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Mars (Planet) --- Geology. --- Geological mapping. --- Cartographie géologique. --- Planets --- Planetary geology --- Astrogeology --- Geologic mapping --- Cartography

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This book describes the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. It presents a detailed survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites, and asteroids. A diverse range of models for the sources of tectonic stresses acting on silicate and icy crusts is outlined, comparing processes acting throughout the Solar System. Rheological and mechanical properties of planetary crusts and lithospheres are discussed to understand how and why tectonic stresses manifest themselves differently on various bodies. Results from fault population data are assessed in detail. The book provides methods for mapping and analysing planetary tectonic features, and is illustrated with diagrams and spectacular images returned by manned and robotic spacecraft. It forms an essential reference for researchers and students in planetary geology and tectonics.

Geology, Structural. --- Plate tectonics. --- Tectonics, Plate --- Geodynamics --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Physical geology --- Solar system. --- Milky Way --- Planets --- Planetary geology --- Astrogeology --- Geology.

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Given the fundamental importance of and universal interest in whether extraterrestrial life has developed or could eventually develop in our solar system and beyond, it is vital that an examination of planetary habitability goes beyond simple assumptions such as, "Where there is water, there is life." This book has resulted from a workshop at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland (5-9 September 2005) that brought together planetary geologists, geophysicists, atmospheric scientists, and biologists to discuss the multi-faceted problem of how the habitability of a planet co-evolves with the geology of the surface and interior, the atmosphere, and the magnetosphere. Each of the six chapters has been written by authors with a range of expertise so that each chapter is itself multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, and accessible to scientists in all disciplines. These chapters delve into what life needs to exist and ultimately to thrive, the early environments of the young terrestrial planets, the role of volatiles in habitability, currently habitable (but possibly not inhabited) geologic environments, the connection between a planet's inner workings and the habitability of its surface, and the effects on planetary atmospheres of solar evolution and the presence or absence of a magnetosphere. This book serves as a useful reference for those who plan missions that will hunt for biomarkers (especially on Mars), for biologists and geoscientists who seek a broader view of the story, and for researchers and upper level students interested in an in-depth review of the geologic evolution of terrestrial planets, from their cores to their magnetospheres, and how that evolution shapes the habitability of the planetary surface.

Planets --- Habitable planets. --- Life on other planets. --- Geology. --- Extraterrestrial life --- Fermi's paradox --- Earth-like planets --- Earthlike planets --- Extrasolar planets --- Exobiology --- Planetary geology --- Astrogeology --- Astrophysics. --- Astrobiology. --- Planetology. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Origin --- Space sciences. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science

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523.4 --- Geophysics --- Planets --- -Planets --- -Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Planets and their satellites. Planetology --- Figure --- Geology --- Internal structure --- Geophysics. --- Figure. --- Geology. --- Internal structure. --- -Planets and their satellites. Planetology --- 523.4 Planets and their satellites. Planetology --- Geological physics --- Planetary geology --- Astrogeology

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This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary geoscience-focused overview of solid solar system bodies and their evolution, based on the comparative description of processes acting on them. Planetary research today is a strongly multidisciplinary endeavor with efforts coming from engineering and natural sciences. Key focal areas of study are the solid surfaces found in our Solar System. Some have a direct interaction with the interplanetary medium and others have dynamic atmospheres. In any of those cases, the geological records of those surfaces (and sub-surfaces) are key to understanding the Solar System as a whole: its evolution and the planetary perspective of our own planet. This book has a modular structure and is divided into 4 sections comprising 15 chapters in total. Each section builds upon the previous one but is also self-standing. The sections are:  Methods and tools Processes and Sources  Integration and Geological Syntheses Frontiers The latter covers the far-reaching broad topics of exobiology, early life, extreme environments and planetary resources, all areas where major advancements are expected in the forthcoming decades and both key to human exploration of the Solar System. The target readership includes advanced undergraduate students in geoscience-related topics with no specific planetary science knowledge; undergraduates in other natural science domains (e.g. physics, astronomy, biology or chemistry); graduates in engineering and space systems design who want to complement their knowledge in planetary science. The authors’ backgrounds span a broad range of topics and disciplines: rooted in Earth geoscience, their expertise covers remote sensing and cartography, field mapping, impact cratering, volcanology and tectonics, sedimentology and stratigraphy exobiology and life in extreme environments, planetary resources and mining. Several generations of planetary scientists are cooperating to provide a modern view on a discipline developed from Earth during and through Space exploration.

Earth sciences. --- Planetology. --- Astrobiology. --- Geophysics. --- Earth Sciences. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Geophysics and Environmental Physics. --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Astrobiology --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Geosciences --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Origin --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Planets --- Geology. --- Planetary geology --- Astrogeology --- Space sciences. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science