Planetary Geoscience

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Harry Y. McSween Jr, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Devon M. Burr, William M. Dunne, Joshua P. Emery, Linda C. Kah, Molly C. McCantaCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 7/11/2019EA N 9781107145382, ISBN10: 1107145384Hardcover, 350 pages, 28.4 x 22.4 x 2 cmLanguage: EnglishFor 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.Preface1. Exploring the Solar System2. Toolkits for the planetary geoscientistimaging and spectroscopy3. More toolkits for the planetary geoscientistchronology, mapping, geophysics, and laboratory analysis4. Solar System raw materials5. Assembling planetesimals and planets6. Planetary heating and differential7. Unseen planetary interiors8. Planetary geodynamics9. Planetary structures and tectonics10. Planetary igneous activity11. Impact cratering as a geologic process12. Planetary atmospheres, oceans, and ices13. Planetary Aeolian processes and landforms14. Planetary fluvial and lacustrine landformsproducts of liquid flow15. Physical and chemical changesweathering, sedimentology, metamorphism, and mass wasting16. Astrobiologya planetary perspective on life17. Integrated planetary geosciencea case study (Mars)Epiloguegeologic processes in other Solar Systems?GlossaryIndex. Show more