Unmasking Europa The Search for Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon /

In Unmasking Europa, Richard Greenberg tells the story of how he and his team of researchers came to believe that the surface of Europa is in fact a crust so thin and active that it can barely hide an ocean of liquid water below. He shows how this ocean is warmed by the friction of tidal movements i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Greenberg, Richard (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Copernicus, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy.
Planetary science.
Astrobiology.
Solar system.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Planetary Science.
Space Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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