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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133722103321

Titolo

Basaltic volcanism on the terrestrial planets / / by members of the Basaltic Volcanism Study Project ; sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Pergamon Press, , 1981

©1981

ISBN

0-08-028086-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlviii, 1286 pages [6] leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

552/.26

Soggetti

Basalt

Volcanism

Planets - Geology

Planetary volcanism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Petrology and chemistry of terrestrial, lunar and meteoritic basalts -- Remote sensing of basalts in the Solar System -- Experimental petrology of basalts and their source rocks -- Geophysical and cosmochemical constraints on properties of mantles of the terrestrial planets -- Distribution and morphology of basalt deposits on planets -- Tectonics of basaltic volcanism -- Radiogenic and stable isotopes, radiometric chronology, and basaltic volcanism -- Chronology of planetary volcanism by comparative studies of planetary cratering -- Thermal histories of the terrestrial planets -- Duplications of basaltic volcanism for the evolution of planetary bodies.