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Planetary Geoscience
Contributor(s): McSween Jr, Harry Y. (Author), Moersch, Jeffrey E. (Author), Burr, Devon M. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107145384     ISBN-13: 9781107145382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $66.49  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Astronomy
Dewey: 523.24
LCCN: 2018047455
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.8" W x 10.8" L (2.70 lbs) 350 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Price on Product
 
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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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