Ponnamperuma Comparative Planetology

1. Auflage 1978
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7002-9
Verlag: Elsevier Reference Monographs
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 286 Seiten

Comparative Planetology discusses the results of data obtained from the Viking mission to Mars along with other data from other planetary missions.
The book considers the many aspects of the evolution of the solar system in a comparative fashion. The interiors of planets, crustal evolution, the origin of planetary atmospheres, and the question of the origin of life are discussed using the gathered information.
Astronomers, geologists, chemists, and biologists will find the book an interesting read.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ponnamperuma, Cyril

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Comparative Planetology;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;PREFACE;10
6;CHAPTER 1. THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF LIFE;12
7;CHAPTER 2. THE VIKING BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS;18
7.1;THE CARBON ASSIMILATION EXPERIMENT;24
7.2;THE GAS EXCHANGE EXPERIMENT;26
7.3;THE LABELED RELEASE EXPERIMENT;30
7.4;DISCUSSION;33
7.5;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;35
7.6;REFERENCES;36
8;CHAPTER 3. THE CURRENT STATUS OF SPECULATIONS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE CORE OF THE EARTH;38
8.1;INTRODUCTION;39
8.2;TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES WITHIN THE CORE;40
8.3;MECHANISM OF CORE FORMATION;41
8.4;COMPOSITION OF THE CORE OF THE EARTH;46
8.5;NATURE OF THE LIGHT ELEMENT;48
8.6;CORE-MANTLE EQUILIBRIUM;55
8.7;CONCLUSIONS;56
8.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;57
8.9;REFERENCES;57
9;CHAPTER 4. COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY AND THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS;62
9.1;I. INTRODUCTION;62
9.2;PATTERNS OF CRUSTAL EVOLUTION IN SILICATE PLANETS;63
9.3;EARLY CRUSTAL EVOLUTION IN THE EARTH;71
9.4;REDIFFERENTIATION OF THE PRIMITIVE CRUST;76
9.5;SUMMARY;84
9.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;85
9.7;REFERENCES;86
10;CHAPTER 5. ORIGIN OF THE EARTH'S OCEAN BASINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE;90
10.1;INTRODUCTION;91
10.2;TERRESTRIAL IMPACT PARAMETERS;92
10.3;THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF LUNAR BASINS;99
10.4;BASIN FORMATION ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE;101
10.5;EFFECTS OF BASIN-FORMING IMPACTS;104
10.6;DISCUSSION;107
10.7;CONCLUSIONS;109
10.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;110
10.9;REFERENCES;110
11;CHAPTER 6. A STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE LUNAR CRUST;114
11.1;INTRODUCTION;115
11.2;THE LUNAR STRATIGRAPHIC COLUMN;116
11.3;THE HIGHLANDS;121
11.4;THE MARIA;137
11.5;LUNAR GEOLOGIC PROVINCES;138
11.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;147
11.7;REFERENCES;147
12;CHAPTER 7. ATMOSPHERIC EVOLUTION ON THE INNER PLANETS;152
12.1;INTRODUCTION;153
12.2;PLANETARY ORIGINS;154
12.3;TECTONIC EVOLUTION;155
12.4;PARTITIONING OF VOLATILES BETWEEN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE SOLID PHASE;156
12.5;VENUS;160
12.6;IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL EVOLUTION;167
12.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;168
12.8;REFERENCES;168
13;CHAPTER 8. THE EVOLUTION OF H2O AND CO2 ON EARTH AND MARS;176
13.1;1. INTRODUCTION;176
13.2;2. THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE;177
13.3;3. THE EVOLUTION OF H2O and CO2 ON MARS;184
13.4;4. WHERE ARE THE VOLATILES?;187
13.5;5. DIVERGENT EVOLUTIONARY PATHS OF H2O AND CO2 ON EARTH AND MARS;188
13.6;REFERENCES;190
14;CHAPTER 9. THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS: DETECTION OF KRYPTON AND XENON;194
14.1;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;199
14.2;REFERENCES;199
15;CHAPTER 10. COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE SURFACE OF MARS: DETECTION OF ARGON-36 AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS;202
15.1;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;206
15.2;REFERENCES;207
16;CHAPTER 11. SEARCH FOR ORGANIC AND VOLATILE INORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN TWO SURFACE SAMPLES FROM THE CHRYSE PLANITIA REGION OF MARS;208
16.1;EXPERIMENTAL DETAILS;210
16.2;RESULTS;212
16.3;DISCUSSION;216
16.4;MINERALOGICAL IMPLICATIONS;219
16.5;CONCLUSIONS;220
16.6;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;221
16.7;REFERENCES;221
17;CHAPTER 12. THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS NEAR THE SURFACE: ISOTOPE RATIOS AND UPPER LIMITS ON NOBLE GASES;224
17.1;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;228
17.2;REFERENCES;229
18;CHAPTER 13. WATER IN THE MARTIAN REGOLITH;230
18.1;REFERENCES;234
19;CHAPTER 14. AN OUTLINE OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION BASED ON MACROMOLECULAR SEQUENCES;236
19.1;INTRODUCTION;237
19.2;RECONSTRUCTING EVOLUTION ON THE BASIS OF SEQUENCE DATA;237
19.3;FERREDOXINS;239
19.4;ORIGINS OF EUKARYOTE ORGANELL;242
19.5;5S RIBOSOMAL RNA;243
19.6;C-TYPE CYTOCHROMES;245
19.7;COMPOSITE EVOLUTIONARY TREE;247
19.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;251
19.9;REFERENCES;251
20;CHAPTER 15. MOLECULAR FOSSILS FROM THE PRECAMBRIAN NONESUCH SHALE;254
20.1;REFERENCES;266
21;CHAPTER 16. MICROORGANISMS PRESERVED IN CHERTY STROMATOLITIC DOLOMITE OF THE MWASHYA GROUP FROM N'GUBA, MULUNGWISHI, AND SHITURU LOCALITIES, SHABA, ZAIRE, CENTRAL AFRICA;268
21.1;INTRODUCTION;268
21.2;GEOLOGIC SETTING;269
21.3;N'GUBA LOCALITY;270
21.4;SHITURU LOCALITY;273
21.5;MULUNGWISHI LOCALITY;273
21.6;DISCUSSION;275
21.7;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;278
21.8;REFERENCES;278
22;INDEX;280