000			01704 a2200277 4500
020			_a9781107145382
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a523.24 _bP693
245			_aPlanetary geoscience _cHarry Y. McSween ...[et al.]
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2019 _aCambridge
300			_axvi, 334p
520			_aFor 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.
650			_aExtrasolar planets -- Remote sensing
650			_aExtrasolar planets -- Research
650			_aAstronomy -- Research
650			_aAstronomy -- Research
700			_aMcSween, Harry Y.
700			_aMoersch, Jeffrey E.
700			_aBurr, Devon M.
700			_aDunne, William M.
700			_aEmery, Joshua P.
700			_aKah, Linda C.
700			_aMcCanta, Molly C.
942			_cBK
999			_c560873 _d560873