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Planetary Surface Processes.
A comprehensive explanation of all geologic processes that shape planetary surfaces, for advanced students and researchers.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Cambridge Planetary Science, 13.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The grand tour; 1.1 Structure of the Solar System; 1.1.1 Major facts of the Solar System; 1.1.2 Varieties of objects in the Solar System; 1.2 Classification of the planets; 1.2.1 Retention of planetary atmospheres; 1.2.2 Geologic processes on the terrestrial planets and moons; 1.3 Planetary surfaces and history; 1.3.1 The Moon; 1.3.2 Mercury; 1.3.3 Venus; 1.3.4 Mars; 1.3.5 Jupiter's Galilean satellites; 1.3.6 Titan; 1.3.7 The Earth; Further reading; 2 The shapes of planets and moons; 2.1 The overall shapes of planets.
- 2.1.1 Non-rotating planets: spheres2.1.2 Rotating planets: oblate spheroids; 2.1.3 Tidally deformed bodies: triaxial ellipsoids; 2.1.4 A scaling law for planetary figures?; 2.1.5 Center of mass to center of figure offsets; 2.1.6 Tumbling moons and planets; 2.2 Higher-order topography: continents and mountains; 2.2.1 How high is high?; 2.2.2 Elevation statistics: hypsometric curves Box 2.1 Ttopographic roughness; 2.2.3 Where are we? Latitude and longitude on the planets; 2.3 Spectral representation of topography; Further reading; Exercises; 3 Strength versus gravity; 3.1 Topography and stress.
- 3.2 Stress and strain: a primer Box 3.1 Ccollapse of topography on a strengthless planet3.2.1 Strain; 3.2.2 Stress; 3.2.3 Stress and strain combined: Hooke's law; 3.2.4 Stress, strain, and time: viscosity; 3.3 Linking stress and strain: Jeffreys' theorem; 3.3.1 Elastic deformation and topographic support; 3.3.2 Elastic stress solutions and a limit theorem; 3.3.3 A model of planetary topography; 3.4 The nature of strength; 3.4.1 Rheology: elastic, viscous, plastic, and more; 3.4.2 Long-term strength Box 3.2 Tthe ultimate strength of solids; 3.4.3 Creep: strength cannot endure.
- 3.4.4 Planetary strength profiles3.5 Mechanisms of topographic support; 3.5.1 Plastic strength: Jeffreys' limit again; 3.5.2 Viscous relaxation of topography; 3.5.3 The topographic advantages of density differences: isostatic support; 3.5.4 Dynamic topography; 3.5.5 Floating elastic shells: flexural support of topographic loads; Further reading; 3.6 Clues to topographic support Box 3.3 Fflexure of a floating elastic layer; 3.6.1 Flexural profiles; 3.6.2 Anomalies in the acceleration of gravity; 3.6.3 Geoid anomalies Box 3.4 Tthe ambiguous lithosphere; Further reading; Exercises.
- 3.1 Strength vs. gravity3.2 Viscous flow; 3.3 Warmed-over Uranian moons; 3.4 The ultimate limit to core formation; 3.5 Global isostasy; 3.6 Supporting Maxwell; 3.7 Flexed Venusian lithosphere; 4 Tectonics; 4.1 What is tectonic deformation?; 4.1.1 Rheologic structure of planets; 4.1.2 One- and multiple-plate planets; 4.2 Sources of tectonic stress; 4.2.1 External sources of tectonic stress; 4.2.2 Internal sources of tectonic stress; 4.3 Planetary engines: heat sources and heat transfer; 4.3.1 Accretional heat; 4.3.2 Tidal dissipation in planetary interiors.