Planetary Materials

Buch | Softcover

884 Seiten

2018
Mineralogical Society of America (Verlag)
978-0-939950-46-1 (ISBN)

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Volume 36 of Reviews in Mineralogy presents a comprehensive coverage of the mineralogy and petrology of planetary materials. The book is organized with an introductory chapter that introduces the reader to the nature of the planetary sample suite and provides some insights into the diverse environments from which they come. Chapter 2 on Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) and Chapter 3 on Chondritic Meteorites deal with the most primitive and unevolved materials we have to work with. It is these materials that hold the clues to the nature of the solar nebula and the processes that led to the initial stages of planetary formation. Chapter 4, 5, and 6 consider samples from evolved asteroids, the Moon and Mars respectively. Chapter 7 is a brief summary chapter that compares aspects of melt-derived minerals from differing planetary environments.

Jim Papike, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.5.2018
Reihe/Serie	Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry ; 36
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 155 mm
Gewicht	1535 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	0-939950-46-4 / 0939950464
ISBN-13	978-0-939950-46-1 / 9780939950461
Zustand	Neuware