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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenberg, Richard J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2008.
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.