Planetary tectonics /

The contributors to this book describe the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. They present a survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Watters, Thomas R., Schultz, Richard A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Cambridge planetary science series ; new ser., 11.
Temas:
Geology, Structural.
Plate tectonics.
Planets > Geology.
Tectonique des plaques.
Planètes > Géologie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Planets > Geology
Geology, Structural
Plate tectonics
Solar system.
Système solaire.
Solar system
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Planetary tectonics : introduction / Thomas R. Watters and Richard A. Schultz
  • The tectonics of Mercury / Thomas R. Watters and Francis Nimmo
  • Venus tectonics / George E. McGill, Ellen R. Stofan and Suzanne E. Smrekar
  • Lunar tectonics / Thomas R. Watters and Catherine Johnson
  • Mars tectonics / Matthew P. Golombek and Roger J. Phillips
  • Tectonics of small bodies / Peter C. Thomas and Louise M. Prockter
  • Tectonics of the outer planet satellites / Geoffrey C. Collins [and others]
  • Planetary structural mapping / Kenneth L. Tanaka [and others]
  • Strength and deformation of planetary lithospheres / David L. Kohlstedt and Stephen J. Mackwell
  • Fault populations / Richard A. Schultz [and others].

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