Planetary Surface Processes: 13 (Cambridge Planetary Science, Series Number 13) - Hardcover

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Melosh, H. Jay

 
9780521514187: Planetary Surface Processes: 13 (Cambridge Planetary Science, Series Number 13)
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ISBN 10: 0521514185 ISBN 13: 9780521514187
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

A comprehensive explanation of all geologic processes that shape planetary surfaces, for advanced students and researchers.

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About the Author

H. Jay Melosh is Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science at Purdue University. His principal research interests are impact cratering, planetary tectonics and the physics of earthquakes and landslides. He is a science team member of NASA's Deep Impact mission that successfully cratered comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005. Professor Melosh was awarded the Barringer Medal of the Meteoritical Society in 1999, the Gilbert prize of the Geological Society of America in 2001, the Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union in 2008, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2003. He has published over 170 technical papers, edited two books and is the author of Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process (1988, Oxford University Press). Asteroid #8216 was named 'Melosh' in his honor.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521514185
ISBN 13 
9780521514187
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
534

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