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Meteorites: A Petrologic, Chemical and Isotopic Synthesis (Cambridge Planetary Science)
Robert Hutchison Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521035392 |
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Meteorite research is fundamental to our understanding of the origin and early history of the Solar System. This book considers the mechanism and timing of core formation and basaltic volcanism on asteroids, and the effects of heating water-rich bodies. Results from meteorite research are placed in a galactic setting, and a theory is proposed for the origin of the planets of our Solar System. This advanced yet succinct introduction classifies meteorites in the context of their ages and origin.Customer Reviews:
One of the only professional comprehensive meteorite books.......2000-02-14
recommended by NASA for meteorite thin section analysis.......1999-08-31
It Bites!.......1999-01-13
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Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective
Gunter Faure , and Teresa, M. Mensing Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1402052332 |
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This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in Earth Sciences. Planetary science provides an opportunity for these students to apply a wide range of subject matter pertaining to the Earth to the study of other planets and their principal satellites. In this way, planetary science tends to unify subjects in the Earth Sciences that are traditionally taught separately. Therefore, planetary science is well-suited to be taught as a capstone course for senior undergraduates in geology departments and as an introduction to the solar system in astronomy departments. Both groups of students will benefit because planetary science bridges the gap between geology and astronomy and it prepares geologists and astronomers to participate actively in the on-going exploration of the solar system.
The subject matter is presented in 24 chapters that lead the reader through the solar system starting with historical perspectives on space exploration and the development of the scientific method. The presentations concerning the planets and their satellites emphasize that their origin and subsequent evolution can be explained by applications of certain basic principles of physics, chemistry, and celestial mechanics and that the surface features of the solid bodies in the solar system can be interpreted by means of the principles of geology.
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Dana's New Mineralogy: The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana
Richard V. Gaines , H. Catherine W. Skinner , Eugene E. Foord , Brian Mason , and Abraham Rosenzweig Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0471193100 |
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Following in the tradition of the "System of Mineralogy" introduced by Wiley in 1837, this one-of-a-kind reference brings mineralogy into the 21st century. It describes all of the over 3700 recognized mineral species. New features include emphasis on mineral structure, presenting descriptions of all the important species. New specially commissioned structure diagrams describe all the important mineral groups. All homologous species are classified and all polymorphic forms identified. Compact and convenient in one volume, it offers exceptional coverage on where minerals can be found and accurate, up-to-date references.Customer Reviews:
Desperately needs larger font and photos........2006-06-24
Do yourself a favor - don't buy this book.......2004-05-06
Long-awaited reference needs work.......2000-09-01
Comprehensive, essential mineral species reference.......1999-08-07
Is the publisher nuts?.......1999-07-12
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Meteorites and their Parent Planets
Harry Y. McSween Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521587514 |
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Meteorites and Their Parent Planets provides an engrossing overview of a highly interdisciplinary field--the study of extraterrestrial materials. The second edition of this successful book has been thoroughly revised, and describes the nature of meteorites, where they come from, and how they get to Earth. Meteorites offer important insights into processes in stars and in interstellar regions, the birth of our solar system, the formation and evolution of planets and smaller bodies, and the origin of life. The first edition was immensely popular with meteorite collectors, scientists and science students in many fields, as well as amateur astronomers. In this second edition all of the illustrations have been updated and improved, many sections have been expanded and modified based on discoveries in the past decade, and a new final chapter on the importance of meteorites has been added. Everyone with an interest in meteorites will want a copy of this book.Customer Reviews:
Outstanding resource.......2007-03-09
One of the best books on the subject.......1999-12-03
Fascinating - I was amazed at the power of geochemistry.......1999-09-24
A great book which I highly recommend!!!.......1999-03-20
Great book for beginners and experienced collectors.......1999-02-16
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Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters
Roy A. Gallant Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0071372245 |
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The "Indiana Jones of Astronomy" takes readers on a fascinating hunt for scientific treasures
On the morning of June 30, 1908, a comet nucleus or stony asteroid weighing 100,000 metric tons exploded four miles above the remote Siberian region of Tunguska with a force hundreds of times greater than the blast that destroyed Hiroshima. Eighty-four years later, American astronomer Roy Gallant was invited by the Russian Academy of Sciences to participate in its annual Tunguska Expedition.
Gallant was the first American to take part in the Russian investigation of the largest meteorite impact in recorded history. So inspired was he by his experiences at Tunguska that he went on to devote the next eight years of his life to investigating and writing about meteorite impact sites around the globe.
In Meteorite Hunter, Roy Gallant takes readers on a fascinating journey to the major meteorite sites of the wild and desolate Russian interior.
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Traveling in Russia and Fascinating Facts about Meteorites.......2004-01-26
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Catalogue of Meteorites
Monica M. Grady Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521663032 |
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`his fifth edition of Catalogue of Meteorites will, like previous editions, be the essential reference volume for all those with an informed interest in meteorites. It is the definitive descriptive list of the British Natural History Museum, which maintains the offical world database of all known meteorite falls and finds. Coverage includes the 10,000 new specimens recovered since the publication of the fourth edition, including those from Antarctica. Plus, for the first time, a CD-ROM accompanies the book, which includes greatly expanded information and an important search facility.Customer Reviews:
Catalogue of Meteorites, Edited by Monica Grady.......2001-02-14
The origins of the Catalogue go back to 1847 with a listing of the 62 meteorites of the British Museum. Subsequent periodic updates were issued and in 1923, George Prior, the Keeper of Minerals of the British Museum, issued the first worldwide Catalogue of Meteorites. The well-known 4th edition, edited by Graham, Bevan, and Hutchison was published in 1985.
The 5th edition not only has ten thousand more meteorites (including such recent discoveries as the Martian Los Angeles meteorite or a Saharan EL4-5 called Grein 002), but it also reflects the multitude of changes that have taken place in the field of meteoritics in the past 15 years. Type 3 chondrites now have petrologic subtypes (3.0 to 3.9), enstatite chondrites are now distinguished as EH or EL, there are new carbonaceous chondrite groups, CH, CK, and CR, as well as the new groupings of acapulcoites, brachinites, rumurutiites and winonaites. The SNCs are now described, perhaps with a bit of British understatement, "probably from Mars". There are also various stylistic changes like dropping the ordinary chondrite terms "bronzite", "hypersthene", and "amphoterite", replacing them simply with H, L, and LL. However, the overall format is the same as the 1985 edition and readers of the latter will be right at home with this one.
Another new feature to the 2000 edition is the listing of tables of Antarctic meteorites, meteorites from the Nullarbor region, Australia, meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico, and over 1500 meteorites recovered from the Sahara Desert.
Even some of the citations have changed. For example, the TKW of Nakhla is now 10 kg, due to the research of Kevin Kichinka (Meteorite! Aug. '98) down from the original 40 kg and the infamous phrase, "one of the stones killed a dog", now reads, "one of the stones reputedly killed a dog". Divnoe has been upgraded to an "ungrouped achondrite", and although this reviewer thought it was actually a brachinite, Alan Rubin informs me that Monica is correct. Gao and Guenie have now been amalgamated into the one fall denoted Gao-Guenie. The recently found Nadiabondi individuals have maintained their status under that name even though there was some speculation they might be associated with the Gao-Guenie fall. Apparently not.
The inclusion of a CD-ROM makes this edition of the CM so much more useful than previous editions and more in keeping with modern databases. Once it is installed on your computer you do not have to put the disk in again as it resident on your harddrive ready to use. You can search for a single entry, or use the data fields to do more complex searches, like finding all CM2 carbonaceous chondrites from Australia (Adelaide, Lookout Hill, Murchison). Filling in the search form is easy and you do not need a manual to run it. You do have to remember to select "valid" from one of the drop down lists as otherwise you get doubtful returns as well. The search speed probably depends on the speed of your computer: my 600 MHz Gateway took about 10 seconds for multiple searches, but was virtually instantaneous if searching for a particular meteorite. The CD-ROM also has more analytical data and more complete reference citations for the researcher than the book itself.
Of course in any work of this great magnitude, there are a few misprints/glitches, but I won't dwell on these. There are some people who would go to a concert by Heifetz and listen only for the wrong notes (if any!)
It is entirely fitting that there are meteorites named Grady (p.220). This book represents a prodigious amount of human endeavor, and the meteorite community owes Monica Grady an enormous debt of gratitude. If you are a serious amateur or a professional, you will want to have this book.
New fifth edition.......2000-10-25
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Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems: Applications to Petroleum, Coal, and Uranium Exploration
W. E. Galloway , and D. K. Hobday Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0387908277 |
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This second edition of Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems bridges the gap between process-related outcrop studies of sedimentary rocks and the three-dimensional subsurface world of the mineral fuel geologist and hydrogeologist. It remains unique in its focus on the application of subsurface facies analysis to problems of petroleum, coal, uranium, and ground water resource discovery, delineation, and production. The text and figures have been rewritten and updated. New chapters summarize applications of sequence stratigraphy to facies analysis and the use of detailed facies interpretation in reservoir and aquifer characterization.Customer Reviews:
Too much information.......2001-02-04
The only textbook I intend to sell back.......2001-01-18
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Carbonate Platform Systems: Components and Interactions (Geological Society Special Publication)
Manufacturer: Geological Society of London ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1862390746 |
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Carbonate Platform Systems: components and interactions is a collection of 13 papers, plus an introduction, concerning the effects of organism-environment interactions in modern and ancient carbonate platforms, arising from the Lyell Meeting on `Organism-Environment Feedbacks in Carbonate Platforms and Reefs' held at the Geological Society, UK. The papers presented here provide an integrated view of carbonate platforms, emphasizing dynamic interactions at all hierarchical levels and revealing the limitations of uniformitarian analogy in biotically influenced sedimentary systems. Selected case studies from around the world illustrate aspects ranging from the genesis of growth fabrics to changing patterns of carbonate platform development. The text will be of interest to sedimentologists, palaeontologists and marine ecologists alike.Readership: Sedimentologists, Palaeontologists, Marine Ecologists, Petroleum Exploration & Production Geologists and Marine Environmental Conservationists.
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Epithermal Gold in the Philippines: Island Arc Metallogenesis, Geothermal Systems and Geology (Academic Press Geology Series)
A. H.G. Mitchell , and T. M. Leach Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0124996108 |
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This is the first comprehensive account of Philippine gold deposits and geology. Epithermal gold deposits present a major challenge to geologists because the nature of the surface environment beneath which major deposits develop and the regional geological controls by the creation of major deposits remain poorly understood. New ideas on the genus of gold deposits and relationship to Philippine tectonics together with new data on Southeast Asia gold and tectonics are covered.
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Geology EOA Edu-Tutor, Vol. 2: Rocks, Minerals and Resources
EOA Scientific Systems Inc. Manufacturer: EOA Scientififc Systems, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 1552411974 |
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Explore the fascinating world of beautiful mineral crystals and learn about the three great rock groups that make up our entire planet - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Take a close look at the so-called "rocks of fire". Understand the difference between lava and magma, and between rocks that form at the surface and those that form deep within the Earth. Learn how loose bits of rock, soil and organic debris are deposited in layers that eventually form sedimentary rocks that blanket the Earth. Understand how heat, pressure and fluids can change existing rock into metamorphic rock, and about the fascinating new minerals that form. Then shift your focus and discover Earth's bounty of renewable and non-renewable resources - from solar, wind, and other alternative energy sources to fossil fuels. Learn about conservation, reclamation and the 4 "R"s (recycle, reduce, reuse and remember!).Books:
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