Ronald Greeley (Arizona State University)

Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Data returned by spacecraft traveling through our Solar System have revealed the incredible diversity of planetary surfaces. Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological evolution of the planets and moons for undergraduate students in planetary geology, geoscience, astronomy and solar system science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 284mm x 222mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1106g
• ISBN-13: 9780521867115
• ISBN-10: 0521867118
• Artikelnr.: 35118494

Autorenporträt

Ronald Greeley is a Regents' Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Director of the NASA-ASU Regional Planetary Image Facility and Principal Investigator of the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory at NASA-Ames Research Center. He has co-authored several well-known books on planetary surfaces, including The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System and Planetary Mapping (both available from Cambridge University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Planetary geomorphology methods; 3. Planetary morphologic processes; 4. Earth's moon; 5. Mercury; 6. Venus; 7. Mars; 8. The Jupiter system; 9. Saturn system; 10. The Uranus and Neptune systems; 11. Planetary geoscience future; Index.

Rezensionen

'... should prove interesting to a layperson as well as a student or professional scientist ... I also liked the thought-provoking questions at the end of each chapter.' Tom G. Farr, Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union