Screen LibraryPlanetary crusts：their composition, origin and evolution
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge planetary science |
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 378 p.: ill. ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780521841863 0521841860 |
| Index Number: | P185 |
| CLC: | P185 |
| Call Number: | P185/T246 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. The planets : their formation and differentiation -- A primary crust : the highland crust of the moon -- A secondary crust : the lunar maria -- Mercury -- Mars : early differentiation and planetary composition -- Mars : crustal composition and evolution -- Venus : a twin planet to Earth? -- The oceanic crust of the Earth -- The Hadean crust of the Earth -- The Archean crust of the Earth -- The post-Archean continental crust -- Composition and evolution of the continental crust -- Crusts on minor bodies -- Reflections : the elusive patterns of planetary crusts. This reference volume provides an up-to-date survey of the development of crusts on solid planets and satellites in the Solar System. |