Planets and Their Atmospheres: Origin and Evolution
Published on 21. March 1984
469 pages
978-0-08-095464-6 (ISBN)
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Planets and Their Atmospheres: Origin and Evolution
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01/1984
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Content
- Front Cover
- Planets and Their Atmospheres: Origin and Evolution
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1. ON MODELING COMPLEX PROCESSES
- 1.2. INTERPLAY WITH OTHER AREAS OF INVESTIGATION
- 1.3. CONDENSATION AND ACCRETION
- Chapter 2. Retention of Volatiles by Planets
- 2.1. SOLAR-COMPOSITION PROTOPLANETS
- 2.2. SOLAR GAS CAPTURE ON GRAVITATING BODIES
- 2.3. COMPOSITIONS OF CHONDRITIC METEORITES
- 2.4. CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE PLANETS
- 2.5. ORDINARY CHONDRITE PARENTAGE
- 2.6. MULTICOMPONENT AND NONHOMOCENEOUS MODELS
- 2.7. EQUILIBRIUM CONDENSATION
- Chapter 3. Evolutionary Processes
- 3.1. HYDROGEN-LOSS EVOLUTION OF SOLAR PRIMORDIAL ATMOSPHERES
- 3.2. ACCRETION, THERMAL HISTORY, AND OUTGASSING
- 3.3. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- 3.4. CLOUD PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
- 3.5. DISSOLUTION, PHOTOCONDENSATION, AND REACTIONS WITH PLANETARY SURFACES
- 3.6. BIOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS
- 3.7. ATMOSPHERIC ESCAPE
- Chapter 4. The Atmospheres of the Planets
- 4.1. MERCURY
- 4.2. VENUS
- 4.3. EARTH
- 4.4. MARS
- 4.5. THE JOVIAN PLANETS
- 4.6. LUNAR-SIZED OBJECTS
- 4.7. THE ASTEROIDS
- Chapter 5. Conclusions
- 5.1. ASSESSMENT OF COMPETING MODELS
- 5.2. DECISIVE MEASUREMENTS
- 5.3. PRESENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
- References
- Index
