Unmasking Europa the search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon /
In Unmasking Europa, Richard Greenberg tells the story of how he and his team of researchers came to believe that the surface of Europa is in fact a crust so thin and active that it can barely hide an ocean of liquid water below. He shows how this ocean is warmed by the friction of tidal movements i...
| Main Author: | Greenberg, Richard J. |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Copernicus Books,
©2008.
New York : [2008] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Water World
- Touring the Surface
- Doing Science
- Planetary Stretch
- A Closer Look at Tidal Effects
- Global Crack Patterns
- Building Ridges
- Mind the Gap
- Strike-Slip
- Convergence
- Return to Astypalaea
- Cycloids
- Chaos
- Thick vs. Thin
- The Scars of Impact
- The Bandwagon
- The Biosphere
- Explorations to Come.