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    Volcanism on Io : a comparison with Earth / Ashley Gerard Davies.

    By: Davies, Ashley Gerard, 1961-Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge planetary science series: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: xvi, 355 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780521850032; 0521850037Subject(s): Io (Satellite) -- Volcanism | Io (Satellite) -- Volcanoes | Planetary volcanism -- Remote sensing | Volcanism | Io (Jupitermond)DDC classification: 551.210999/25 LOC classification: QB404 | .D38 2007
    Contents:
    Sect. 1. Io, 1610 to 1995 : Galileo to Galileo -- 1. Io, 1610-1979 -- 2. Between Voyager and Galileo : 1979-1995 -- 3. Galileo at Io -- Sect. 2. Planetary volcanism : evolution and composition -- 4. Io and Earth : formation, evolution, and interior structure -- 5. Magmas and volatiles -- Sect. 3. Observing and modeling volcanic activity -- 6. Observations : thermal remote sensing of volcanic activity -- 7. Models of effusive eruption processes -- 8. Thermal evolution of volcanic eruptions -- Sect. 4. Galileo at Io : the volcanic bestiary -- 9. The view from Galileo -- 10. The lava lake at Pele -- 11. Pillan and Tvashtar Paterae : lava fountains and flows -- 12. Prometheus and Amirani : effusive activity and insulated flows -- 13. Loki Patera : Io's powerhouse -- 14. Other volcanoes and eruptions -- Sect. 5. Volcanism on Io : the global view -- 15. Geomorphology : paterae, shields, flows, and mountains -- 16. Volcanic plumes -- 17. Hot spots -- Sect. 6. Io after Galileo -- 18. Volcanism on Io : a post-Galileo view -- 19. The future of Io observations -- App. 1. Io hot-spot locations -- App. 2. Io maps.
    Summary: The most powerful volcanoes in the Solar System are not on Earth, but on Io, a tiny moon of Jupiter. This text compares the volcanoes of Io with those of Earth.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-340) and index.

    The most powerful volcanoes in the Solar System are not on Earth, but on Io, a tiny moon of Jupiter. This text compares the volcanoes of Io with those of Earth.

    Sect. 1. Io, 1610 to 1995 : Galileo to Galileo -- 1. Io, 1610-1979 -- 2. Between Voyager and Galileo : 1979-1995 -- 3. Galileo at Io -- Sect. 2. Planetary volcanism : evolution and composition -- 4. Io and Earth : formation, evolution, and interior structure -- 5. Magmas and volatiles -- Sect. 3. Observing and modeling volcanic activity -- 6. Observations : thermal remote sensing of volcanic activity -- 7. Models of effusive eruption processes -- 8. Thermal evolution of volcanic eruptions -- Sect. 4. Galileo at Io : the volcanic bestiary -- 9. The view from Galileo -- 10. The lava lake at Pele -- 11. Pillan and Tvashtar Paterae : lava fountains and flows -- 12. Prometheus and Amirani : effusive activity and insulated flows -- 13. Loki Patera : Io's powerhouse -- 14. Other volcanoes and eruptions -- Sect. 5. Volcanism on Io : the global view -- 15. Geomorphology : paterae, shields, flows, and mountains -- 16. Volcanic plumes -- 17. Hot spots -- Sect. 6. Io after Galileo -- 18. Volcanism on Io : a post-Galileo view -- 19. The future of Io observations -- App. 1. Io hot-spot locations -- App. 2. Io maps.

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