Planetary volatile history: principles and practice.
Abstract
Contents: 1. Principles of volatile history: Introduction. Planetary formation and bulk volatile content. Energy history. Fate of degassed volatiles. 2. Application of principles to real worlds: Volatiles in and on solid objects in the outer solar system. Volatiles in and on asteroids. Mars. Venus. Mercury and the Moon. The Earth. 3. Conclusions.
- Publication:
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The Solar System
- Pub Date:
- 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986sosy.book..275P
- Keywords:
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- Earth Tides;
- Evolution (Development);
- Lunar Tides;
- Solar System;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Planetary Orbits;
- Spin Dynamics;
- Astrophysics;
- Planetary Interiors:Thermal History;
- Planetary Interiors:Volatiles