Dynamic Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet Contributor(s): Soare, Richard (Editor), Conway, Susan J. (Editor), Clifford, Stephen M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0128130180 ISBN-13: 9780128130186 Publisher: Elsevier OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Astronomy - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
Dewey: 523.43 |
LCCN: 2018967646 |
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.79 lbs) 474 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Dynamic Mars: Recent and Current Landscape Evolution of the Red Planet presents the latest observations, interpretations, and explanations of geological change at the surface or near-surface of this terrestrial body. These changes raise questions about a decades-old paradigm, formed largely in the aftermath of very coarse Mariner-mission imagery in the 1960s, suggesting that much of the interesting geological activity on Mars occurred deep in its past, eons ago. The book includes discussions of (1) Mars' ever-changing atmosphere and the impact of this on the planet's surface and near-surface; (2) the possible involvement of water in relatively new, if not contemporary, gully-like flows and slope streaks (i.e. recurring slope lineae); and (3) the identification of a broad suite of agents and processes (i.e. glacial, periglacial, aeolian, meteorological, volcanic, and meteoric) that are actively revising surface and near-surface landscapes, landforms, and features on a local, regional, and hemispheric scale. Highly illustrated and punctuated by data from the most recent Mars missions, Dynamic Mars is a valuable resource for all levels of research in the geological history of Mars, as well as of the three other terrestrial planets. |