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Planetary Crusts explains how and why solid planets and satellites develop crusts. Extensively referenced and annotated, it presents a geochemical and geological survey of the crusts of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, the asteroid Vesta, and several satellites like Io, Europa, Ganymede, Titan and Callisto. After describing the…

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1 author picked Planetary Crusts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I learned so much about the observable, outer parts of planets from reading this book. The authors review the nature of planetary crusts and offer keen insights and new perspectives on the way the crusts of Earth and other planets formed and evolved.

This book made me reassess how I view planetary crusts.

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