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Planetary geology : an introduction / Claudio Vita-Finzi and A. Dominic Fortes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, c2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 206 p. : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781780460154 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 V835 559.9
Contents:
1. Planetary origins -- 2. Orbits and cycles -- 3. Core, mantle, crust -- 4. Magnetic fields and signatures -- 5. Topography and gravity -- 6. Tectonics -- 7. Volcanism -- 8. Impacts and impactors -- 9. Atmospheres -- 10. Oceans and ice caps -- 11. Erosion, deposition, and stratigraphy -- 12. Planetary biology -- References-- Glossary-- Index.
Summary: Combining extensive use of imagery, the results of laboratory experiments, and theoretical modeling, this comprehensively updated second edition presents fresh evidence that planetary geology now embraces conventional geology and vice versa. - Back cover
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Books ISI Library, Kolkata 559.9 V835 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 135602
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Planetary origins --
2. Orbits and cycles --
3. Core, mantle, crust --
4. Magnetic fields and signatures --
5. Topography and gravity --
6. Tectonics --
7. Volcanism --
8. Impacts and impactors --
9. Atmospheres --
10. Oceans and ice caps --
11. Erosion, deposition, and stratigraphy --
12. Planetary biology --

References--
Glossary--
Index.

Combining extensive use of imagery, the results of laboratory experiments, and theoretical modeling, this comprehensively updated second edition presents fresh evidence that planetary geology now embraces conventional geology and vice versa. - Back cover

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