Alien Seas Oceans in Space /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Carroll, Michael. (Editor), Lopes, Rosaly. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7473-9

In the early days of planetary observation, oceans were thought to exist in all corners of the Solar System. Carbonated seas percolated beneath the clouds of Venus. Features on the Moon's surface were given names such as "the Bay of Rainbows and the "Ocean of Storms." With the a...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword by James Cameron
• 1. Introduction: Oceans on Earth and Elsewhere by Michael Carroll
• Chapter 2. Chasing the Lost Oceans of Venus by David Grinspoon
• Chapter 3. Oceans on Mars by Timothy Parker
• Chapter 4. Seas of Molten Rock by Rosaly Lopes
• Chapter 5. Jupiters Water Worlds: Water Lurks Beneath the Surfaces of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto by Robert Pappalardo
• Chapter 6. Oceans At The Outer Limits: Enceladus, Outer Moons, Pluto by John Spencer
• Chapter 7. Sand Seas of the Solar System by Jani Radebaugh
• Chapter 8. Exotic Seas: Titan's Methane/Ethane Lakes by Karl Mitchell
• Chapter 9. The Seas of Saturn by Kevin Baines and Mona Delitsky
• 10. The Alien Seas of Earth: Astrobiological Implications by Chris McKay
• Chapter 11. Seas of the Milky Way by Jeffrey Bennett
• About the Authors.