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  title info:
    title: Alien Seas
    sub title: Oceans in Space
  name:
    name part: Carroll, Michael.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Lopes, Rosaly.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 119 p. 105 illus., 60 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: In the early days of planetary observation, oceans were thought to exist in all corners of the Solar System. Carbonated seas percolated beneath the clouds of Venus. Features on the Moon's surface were given names such as "the Bay of Rainbows” and the "Ocean of Storms." With the advent of modern telescopes and spacecraft exploration these ancient concepts of planetary seas have been replaced by the reality of something even more exotic. Alien Seas serves up the current research, past beliefs, and new theories to offer a rich array of the "seas" on other worlds. It is organized by location and by the material composing the oceans under discussion, with expert authors penning chapters on their specialty. Each chapter features new original art depicting alien seas, as well as the latest ground-based and spacecraft images. With the contributors as guides, readers can explore the wild seas of Jupiter's watery satellite Europa, believed similar in composition to battery acid. Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan seems to be subject to methane or ethane rainfall that become vast lakes and, perhaps, seasonal oceans. Titan and Mars have seas of sand, large shifting dunes covering huge plains, while Venus may have ‘oceans’ of frozen lava. The possibilities are excitingly endless and ripe for exploration. Contributors: Kevin Baines Jeffrey Bennett James Cameron Michael Carroll Mona Delitsky David Grinspoon Rosaly Lopes Christopher P. McKay Karl Mitchell Robert Pappalardo Timothy Parker Jani Radebaugh John Spencer.
  table of contents: Acknowledgments -- Foreword by James Cameron -- 1. Introduction: Oceans on Earth and Elsewhere by Michael Carroll -- Chapter 2. Chasing the Lost Oceans of Venus by David Grinspoon -- Chapter 3. Oceans on Mars by Timothy Parker -- Chapter 4. Seas of Molten Rock by Rosaly Lopes -- Chapter 5. Jupiter’s Water Worlds: Water Lurks Beneath the Surfaces of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto by Robert Pappalardo -- Chapter 6. Oceans At The Outer Limits: Enceladus, Outer Moons, Pluto by John Spencer -- Chapter 7. Sand Seas of the Solar System by Jani Radebaugh -- Chapter 8. Exotic Seas: Titan's Methane/Ethane Lakes by Karl Mitchell -- Chapter 9. The Seas of Saturn by Kevin Baines and Mona Delitsky -- 10. The Alien Seas of Earth: Astrobiological Implications by Chris McKay -- Chapter 11. Seas of the Milky Way by Jeffrey Bennett -- About the Authors.
  note: edited by Michael Carroll, Rosaly Lopes.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Planetology
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Astronomy
  subject:
    topic: Planetology
  classification: QB495-500.269
  classification: 520
  classification: 500.5
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9781461474739
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