Alien volcanoes / Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carrol...
Alien volcanoes / Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carrol...
Alien volcanoes / Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carroll ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
NQ551.21099/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 150 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
Volcanoes in history -- Volcanic personalities -- Earthlike worlds -- Volcanoes on dead worlds -- A visit to Dante's inferno -- Cryovolcanism in the outer solar system: Europa, Ganymede, and Titan -- Smoking guns Triton and Enceladus -- Space, volcanoes and culture.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Richly illustrated with original paintings supplemented by NASA and European Space Agency photographs, Alien Volcanoes advances our knowledge of volcanoes on other heavenly bodies, enhances our ability to comprehend how they came into being on Earth, and describes how we might better predict the impact of future eruptions."--BOOK JACKET....
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Alien volcanoes / Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carroll ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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NQ551.21099/1
Record Identifier
74VMQJV43Xa3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQJV43Xa3
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ISBN
0801886732 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801886737 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
551.2109992
MMS ID
991000424739702626
