Unmasking Europa : the search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon /
Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon's surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
2008.
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Colección: | Springer-Praxis books in geophysical sciences.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Water World
- Touring the Surface
- Doing Science
- Planetary Stretch
- A Closer Look at Tidal Effects
- Global Crack Patterns
- Building Ridges
- Mind the Gap
- Strike-Slip
- Convergence
- Return to Astypalaea
- Cycloids
- Chaos
- Thick vs. Thin
- The Scars of Impact
- The Bandwagon
- The Biosphere
- Explorations to Come.