Name: Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres
Author: Matthews, Mildred Shapley
ISBN: 9780816511051

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Origin and Evolution of Planetary and Satellite Atmospheres

by Sushil K. Atreya, J. B. Pollack and Mildred Shapley Matthews

University of Arizona Press, 1989
eISBN: 978-0-8165-4654-1 | Cloth: 978-0-8165-1105-1
Library of Congress Classification QB603.A85O75 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.509992

ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK

An integrated discussion of the similarities and differences between the atmospheres of various bodies of the solar system, including the Earth.

REVIEWS

"The chapters are well-written and edited. . . . Highly recommend."—Icarus

"This is an outstanding work."—Journal/Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers

"It is truly exciting to read through this volume."—Nature

"The challenge here of thinking about the histories of the atmospheres of such diverse worlds as the Earth, Jupiter and Triton, has led many of the authors to broader, synergistic views and thinking. The reader will be similarly enticed."—Nature

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Collaborating Authors

Preface / S. K. Atreya, J. B. Pollack and M. S. Matthews

Part I - Early Solar System

The Chemistry of Interstellar Gas and Grains / W. M. Irvine and R. F. Knacke

Models of the Formation and Evolution of the Solar Nebula / A. P. Boss, G. E. Morfill, and W. M. Tscharnuter

Solar Nebula Chemistry: Origin of Planetary, Satellite and Cometary Volatiles / R. G. Prinn and B. Fegley, Jr.

Planetary Accretion / R. Greenberg

Part II - Primitive Bodies

The Composition of Comets / E. K. Jessberger, J. Kissel and J. Rahe

Asteroid Volatile Inventories / L. A. Lebofsky, T. D. Jones and F. Herbert

The Impact History of the Solar System: Implications for the Origin of Atmospheres / P. R. Weissman

Supply and Loss of Volatile Constituents During the Accretion of Terrestrial Planets / G. Dreibus and H. Wanke

Part III - Terrestrial Planets

Atmospheric Compositions: Key Similarities and Differences / R. O. Pepin

Terrestrial Noble Gases: Constraints and Implications on Atmospheric Evolution / M. Ozima and G. Igarashi

Formation of Atmospheres during Accretion of the Terrestrial Planets / T. J. Ahrens, J. D. O'Keefe and M. A. Lange

Escape of Atmospheres and Loss of Water / D. M. Hunten, T. M. Donahue, J. C. G. Walker and J. F. Kasting

Climate Evolution on the Terrestrial Planets / J. F. Kasting and O. B. Toon

Coupled Evolution of the Atmospheres and Interiors of Planets and Satellites / G. Schubert, D. L. Turcotte, S. C. Solomon and N. H. Sleep

Part IV - Outer Planets

The Composition of Outer Planets Atmospheres / D. Gautier and T. Owen

Thermal Structure and Heat Balance of the Outer Planets / B. J. Conrath, R. A. Hanel and R. E. Samuelson

Structure and Composition of Giant Planet Interiors / W. B. Hubbard

Theories of the Origin and Evolution of the Giant Planets / J. B. Pollack and P. Bodenheimer

Part V - Satellites

Present State and Chemical Evolution of the Atmospheres of Titan, Triton and Pluto / J. I. Lunine, S. K. Atreya and J. B. Pollack

Io's Tenuous Atmosphere / T. V. Johnson and D. L. Matson

Effects of Magnetosphere Interactions on Origin and Evolution of Atmospheres / A. F. Cheng and R. E. Johnson

Formation of the Satellites of the Outer Solar System: Sources of their Atmospheres / A. Coradini, P. Cerroni, G. Magni and C. Federico

Color Section

Glossary / M. Magisos

Bibliography / M. Guerrieri and M. Magisos

Acknowledgments

Index

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