Lunar planetary institute (101 resultados)

Condición: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade paperback. Condición: Fine. First edition. 252 p.

Trade paperback. Condición: Fine. First edition. 252 p.

Trade paperback. Condición: Fine. First edition. 252 p.

Reprint; no covers; in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Huge hardcover (28x22x5cm) in VG condition (light handling, slight foxing on endpapers, slight water rippling of upper corners of last 200 pages). 726 pages. Unmarked. [4.5 lbs]. Book.

Hardbound. Condición: Good. Description: Many figure illustrations. Thirty-eight papers are arranged under the headings of: Venus: Review Paper / The Surface of Mars / The Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary and Impact Processes / The Interplanetary Medium Then and Now / Lunar Surface Characterization and Processes / Basic Magmatic Rocks and Processes / Laboratory Precautions. Also includes an Errata leaf. BINDNG/CONDITION: plum colored cloth with gilt; owner's name stamp on the front endpaper, and top and bottom edges of the text block; otherwise in Very Good condition. indexes. 11.25 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide. 469 pages.…

Hardbound. Condición: Good. Description: Many figure illustrations. Fifty-two papers are arranged under the headings of: Geology and Geophysics of Venus / The Lunar Highlands: Construction and Destruction / The Lunar Regolith: Provenances and Solar Wind Interactions / Magmatic Processes of the Moon and Meteorites / Remote Sensing of the Moon, Mars, and Beyond / Chondrites, Cosmic Dust, and Comets / Ammonia-Water Mixtures / Mars: Evolution of Volcanism, Tectonics, and Volatiles. BINDNG/CONDITION: gray binding with blue and gilt; owner's name stamp on the front endpaper, and top and bottom edges of the text block; otherwise in Very Good condition. indexes. 11.25 inches tall by 8.75 inches wide. 726 pages.…

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1986, pp543-1014, lxvii, illus., 'Abstracts of papers submitted to the Seventeenth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference', Part 2, Me-Z only, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. (1982), 481pp, illus. maps, graphs & charts, slight shelfwear to cover, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.

Heft. Condición: Sehr gut. 49 S., 28cm Zustand: schlicht am Rand geklammert, Typoskript --- Inhalt: englischer Text, illustriert KK-KS110 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Karton. Condición: Sehr gut. xiii, 83 S., 28cm Zustand:sehr gut --- Inhalt: englischer Text. Workshop. Meteorites searches, Mechanisms and Challenges, Collections, Weathering Effects, Cosmogenic Nuclides, Terrestrial Ages, Different Populations?, Future Plans, Public Lecture. KK-KS110 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200. …

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Not ex-library. No stamps or ownership marks.

Condición: Fair. Volume 21. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2100grams, ISBN:0942862058.…

Soft Cover. Condición: Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear w/ light soiling/staining of wraps and edges; o/w in good condition.

Soft Cover. Condición: Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear w/ light soiling/staining of wraps and edges; o/w in good condition.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Not ex-library. Scarce. OCLC records only three copies in U.S. libraries. Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) technical report, number 88-04. Initials of previous owner on front cover.

Karton. Condición: Gut. 33 S., 28cm Zustand: sehr gut --- Inhalt: englischer Text. Program and 29 abstracts KK-PS21-6 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Heft. Condición: Gut. (2), 124 S., 28cm Zustand: schlichte Klammerheftung am Rand, leicht Gebrauchsspuren --- Inhalt: englischer Text. Workshopvorträge, illustriert KK-KS110dub Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. 1st. Dust Jacket: No, pictorial boards as issued. External Condition: Very good. Some wear to the corners and edges. Clean. Internal Condition: Excellent. Clean. Author/Editor: Taylor, Stuart Ross. ISBN: 0942862007. Publisher: Lunar And Planetary Institute. Year: 1982. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Illustrated: Yes, B&W. Language: English. Page Count: 481. Keywords: planets, space, science, lunar perspective. The book for sale is the one in the photo. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Not ex-library. LPI contribution, 493. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Not ex-library. Scarce; not in OCLC. Notes in ink in text as well as ink comments on sheets, loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. E1 - A hardcover book in good condition that has some bumped corners and dents, lightly cocked, wrinkling on the spine edges, some scattered scartches, rubbing, scuffing, and bubbling on the cover, lightly moisture soiled, lgiht discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 9.75"x6.75", 377 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. A chondrule (from Ancient Greek chondros, grain) is a round grain found in a chondrite. Chondrules form as molten or partially molten droplets in space before being accreted to their parent asteroids. Because chondrites represent one of the oldest solid materials within the Solar System and are believed to be the building blocks of the planetary system, it follows that an understanding of the formation of chondrules is important to understand the initial development of the planetary system. Most chondrules are composed primarily of the silicate minerals olivine and pyroxene, surrounded by feldspathic material that may either be glassy or crystalline. Small amounts of other minerals are often present, including Fe sulfide (troilite), metallic Fe-Ni, oxides such as chromite, and phosphates such as merrillite. Less common types of chondrules may be dominantly composed of feldspathic material (again either glassy or crystalline), silica, or metallic Fe-Ni and sulfides. Chondrules display a wide variety of textures, which can be seen when the chondrule is sliced open and polished. Some show textural evidence for extremely rapid cooling from a molten or nearly completely molten state. Pyroxene-rich chondrules that contain extremely fine-grained, swirling masses of fibrous crystals only a few micrometers in size or smaller are called cryptocrystalline chondrules. When the pyroxene fibers are coarser, they may appear to radiate from a single nucleation site on the surface, forming a radial or excentroradial texture. Olivine-rich chondrules may contain parallel plates of that mineral, surrounded by a continuous shell of olivine and containing feldspathic glass between the plates; these are known as barred textures. Other observed textural features that are clearly the result of very rapid cooling are dendritic and hopper-shaped olivine grains, and chondrules that are composed entirely of glass. More commonly, chondrules display what is known as a porphyritic texture. In these, grains of olivine and/or pyroxene are equidimensional and sometimes euhedral. They are named on the basis of the dominant mineral, i.e. porphyritic olivine (PO), porphyritic pyroxene (PP), and porphyritic olivine-pyroxene (POP). It seems likely that these chondrules cooled more slowly than those with radial or barred textures, however they still may have solidified in a matter of hours. The composition of olivine and pyroxene in chondrules varies widely, although the range is usually narrow within any single chondrule. Some chondrules contain very little iron oxide (FeO), resulting in olivine and pyroxene that are close to forsterite (Mg2SiO4) and enstatite (MgSiO3) in composition. These are commonly called Type I chondrules by scientists, and often contain large amounts of metallic Fe. Other chondrules formed under more oxidizing conditions and contain olivine and pyroxene with large amounts of FeO (e.g., olivine with the formula (Mg,Fe)2SiO4). Such chondrules are called Type II. Most chondrites contain both Type I and Type II chondrules mixed together, including those with both porphyritic and nonporphyritic textures, although there are exceptions to this. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Softcover. 237 pages. Illustrated. Some cover soiling, else very good condition. (G3).

Hardbound. Condición: Good. Description: Many figure illustrations and a few color plates. From the preface: ''The Apollo Program heralded an unprecedented age of exploration of the solar system. Nurtured by this tremendous harvest of planetary data (the the ever-=present hunger for more) a vast, international multidisciplinary community of planetary scientists has emerged from the nucleus of pre-Apollo lunar enthusiasts. Nowhere is the record of planetary exploration and the evolution of planetary science more completely expressed than in eh 20 year history of this Proceedings series. Since its inception 20 years ago, this series ha published nearly 3000 papers documenting the stepwise scientific exploration of the solar system and the ensuing changes n the planetary community.'' Fifty papers are presented under the general headings of: Petrology and Geochemistry of the Moon; Geology of the Moon; Lunar Regolith Processes and Resources; Petrology and Geochemistry of Achondrites; Comets and Interplanetary Dust; Shock and Terrestrial Cratering; Geology of Mars; Geology of Venus. BINDNG/CONDITION: printed boards, white with red and black; owner's name stamp in four places: the front endpaper, half-title page, and the top and bottom edges of the text block, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket. indexes. 4to (11.25 inches tall). 591 pages. …

Karton. Condición: Gut. xi, 99 S., 28cm Zustand: Einband gering angeschmutzt, sonst sehr gut --- Inhalt: englischer Text. Workshop summary KK-KS110 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. (asteroids, comets, meteors, congresses ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. tight binding; clean pages Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Softcover. 233 pages. Illustrated. A fair amount of waviness to pages, else good+ condition. (G3).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. 273 pages. Illustrated. Some chipping to top of front cover, else very good+ condition. (G3).