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Planetary Geoscience

Authors

Harry Y. McSween, Jr
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Jeffrey E. Moersch
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Devon M. Burr
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
William M. Dunne
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Joshua P. Emery
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Linda C. Kah
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Molly C. McCanta
, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Published 2019

Description

For many years, planetary science has been taught as part of the astronomy curriculum, from a very physics-based perspective, and from the framework of a tour of the Solar System - body by body. Over the past decades, however, spacecraft exploration and related laboratory research on extraterrestrial materials have given us a new understanding of planets and how they are shaped by geological processes. Based on a course taught at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this is the first textbook…

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Key features

  • Focuses on geological processes, adopting a comparative approach that demonstrates the similarities and differences between planets, and the reasons for these
  • Provides an ideal capstone course for geoscience majors, bringing together aspects of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, volcanology, sedimentology, geomorphology, tectonics, geophysics and remote sensing
  • Includes chapter summaries providing a quick review of basic concepts and important relations; sets of questions to help students digest and synthesize the topics covered; lists of further reading providing students with additional and more detailed coverage of the subject and noting why they are significant; and a glossary of terms

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