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Origin of the earth

edited by Horton E. Newsom, John H. Jones

Oxford University Press , Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1990

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注記

Based on a conference entitled "The Origin of the earth," held in Houston, Tex., Dec. 1988

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Origin of the Earth is an outgrowth of a Lunar and Planetary Institute Conference on the Origin of the Earth. Among the topics covered are theoretical models of the solar nebula, planetary accretion, and models of the differentiation of the Earth into the familiar regimes of hydrosphere, crust, mantle, and core. A central theme of the book is a discussion of the Giant Impact model for the formation of the Moon. This popular model of lunar origin has profound implications for the early history of the Earth, not the least of which is that the Earth must have been in a largely molten state following the Giant Impact. There are samples of the Earth's mantle that show little or no sign of such extensive melting. Is the Giant Impact model incorrect, or have natural processes conspired to erase all traces of its consequences? These and other issues related to the Earth's origin and early differentiation are extensively discussed.

目次

  • The earliest stages: the solar nebular and accretion of planetesimals
  • The giant impact and earth-moon relationships
  • Was there a terrestrial magma ocean?
  • Core formation
  • Formation of the continental crust
  • Evolution of the hydrosphere and the origin of life.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA11697832
  • ISBN
    • 0195066197
  • LCCN
    90038335
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York,Houston
  • ページ数/冊数
    378 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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