Introduction to planetary geomorphology / / Ronald Greeley [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786096003321
• Autore: Greeley Ronald
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-316-08912-6; 1-139-56400-5; 1-139-55412-3; 1-139-55041-1; 1-283-94800-1; 1-139-54916-2; 1-139-55537-5; 1-139-02096-X; 1-139-55166-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: SCI004000
• Disciplina: 551.410999/2
• Soggetti: Planets - Geology; Planets - Crust; Geomorphology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Solar System overview; 1.1.1 The terrestrial planets; 1.1.2 The giant planets; 1.1.3 Small bodies, Pluto, and "dwarf planets"; 1.2 Objectives of Solar System exploration; 1.2.1 Planetary geology objectives; 1.2.2 Astrobiology; 1.3 Strategy for Solar System exploration; 1.4 Flight projects; 1.5 Planetary data; 1.6 Planetary research results; Assignments; Chapter 2 Planetary geomorphology methods; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Approach; 2.3 Planetary geologic maps; 2.4 Geologic time; 2.5 Remote sensing data; 2.5.1 Visible imaging data2.5.2 Multispectral data; 2.5.3 Thermal data; 2.5.4 Radar imaging data; 2.5.5 Ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray data; 2.6 Geophysical data; 2.7 Image processing; 2.8 Resolution; 2.9 ; Electronic data records (EDRs); 2.10 Cartography; Assignments; Chapter 3 Planetary morphologic processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tectonism; 3.3 Volcanic processes; 3.3.1 Volcanic eruptions; 3.3.2 Volcanic morphology; 3.3.3 Volcanic craters; 3.3.4 Intrusive structures; 3.4 Impact cratering; 3.4.1 Impact cratering mechanics; 3.4.2 Impact craters on Earth; 3.4.3 Impact craters and planetary environments3.5 Gradation; 3.5.1 Weathering; 3.5.2 Mass wasting; 3.5.3 Processes associated with the hydrologic cycle; 3.5.4 Aeolian processes; 3.5.5 Periglacial processes; 3.6 Summary; Assignments; Chapter 4 Earth's Moon; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Lunar exploration; 4.2.1 Pre-Apollo studies; 4.2.2 The Apollo era; 4.2.3 Post-Apollo exploration; 4.3 Interior characteristics; 4.4 Surface composition; 4.5 Geomorphology; 4.5.1 Impact craters and basins; 4.5.2 Highland plains; 4.5.3 Mare terrains; 4.5.4 Sinuous rilles; 4.5.5 Volcanic constructs; 4.5.6 Tectonic features4.5.7 Gradational features; 4.6 Geologic history of the Moon; Assignments; Chapter 5 Mercury; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Mercury exploration; 5.3 Interior characteristics; 5.4 Surface composition; 5.5 Geomorphology; 5.5.1 General physiography; 5.5.2 Impact craters; 5.5.3 Multi-ring basins; 5.5.4 Volcanic features; 5.5.5 Tectonic features; 5.5.6 Gradation features; 5.6 Geologic history; Assignments; Chapter 6 Venus; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Venus exploration; 6.3 Interior characteristics; 6.4 Surface compositions; 6.5 Geomorphology; 6.5.1 General physiography; 6.5.2 Impact craters6.5.3 Volcanic features; 6.5.4 Tectonic features; 6.5.5 Gradation features; 6.6 Geologic history; Assignments; Chapter 7 Mars; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Exploration; 7.3 Interior; 7.4 Surface composition; 7.5 Geomorphology; 7.5.1 Physiography; 7.5.2 Impact craters; 7.5.3 Volcanic features; 7.5.4 Tectonic features; 7.5.5 Gradation features; 7.6 Geologic history; Assignments; Chapter 8 The Jupiter system; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Exploration; 8.3 Jupiter; 8.4 Io; 8.4.1 Impact features (none!); 8.4.2 Volcanic features; 8.4.3 Tectonic features; 8.4.4 Gradation features; 8.4.5 Io summary
• Sommario/riassunto: Nearly all major planets and moons in our Solar System have been visited by spacecraft and the data they have returned has revealed the incredible diversity of planetary surfaces. Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological evolution of the planets and moons. Introductory chapters discuss how information gathered from spacecraft is used to unravel the geological complexities of our Solar System. Subsequent chapters focus on current understandings of planetary systems. The textbook shows how planetary images and remote sensing data are analyzed through the application of fundamental geological principles. It draws on results from spacecraft sent throughout the Solar System by NASA and other space agencies. Aimed at undergraduate students in planetary geology, geoscience, astronomy and solar system science, it highlights the differences and similarities of the surfaces at a level that can be readily understood by non-specialists.

Database and Expert Systems Applications : 21st International Conference, DEXA 2010, Bilbao, Spain, August 30 - September 3, 2010, Proceedings, Part II / / edited by Pablo García Bringas, Abdelkader Hameurlain, Gerald Quirchmayr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910741183303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2010
• ISBN: 3-642-15251-1
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2010.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXVI, 504 p. 190 illus.)
• Collana: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 6262
• Altri autori (Persone): Garcia BringasPablo; HameurlainAbdelkader; QuirchmayrGerald
• Disciplina: 621.39
• Soggetti: Computer engineering; Computer networks; Data mining; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Information storage and retrieval systems; Computer Engineering and Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Computer and Information Systems Applications; Artificial Intelligence; Information Storage and Retrieval
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Data Mining Systems -- Mining and Explaining Relationships in Wikipedia -- Publishing Time-Series Data under Preservation of Privacy and Distance Orders -- Efficient Discovery of Generalized Sentinel Rules -- Parallelism and Query Planning -- Compound Treatment of Chained Declustered Replicas Using a Parallel Btree for High Scalability ; and Availability -- Query Reuse Based Query Planning for Searches over the Deep Web -- Efficient Parallel Data Retrieval Protocols with MIMO Antennae for Data Broadcast in 4G Wireless Communications -- Data Warehousing and Decision Support Systems -- Inferring Aggregation Hierarchies for Integration of Data Marts -- Schema Design Alternatives for Multi-granular Data Warehousing -- An Agent Model of Business Relationships -- Temporal, Spatial and High Dimensional Databases (Short Papers) -- Pivot Selection Method for Optimizing both Pruning and Balancing in Metric Space Indexes -- Minimum Spanning Tree on Spatio-Temporal Networks -- Data Warehousing and Data Mining Algorithms (Short Papers) -- Real-Time Temporal Data Warehouse Cubing -- PAGER: Parameterless, Accurate, Generic, Efficient kNN-Based Regression -- B2R: An Algorithm for Converting Bayesian Networks to Sets of Rules -- Automatic Morphological Categorisation of Carbon Black Nano-aggregates -- Data Mining Algorithms (I) -- Towards Efficient Mining of Periodic-Frequent Patterns in Transactional Databases -- Lag Patterns in Time Series Databases -- An Efficient Computation of Frequent Queries in a Star Schema -- Information Retrieval and Database Systems (Short Papers) -- Evaluating Evidences for Keyword Query Disambiguation in Entity Centric Database Search -- Typicality Ranking of Images Using the Aspect Model -- Plus One or Minus One: A Method to Browse from an Object to Another Object by Adding or Deleting an Element -- Using Transactional Data from ERP Systems for Expert Finding -- A Retrieval Method for Earth Science Data Based on Integrated Use of Wikipedia and Domain Ontology -- Query Processing and Optimization -- Consistent Answers to Boolean Aggregate Queries under Aggregate Constraints -- Identifying Interesting Instances for Probabilistic Skylines -- GPU-WAH: Applying GPUs to Compressing Bitmap Indexes with Word Aligned Hybrid -- Containment of Conjunctive Queries with Negation: Algorithms and Experiments -- Application of DB Systems, Similarity Search and XML -- Ranking Objects Based on Attribute Value Correlation -- Efficiently Finding Similar Objects on Ontologies Using Earth Mover’s Distance -- Towards a “More Declarative” XML Query Language -- Reducing Graph Matching to Tree Matching for XML Queries with ID References -- Data Mining Algorithms (II) -- Improving Alternative Text Clustering Quality in the Avoiding Bias Task with Spectral and Flat Partition Algorithms -- An Efficient Similarity Join Algorithm with Cosine Similarity Predicate -- An Efficient Algorithm for Reverse Furthest Neighbors Query with Metric Index -- Pervasive Data and Sensor Data Management (Short Papers) -- A Scalable and Self-adapting Notification Framework -- Enrichment of Raw Sensor Data to Enable High-Level Queries -- Data Mining Algorithms (III) -- Transductive Learning from Textual Data with Relevant Example Selection -- A Discretization Algorithm for Uncertain Data.
• Sommario/riassunto: st We welcome you to the proceedings of the 21 International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications held in Bilbao. With information and database s- tems being a central topic of computer science, it was to be expected that the integ- tion of knowledge, information and data is today contributing to the again rapidly increasing attractiveness of this field for researchers and practitioners. Since its foundation in 1990, DEXA has been an annual international conference, located in Europe, which showcases state-of-the-art research activities in these areas. DEXA 2010 continued this tradition and provided a forum for presenting and discu- ing research results in the area of database and intelligent systems and advanced - search topics, applications and practically relevant issues related to these areas. It offered attendees the opportunity to extensively discuss ; requirements, problems, and solutions in the field in the pleasant atmosphere of the city of Bilbao, which is known for its driving industriousness, its top cultural venues and its rich and inspiring he- tage and lifestyle. The University of Deusto with its great educational and research traditions, and the hospitality which the university and the city are so famous for, set the stage for this year’s DEXA conference. This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the DEXA conference.