Planetary tectonics / edited by Thomas R. Watters, Richard A. Schultz.

The contributors to this book describe the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. They present a survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, as...

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Other Authors: Watters, Thomas R.
Schultz, Richard A.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge planetary science series ; new ser., 11.
Subjects:
Geology, Structural.
Plate tectonics.
Solar system.
Physical Description:xii, 518 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Planetary tectonics : introduction / Thomas R. Watters and Richard A. Schultz
  • The tectonics of Mercury / Thomas R. Watters and Francis Nimmo
  • Venus tectonics / George E. McGill, Ellen R. Stofan and Suzanne E. Smrekar
  • Lunar tectonics / Thomas R. Watters and Catherine Johnson
  • Mars tectonics / Matthew P. Golombek and Roger J. Phillips
  • Tectonics of small bodies / Peter C. Thomas and Louise M. Prockter
  • Tectonics of the outer planet satellites / Geoffrey C. Collins ... [et al.]
  • Planetary structural mapping / Kenneth L. Tanaka ... [et al.]
  • Strength and deformation of planetary lithospheres / David L. Kohlstedt and Stephen J. Mackwell
  • Fault populations / Richard A. Schultz ... [et al.].