Planets and Their Atmospheres: Origin and Evolution

✍ Scribed by John S. Lewis and Ronald G. Prinn (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 481
• Series: International Geophysics 33
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This work is addressed to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in astronomy, geology, chemistry, meteorology, and the planetary sciences as well as to researchers with pertinent areas of specialization who desire an introduction to the literature across the broad interdisciplinary range of this important topic. Extensive references to the pre-spacecraft literature will be particularly useful to readers interested in the historical development of the field during this century.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages ix-x

1 Introduction
Pages 1-16

2 Retention of Volatiles by Planets
Pages 17-68

3 Evolutionary Processes
Pages 69-117

4 The Atmospheres of the Planets
Pages 119-382

5 Conclusions
Pages 383-391

References
Pages 393-460

Index
Pages 461-470

✦ Subjects

Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Планетология;