Planetary volcanism : a study of volcanic activity in the solar system / Peter Cattermole

Author:: Cattermole, Peter John
Published:: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1996.
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

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Wiley-Praxis series in astronomy and astrophysics

Contents:

THE MAKING OF PLANETS: The solar nebula -- Primordial materials -- Planetary accretion -- Planetary heating -- Mantle segregation and convection -- Lithospheres -- THE GENERATION AND EVOLUTION OF MAGMAS: The production of magma -- Mantle source rocks and partial melts -- Magmatic evolution -- Fractionation in the solar system -- MAGMA ASCENT AND ERUPTION: Melt formation at depth -- Magma ascent -- Types of volcanic eruption -- Controls on the rise and effusion rates of magmas -- The role of volatiles -- Rates and amounts of magma generation on planets -- THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOUR OF VOLCANIC FLOWS: Rheological concepts -- Volcanic flows as Bingham liquids -- Viscosity -- Flow behaviour -- Magma discharge rates -- The cooling of lava flows -- Latent heat of crystallization effects -- Rheological analysis of volcanic flows -- Estimates of Viscosity -- Rheological data -- Pyroclastic flows -- Lahars (mudflows) -- Sulphur flows -- VOLCANIC LANDFORMS: The diversity of volcanic landforms -- Flood lavas -- Shield volcanoes -- Paterae -- Volcanic cones -- Volcanic domes and tholoids -- Pyroclastic flows -- Coronae, novae and arachnoids -- Maars -- VOLCANIC PLAINS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: Basalts of the Earth's oceanic plains -- Terrestrial continental flood basalts -- Continental Rifts -- Mercurian plains volcanism -- Volcanic plains on Venus -- Lunar volcanic plains -- Volcanic plains on Mars --

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ISBN:

0471960519 (alk. paper)

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"Published in association with Praxis Publishing Chichester."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [388]-410) and index.

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