Preservation of random megascale events on Mars and Earth : influence on geologic history / edited by Mary G. Chapman and Laszlo P. Keszthelyi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chapman, Mary G.

Keszthelyi, Laszlo P.

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 453.

Special paper ; 453

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Geology.

Mars (Planet)--Geology--History.

Mars (Planet).

Earth (Planet)--History.

Earth (Planet).

Physical Description:

v, 86 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (partly color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2009.

Contents:

The surface of Mars: an unusual laboratory that preserves a record of catastrophic and unusual events / Mary G. Chapman

Effect of impact cratering on the geologic evolution of Mars and implications for Earth / Nadine G. Barlow

Megafloods and global paleoenvironmental change on Mars and Earth / Victor R. Baker

Effects of megascale eruptions on Earth and Mars / Thorvaldur Thordarson ... [et al.]

Terrestrial subice volcanism: landform morphology, sequence characteristics, environmental influences, and implications for candidate Mars examples / John L. Smellie

Megascale processes: natural disasters and human behavior / Susan Werner Kieffer ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813724539

0813724538

OCLC:

313078395