Research Catalog

Title

From mantle to meteorites : a garland of perspectives : a festschrift for Devendra Lal / edited by K. Gopalan [and others].

Publication

Bangalore : Indian Academy of Sciences ; New Delhi : Distributed by Oxford University Press, ©1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lal, D. (Devendra), 1929-2012.
• Gopalan, K.
• Indian Academy of Sciences.

Description

xvii, 322 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Alternative Title

Festschrift for Devendra Lal

Subject

• Lal, D. 1929-2012
• Lal, D. 1929-2012
• Geophysics
• Astrophysics
• geophysics
• astrophysics

Note

• Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexex.

Contents

Geophysical searches for new forces in nature / Ramanath Cowsik -- Electrodynamic control in planetesimal accretion / D. A. Mendis and G. Arrhenius -- New quantum chemical isotope effects: Applications to the pre-solar nebula, planetary atmospheres and interstellar space / Mark H. Thiemens and S. K. Bhattacharya -- Cosmogenic and radiogenic nuclides: What can we do with a few atoms? / James R. Arnold -- The Earth as a physical laboratory / Helmut Moritz -- A trial of static Fourier transform mass spectroscopy of xenon / P. McConville and J. H. Reynolds -- Multidisciplinary investigations of new collections of Greenland and Antarctica micrometeorites / Michel Maurette, Claus Hammer and Michel Pourchet -- Cyclic behaviour of the solar-terrestrial system / G. Cini Castagnoli -- The turbulence of geophysical time / Bruce A. Bolt -- The parameters controlling planetary degassing based on 40 Ar systematics / Karl K Turekian -- Rare gases and hydrogen in native metals / R. J. Poreda, K. Marti and H. Craig -- Emanation of radon from rock minerals / Rama -- Several considerations on the early history of the Earth / E. M. Galimov -- Life on the early Earth: Bridgehead from Cosmos or autochthonous phenomenon? / Manfred Schidlowski -- Factors controlling the distribution of 10Be and 9Be in the ocean / Tsung-Hung Peng et al. -- Asymptotes of coastal upwelling / P. K. Das and A. P. Dube -- Hydrogeology. A new focus / T. N. Narasimhan -- Geomagnetic paleointensity from quaternary sediments: Methodology, results and future prospects / Subir K. Banerjee -- Steps toward understanding the Earth's dynamic interior / Peter J. Wyllie -- Application of diamond-anvil-cell technique to study felement metals and some materials relevant to planetary interiors / Jagannadham Akella -- Applications of Raman spectroscopy in earth and planetary sciences / Shiv K. Sharma.

LCCN

91900807

OCLC

• ocm26098660
• 26098660
• SCSB-8786497

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library