Europa--the ocean moon: search for an alien biosphere/ (Record no. 164719)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 3540224505 (acidfree paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 550 |
| Item number | GRE/E |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Greenberg, Richard J. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Europa--the ocean moon: search for an alien biosphere/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Richard Greenberg. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Berlin ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer ; |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Chichester, UK : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Praxis Pub., |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 380 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. (some col.) ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-373) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART ONE DISCOVERING EUROPA ................... 1<br/>1 W ater W orld ................. ...................... 3<br/>1.1 Life on a water world ................... ......... 3<br/>1.2 Is this for real? .................................. . 4<br/>1.3 Tides .......................................... 6<br/>2 Touring the surface ................. .................. 7<br/>2.1 The global picture ............................... 7<br/>2.2 Zoom in to the regional scale ....................... 14<br/>2.3 Zooming closer: surface morphology ................... 18<br/>2.4 Ridges ................. ....................... . 20<br/>2.5 Chaotic terrain ................................ . 23<br/>3 Politics and intellect: Converting images into ideas and knowledge . . .. 29<br/>3.1 Politics on board .................. .............. 31<br/>3.2 M ethods of the geologists .......................... 32<br/>3.3 The rule of canon law ............................ 34<br/>3.4 Galileo in the 20th century ......................... 36<br/>3.5 Technological obsolescence ........................... 38<br/>PART TWO TIDES. .................... .......... 5<br/>4 Tides and resonance .................................. 47<br/>4.1 Act locally, think globally.......................... . 47<br/>4.2 Tidal distortion-the primary component ................ 49<br/>4.3 Galileo data, the Laplace resonance, and orbital eccentricity. . . . 51<br/>4.4 The effect of orbital eccentricity-the variable component of the<br/>tides .................. . ................... . . 54<br/>4.5 Effects of tides ................... . ............. 57<br/>5 Tides and rotation ............................... . ... 61<br/>5.1 Synchronous rotation from the primary tidal component..... . . 61<br/>5.2 Non-synchronous rotation from the diurnal tide . . . . . . . . ... 63<br/>5.3 Rotational effects on Europa................... ..... 67<br/>6 Tides and stress .................................... 71<br/>6.1 Tidal stress due to non-synchronous rotation ............. 74<br/>6.2 Tidal stress due to diurnal variation ........ ........... .. 80<br/>6.3 Tidal stress: non-synchronous and diurnal stress combined . . .. 83<br/>7 Tidal heating ...................................... 85<br/>8 Tides and orbital evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .... 91<br/>8.1 Orbital theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 91<br/>8.2 Politics takes control ........ . .................. .. 97<br/>PART THREE UNDERSTANDING EUROPA ............. . . 101<br/>9 Global cracking and non-synchronous rotation ................. 103<br/>9.1 Lineaments formed by cracking ................. ..... 103<br/>9.2 The tectonic record of non-synchronous rotation ........... 105<br/>9.3 How fast does Europa rotate? ................. ...... 112<br/>9.4 Large-scale tectonic patterns-summary ............... 116<br/>10 Building ridges ..................................... .. 117<br/>10.1 Other ridge formation models ................. ...... 122<br/>10.2 Downwarping, marginal cracking, multi-ridge complexes, and<br/>dark m argins ................................... . 127<br/>10.3 Cracking through to the ocean .. .............. .. ..... 131<br/>11 Dilation of cracks ................................... . 133<br/>12 Strike-slip ......................................... . 145<br/>12.1 Displacement at Astypalaea .. .............. .... ..... 146<br/>12.2 Tidal walking .................................. 145<br/>12.3 Predicting strike-slip ............................. 151<br/>12.4 Surveying strike-slip on Europa ................. ... . 157<br/>12.5 Particularly-striking examples . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ....... .162<br/>12.5.1 The greatest displacement champion . . . . . . . . . . ... 162<br/>12.5.2 A time sequence of strike-slip . ................. 167<br/>12.5.3 A long, bent, equatorial cycloid in RegMap 01... . . . 168<br/>12.6 Polar wander ................... .............. 173<br/>12.7 Strike-slip summary................... ........... 178<br/>13 Return to Astypalaea ............................ 181<br/>14 Cycloids .................................... ....... 191<br/>15 Rotation revisited ................ .................. . 207<br/>15.1 Cycloid constraints on the rotation rate ................. 207<br/>15.2 Contradictions with previous work ................. . . . 210<br/>15.3 Back to Udaeus-M inos .......................... . 211<br/>16 Chaos ........ ...................................... 219<br/>16.1 Characteristic appearance ...... ............ ....... . 219<br/>16.2 Three hypotheses for formation of chaos ................ 227<br/>16.3 Our survey .................. ................. 231<br/>16.4 M elt-through .................................. . 238<br/>16.5 Volcanism , not ................................. . 243<br/>16.6 Heat for melt-through ............................ 247<br/>17 Crust convergence ................................... . 251<br/>17.1 Balancing the surface area budget ................. ... 251<br/>17.2 Surface corrugations ............................. 252<br/>17.3 Chaotic terrain as a surface area sink . ................. 254<br/>17.4 Convergence bands .............................. 255<br/>17.5 The Evil Twin of Agenor ......................... 258<br/>18 The scars of impact ................... ............... 265<br/>18.1 Gauges of age and crust thickness ................. . . .. 265<br/>18.2 Numbers of impact features: Implications for surface age . . . . . 266<br/>18.3 Appearance of impact features: Implications for ice thickness. .. 269<br/>19 Pits and uplifts ..................................... 285<br/>19.1 Undeniable (if you know what's good for you) facts ........ 285<br/>19.2 The myth of pits, spots, and domes ...... ............. 287<br/>19.2.1 PSDs and lenticulae ....................... . 291<br/>19.2.2 Are any PSDs pits or domes? . ................. 293<br/>19.2.3 Farewell to PSDs .......................... 295<br/>19.3 Survey of pits and uplifts .......................... 297<br/>19.3.1 Pit counts . . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. 298<br/>19.3.2 U plift counts ............................. 302<br/>19.4 Formation of pits and uplifts .. .............. ....... 306<br/>19.4.1 Survey results vs. the PSD taxonomy . . . . . . . . . .... 306<br/>19.4.2 W hat are these things?................... .... 307<br/>PART FOUR LIFE ON EARTH AND EUROPA .... . ..... 311<br/>20 The bandwagon ..................................... 313<br/>20.1 Strike-slip in thick ice ............................ 314<br/>20.2 Overburden flexure ............................... 316<br/>20.3 M elt-through bashing ............................. 318<br/>20.4 Convection models. ............. ................ . 320<br/>21 The biosphere ...................................... 323<br/>21.1 D ream s of life .................. ............... 323<br/>21.2 Thin ice on a water world ...................... ... . 324<br/>21.3 Substances above and below ..................... . .. 326<br/>21.4 Life in the crust ............................ .... 327<br/>21.5 Planetary protection............................. . 331<br/>21.5.1 The possibility of contamination ................ 331<br/>21.5.2 Standards and risk ......................... 332<br/>21.5.3 G etting it right ............................ 334<br/>22 The exploration to come ....................... .......... . 337<br/>22.1 Plans for future space missions .................. .... 337<br/>22.2 Look in the ice .................................. 340<br/>22.3 M othballed data ........................ ........ 342<br/>22.4 Weird features: The exceptions that hold the keys .......... 343<br/>22.4.1 The many-legged spider of Manannan. ............ 343<br/>22.4.2 Disruption in the Sickle ................... ... 343<br/>22.4.3 Short, curved double ridges within Astypalaea ....... 346<br/>22.4.4 Isolated tilted rafts ......................... 346<br/>22.4.5 Horsetail of Agenor ........................ 348<br/>22.4.6 M ultiple-cusp cycloids . ...................... 348<br/>22.4.7 Old-style bands ............................ 348<br/>22.5 Self-correcting science ............................ . 352<br/> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Imaging systems in geophysics. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Europa (Satellite) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 550 GRE/E | P19632 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |