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Solar System Ices

Based on Reviews Presented at the International Symposium “Solar System Ices” held in Toulouse, France, on March 27–30, 1995

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Editors:
  1. B. Schmitt

    1. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, Grenoble/Saint Martin d’Hères, France

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  2. C. Bergh

    1. Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France

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  3. M. Festou

    1. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 227)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Physics and Chemistry of Ices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Physical Chemistry of Ices in the Outer Solar System

      • Jeffrey S. Kargel
      Pages 3-32

    3. Thermal Conductivity of Solar System Ices, with Special Reference to Martian Polar Caps

      • Russell G. Ross, Jeffrey S. Kargel
      Pages 33-62

    4. Rheology of Planetary Ices

      • W. B. Durham, S. H. Kirby, L. A. Stern
      Pages 63-78

    5. Thermodynamic Properties of High Pressure Ices: Implications for the Dynamics and Internal Structure of Large Icy Satellites

      • C. Sotin, O. Grasset, S. Beauchesne
      Pages 79-96

    6. Clathrate Hydrates on Earth and in the Solar System

      • Jeffrey S. Kargel, Jonathan I. Lunine
      Pages 97-117

    7. Metamorphism of Solar System Ices

      • Janusz Eluszkiewicz, Jacek Leliwa-Kopystyński, Konrad J. Kossacki
      Pages 119-138

    8. Amorphous Water Ice

      • P. Jenniskens, D. F. Blake, A. Kouchi
      Pages 139-155

    9. Reflectance Spectroscopy of Icy Surfaces

      • A. Verbiscer, P. Helfenstein
      Pages 157-197

    10. Optical Properties of Ices From UV to Infrared

      • B. Schmitt, E. Quirico, F. Trotta, W. M. Grundy
      Pages 199-240

    11. Microwave Properties of Ice and Snow

      • Christian Matzler
      Pages 241-257

    12. UV Photochemistry of Ices

      • Farid Salama
      Pages 259-279

    13. Chemistry of Ice Induced by Bombardment with Energetic Charged Particles

      • G. Strazzulla
      Pages 281-301

    14. Sputtering and Desorption from Icy Surfaces

      • R. E. Johnson
      Pages 303-334

  3. Ices in the Primitive Solar Nebula and in Comets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335
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    2. From Interstellar Dust to Comets: Distributed Co in Comet Halley

      • J. Mayo Greenberg, Aigen Li
      Pages 337-351

    3. Trapping of Gases in Water Ice and Consequences to Comets and the Atmospheres of the Inner Planets

      • A. Bar-Nun, T. Owen
      Pages 353-366

    4. Origin and Evolution of Comets, Icy Planets and Satellites

      • O. Forni, C. Federico, A. Coradini, G. Magni
      Pages 367-394

    5. Composition and Physical Properties of Comets

      • Hans Rickman
      Pages 395-417
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Keywords

About this book

Predicted long ago to be present on the surface of planetary bodies by theoreticians and recently shown by interplanetary spacecraft and ground- based instruments to be ubiquitous in the Solar System, ices in a broad sense have become an extremely important subject in planetary research. Ices found on objects formed in the remote parts of the Solar System contain a message about the composition and mode of formation of our planetary system. There are also objects that contain icy materials that bear signatures of past events on a geological timescale. Their study is one of the best means of inquiring about the origins, accessing the past and anticipating the future of our Solar System.
The reviews in this book collect together a series of papers covering the physics and chemistry of ices, as well as the geology of icy surfaces. They present an extensive summary of their chemical and physical properties relevant to planetary astronomy. They also provide an overview of planetary bodies that contain ices and the outstanding problems of the field.
Audience: The book is intended to become a reference for researchers and graduate students. It is accessible to senior graduate students with a background in planetary science.

Reviews

`This is a good book, which is a review of the subject, containing several very interesting and accessible papers. ... The book will satisfy and stimulate curiosity about the weird and wonderful behaviour of ice in the solar system.'
Journal of Quatenary Science, 15:6 (2000)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, Grenoble/Saint Martin d’Hères, France

    B. Schmitt

  • Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France

    C. Bergh

  • Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

    M. Festou

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Solar System Ices

  • Book Subtitle: Based on Reviews Presented at the International Symposium “Solar System Ices” held in Toulouse, France, on March 27–30, 1995

  • Editors: B. Schmitt, C. Bergh, M. Festou

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5252-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4902-0Published: 31 January 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6209-1Published: 06 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5252-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 826

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology, Hydrogeology, Condensed Matter Physics

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