Planetary tectonics /

Planetary tectonics /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xii, 518 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge planetary science ; [new ser.], 11 Cambridge planetary science series ; new ser., 11.
Subject:	Plate tectonics. Planets -- Geology. Geology, Structural. Geology, Structural. Planets -- Geology. Plate tectonics. Solar system. Solar system.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7923822

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Other authors / contributors:	Watters, Thomas R. Schultz, Richard A.
ISBN:	9780521765732 (hbk.) 0521765730 (hbk.) 9780521749923 0521749921
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The contributors to this book describe the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. They present a survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, asteroids and the outer planet satellites.

Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Preface
1. Planetary tectonics: introduction
2. The tectonics of Mercury
3. Venus tectonics
4. Lunar tectonics
5. Mars tectonics
6. Tectonics of small bodies
7. Tectonics of the outer planet satellites
8. Planetary structural mapping
9. Strength and deformation of planetary lithospheres
10. Fault populations
Index