Planetary Geology: An Introduction

by Claudio Vita-Finzi and Dominic Fortes

Book Overview

Recent planetary missions by NASA, the European Space Agency and other national bodies have reaffirmed that geological processes familiar from our studies of the Earth operate on many solid planets and satellites. Common threads link the internal structure, thermal evolution and surface character of both rocky and icy worlds, and volcanoes, impact craters, ice caps, dunes, rift valleys, rivers and oceans emerge as features of extra-terrestrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780460155
• ISBN13: 9781780460154
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 10.1"