UID:
almafu_9961294029802883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) :
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illustrations (chiefly color)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781108583244
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1108583245
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9781108689540
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110868954X
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9781316535769
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1316535762
Content:
For 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.
Note:
Includes end of chapter summaries and review questions.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107145382
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107145384
Language:
English
