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Taylor Stuart Ross <1925-> |
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Planetary crusts : their composition, origin and evolution / / Stuart Ross Taylor and Scott M. McLennan [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
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1-107-19558-6 |
0-511-46460-6 |
9786611982768 |
1-281-98276-8 |
0-511-46303-0 |
0-511-46227-1 |
0-511-57535-1 |
0-511-46534-3 |
0-511-46382-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxii, 378 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge planetary science ; ; new ser., 10 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Planets - Crust |
Planets - Origin |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The planets : their formation and differentiation -- A primary crust : the highland crust of the moon -- A secondary crust : the lunar maria -- Mercury -- Mars : early differentiation and planetary composition -- Mars : crustal composition and evolution -- Venus : a twin planet to Earth? -- The oceanic crust of the Earth -- The Hadean crust of the Earth -- The Archean crust of the Earth -- The post-Archean continental crust -- Composition and evolution of the continental crust -- Crusts on minor bodies -- Reflections : the elusive patterns of planetary crusts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Planetary Crusts explains how and why solid planets and satellites develop crusts. Extensively referenced and annotated, it presents a geochemical and geological survey of the crusts of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, the asteroid Vesta, and several satellites like Io, |
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Europa, Ganymede, Titan and Callisto. After describing the nature and formation of solar system bodies, the book presents a comparative investigation of different planetary crusts and discusses many crustal controversies. The authors propose the theory of stochastic processes dominating crustal development, and debate the possibility of Earth-like planets existing elsewhere in the cosmos. Written by two leading authorities on the subject, this book presents an extensive survey of the scientific problems of crustal development, and is a key reference for researchers and students in geology, geochemistry, planetary science, astrobiology and astronomy. |
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