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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Greenberg, Richard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

In Unmasking Europa, Richard Greenberg tells the story of how he and his team of researchers came to believe that the surface of Europa is in fact a crust so thin and active that it can barely hide an ocean of liquid water below. He shows how this ocean is warmed by the friction of tidal movements i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.