour; 1.1 Structure of the Solar System; 1.1.1 Major facts of the Solar System; 1.1.2 Varieties of objects in the Solar System; 1.2 Classification of the planets; 1.2.1 Retention of planetary atmospheres; 1.2.2 Geologic processes on the terrestrial planets and moons; 1.3 Planetary surfaces and history; 1.3.1 The Moon; 1.3.2 Mercury; 1.3.3 Venus; 1.3.4 Mars; 1.3.5 Jupiter's Galilean satellites; 1.3.6 Titan; 1.3.7 The Earth; Further reading; 2 The shapes of planets and moons; 2.1 The overall shapes of planets.
2.1.1 Non-rotating planets: spheres2.1.2 Rotating planets: oblate spheroids; 2.1.3 Tidally deformed bodies: triaxial ellipsoids; 2.1.4 A scaling law for planetary figures?; 2.1.5 Center of mass to center of figure offsets; 2.1.6 Tumbling moons and planets; 2.2 Higher-order topography: continents and mountains; 2.2.1 How high is high?; 2.2.2 Elevation statistics: hypsometric curves Box 2.1 Ttopographic roughness; 2.2.3 Where are we? Latitude and longitude on the planets; 2.3 Spectral representation of topography; Further reading; Exercises; 3 Strength versus gravity; 3.1 Topography and stress.…
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