Planetary Geoscience
Harry Y. McSween, Jr (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Jeffrey E. Moersch (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Devon M. Burr (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),William M. Dunne (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Joshua P. Emery (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Planetary Geoscience
Harry Y. McSween, Jr (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Jeffrey E. Moersch (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Devon M. Burr (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),William M. Dunne (University of Tennessee, Knoxville),Joshua P. Emery (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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.
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