Venus: The Geological Story - Hardcover

Cattermole, Dr. Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801847877 ISBN 13: 9780801847875

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Synopsis

In the first book on the geology of Venus to incorporate findings from the Magellan spacecraft's four-year mapping mission, Peter Cattermole introduces the reader to the strange world of Venusian landscapes--some reassuringly familiar, others spectacularly non-Earthlike, and all produced by geological processes of intriguing differences and parallels to those of Earth. Cattermole presents the latest research on Venusian plate tectonics, volcanoes, hot spots, cold spots, mountain belts, fracture zones, winds, erosion, craters, and lithosphere structure.

With nearly 150 detailed maps and dramatic, high-resolution images, some in full color, Venus: A New Geology presents state-of-the-art information in a stunning visual format. While many of the topics regarding Venusian geography remain controversial, Cattermole offers an unbiased presentation that makes clear which recent data may be subject to reinterpretation in the future. This is the definitive book on a subject of interest to scientist and nonscientist alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Cattermole has taught planetary geology, petrology, and volcanology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Review:

"As in any active scientific field, in Venusian geology it is difficult to pick a stopping point and say, 'This is it.' This book provides a convenient first stop." -- Science

"The reproduction of images... is among the best I've seen... The overall effect is stunning." -- Nature

"This volume, marked by its clarity and wide interests, full of up-to-date images, amounts to a bare-bones account of a whole new geology as it is unfolding. The visually based narrative by a geologist at Sheffield University not only fully surveys novel Venus, its air and rock (no liquid there save lava), it also illumines by explicit comparison the history of our own planet underfoot." -- Scientific American

"A useful introductory text for earth and planetary scientists alike." -- Times Higher Education Supplement

About this edition

• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801847877
• ISBN 13: 9780801847875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256