Planetary Geoscience (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107145382)

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.

Author: Harry Y. McSween Jr, Jeffrey E. Moersch, Devon M. Burr
ISBN-10: 1107145384
ISBN-13: 9781107145382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2019
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.80w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2020