Research Catalog

Title

Solar system ices : based on reviews presented at the international symposium "solar system ices" held in Toulouse, France, on March 27-30, 1995 / edited by B. Schmitt, C. De Bergh and M. Festou.

Publication

Boston, MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Schmitt, B.
• Bergh, C. de.
• Festou, M.

Description

xiv, 826 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 227

Uniform Title

Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 227.

Subjects

• Molecular astrophysics > Congresses
• Solar system > Congresses
• Ice > Congresses
• Cosmochemistry > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Physical chemistry of ices in the outer solar system / J. S. Kargel -- Thermal conductivity of solar system ices, with special reference to Martian polar caps / R. G. Ross and J. S. Kargel -- Rheology of planetary ices / W. B. Durham, S. H. Kirby and L. A. Stern -- Thermodynamical properties of high pressure ices. Implications for the dynamics and internal structure of large icy satellites / C. Sotin, O. Grasset and S. Beauchesne -- Clathrate hydrates on earth and in the solar system / J. S. Kargel and J. I. Lunine -- Metamorphism of solar system ices / J. Eluszkiewicz, J. Leliwa-Kopystynski and K. J. Kossacki -- Amorphous water ice. A solar system material / P. Jenniskens, D. F. Blake and A. Kouchi -- Reflectance spectroscopy of icy surfaces / A. Verbiscer and P. Helfenstein -- Optical properties of ices from UV to infrared / B. Schmitt, E. Quirico and F. Trotta [et al.] -- Microwave properties of ice and snow / C. Matzler --
• UV Photochemistry of ices. The role of photons in the processing of ices / F. Salama -- Chemistry of ice induced by bombardment with energetic charged particles / G. Strazzulla -- Sputtering and desorption from icy surfaces / R. E. Johnson -- From interstellar dust to comets: distributed CO in comet Halley / J. M. Greenberg and A. Li -- Trapping of gases in water ice and consequences to comets and the atmospheres of the inner planets / A. Bar-Nun and T. Owen -- Origin and evolution of comets, icy planets and satellites / O. Forni, C. Federico and A. Coradini [et al.] -- Composition and physical properties of comets / H. Rickman -- Terrestrial snow studies from remote sensing in the solar spectrum and the thermal infrared / M. Fily, C. Leroux and J. Lenoble [et al.] -- Polar stratospheric clouds on Earth. A review of particle thermodynamics, nucleation and growth kinetics / T. Peter -- Mars CO[subscript 2] ice polar caps / F. Forget --
• Introduction to icy satellite geology / T. V. Johnson -- Geodynamics of icy satellites / W. McKinnon -- Geologic landforms and processes on icy satellites / P. M. Schenk and J. M. Moore -- Ices on the satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus / D. P. Cruikshank, R. H. Brown and W. M. Calvin [et al.] -- Ices on Io - composition and texture / D. B. Nash and B. H. Betts -- Surface-atmosphere interactions on Titan / J. I. Lunine -- The surface compositions of Triton, Pluto and Charon / D. P. Cruikshank, T. L. Roush and T. C. Owen [et al.] -- Pluto and the Kuiper disk / S. A. Stern -- The rings of the outer planets / L. Dones -- Ices in the giant planets / M. Podolak and W. B. Hubbard -- Atmospheric ices / R. Samuelson -- Surface/atmosphere interactions and volatile transport (Triton, Pluto and Io) / L. M. Trafton, D. L. Matson and J. A. Stansberry.

ISBN

0792349024 (hb : alk. paper)

LCCN

97049082

OCLC

• 37928619
• ocm37928619

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries