Ices in the Solar-System

A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to Its Far Reaches
Herausgeber: Soare, Richard; El-Maarry, Mohamed Ramy; Butcher, Frances; Ahrens, Caitlin; Williams, Jean-Pierre

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Produktbeschreibung

Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to Its Far Reaches explores the origins, evolution and distribution of various ice species throughout the solar system. Geographically, the book¿s focus on ice(s) migrates outwardly from Mercury, the Earth and the Moon, Mars, then Ceres and other volatile-rich small bodies; it carries on with the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, followed by Pluto and other Kuiper Belt/Trans-Neptunian objects. Conceptually and empirically, the book depicts the often-enigmatic narratives of the different ice species (H2O, CO2, CH4, etc.) in the solar system and examines their interaction with a wide range of surface, near-subsurface, interior and atmospheric processes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 856g
• ISBN-13: 9780323993241
• ISBN-10: 0323993249
• Artikelnr.: 66353801

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Prologue I: The Solar System¿s ices and their origin Prologue
II: The Ice Frontier for Science in the Upcoming Decades: A strategy for
Solar System Exploration? 1: Cold-trapped ices at the poles of Mercury and
the Moon 2: Glacial and periglacial processes on Earth 3: Mars, glacial
(early) 4: Glacial deposits, remnants and landscapes on Amazonian Mars:
Using setting, structure, and stratigraphy to understand ice evolution and
climate history 5: Evidence, arguments and cold-climate geomorphology that
favour periglacial cycling at the Martian mid-latitudes in the Late
Amazonian Epoch 6: Ice exploration on Mars: whereto and when? 7: Ceres -
Remnants of an ancient ocean world 8: Small icy bodies in the inner solar
system 9: Icy ocean worlds in the Jupiter system 10: Titan, Enceladus and
other icy moons of Saturn 11: Cryogeology of KBO Pluto and the icy
satellites of Uranus and Neptune