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ISBN: 1402084064 9786613002259 9048193907 1283002256 Year: 2011 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
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This book presents a summary of the geology of the Transantarctic Mountains for Earth scientists who may want to work there or who need an overview of the geologic history of this region. In addition, the properties of the East Antarctic ice sheet and of the meteorites that accumulate on its surface are treated in separate chapters. The presentation ends with the Cenozoic glaciation of the Transantarctic Mountains including the limnology and geochemical evolution of the saline lakes in the ice-free valleys. • The subject matter in this book is presented in chronological order starting about 750 million years ago and continuing to the present time. • The chapters can be read selectively because the introduction to each chapter identifies the context that gives relevance to the subject matter to be discussed. • The text is richly illustrated with 330 original line drawings as well as with 182 color maps and photographs. • The book contains indexes of both subject matter and of authors’ names that allow it to be used as an encyclopedia of the Transantarctic Mountains and of the East Antarctic ice sheet. • Most of the chapters are supplemented by Appendices containing data tables, additional explanations of certain phenomena (e.g., the formation and seasonal destruction of stratospheric ozone), and illustrative calculations (e.g., 38Cl dates of meteorites). • The authors have spent a combined total of fourteen field seasons between 1964 and 1995 doing geological research in the Transantarctic Mountains with logistical support by the US Antarctic Program. • Although Antarctica is remote and inaccessible, tens of thousands of scientists of many nationalities and their assistants have worked there and even larger numbers of investigators will work there in the future.
Geology -- Antarctica -- Transantarctic Mountains. --- Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica). --- Geology --- Geochemistry --- Geology - General --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) --- Discovery and exploration. --- Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctic regions) --- Earth sciences. --- Geochemistry. --- Geology. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Earth Sciences. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical
ISBN: 9781402052330 1402052332 9781402055447 1402055447 Year: 2007 Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer,
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This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in the Earth Sciences. Planetary Science provides an opportunity for these students to apply a wide range of subject matter pertaining to the Earth to the study of other planets of the solar system and their principal satellites. As a result, students gain a wider perspective of the different worlds that are accessible to us and they are led to recognize the Earth as the only oasis in space where we can live without life-support systems. The subject matter is presented in 24 chapters that lead the reader through the solar system starting with historical perspectives on space exploration and the development of the scientific method. The presentations concerning the planets and their satellites emphasize that their origin and subsequent evolution can be explained by applications of certain basic principles of physics, chemistry, and celestial mechanics and that the surface features of the solid bodies in the solar system can be interpreted by means of the principles of geology. Organized in a hierarchical manner so that every chapter builds on preceding ones Abundantly illustrated with diagrams and color images Includes problem sets and a glossary.
Astrogeology --- Planets --- Geology --- Astrogeology. --- Geology. --- Solar system. --- Astrogéologie --- Planètes --- Géologie --- Solar system --- Système solaire --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVTERRE --- Planetology. --- Geochemistry. --- Physical geography. --- Mineralogy. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Physical geology --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Geography --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Geophysics. --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Planetary geology --- Exogeology --- Extraterrestrial geology --- Geoastronomy --- Space geology --- Milky Way --- Planets - Geology
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