Meteorites

A Petrologic, Chemical and Isotopic Synthesis

Autor*innen

• Robert Hutchison

Parameter

• 524 Seiten
• 19 Lesestunden

• Weltraum & Astronomie

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Meteorite research offers crucial insights into the Solar System's origins and early history, revealing details about asteroids, the Moon, and Mars. This book explores core formation, basaltic volcanism, and the impact of heating on water-rich bodies, while placing findings within a galactic context. It presents a theory on planetary origins and provides a classification of meteorites, discussing their ages and origins. Aimed at graduate students and professionals in various scientific fields, it serves as an advanced yet accessible introduction to the subject.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Einband: Paperback