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Richard Greenberg
Unmasking Europa
The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

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Table of Content

Water World.- Touring the Surface.- Doing Science.- Planetary Stretch.- A Closer Look at Tidal Effects.- Global Crack Patterns.- Building Ridges.- Mind the Gap.- Strike-Slip.- Convergence.- Return to Astypalaea.- Cycloids.- Chaos.- Thick vs. Thin.- The Scars of Impact.- The Bandwagon.- The Biosphere.- Explorations to Come.

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 277 ● ISBN 9780387096766 ● File size 85.7 MB ● Publisher Springer US ● City NY ● Country US ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2787590 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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