{"product_id":"annual-review-of-earth-and-planetary-sciences-volume-5-1977-geology-moon-mars-paleoclimate","title":"Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Volume 5 (1977) — Geology, Moon, Mars \u0026 Paleoclimate","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1977 fifth volume of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, an interdisciplinary collection of major review articles written by leading researchers in geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleoclimate, and planetary science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished only a few years after the Apollo program and immediately following the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViking landings on Mars\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Volume 5 captures earth and planetary science during a particularly productive period. Plate tectonics had recently transformed geology, increasingly sophisticated isotope and geophysical techniques were revealing the history and internal structure of Earth, and spacecraft exploration was allowing scientists to compare terrestrial geological processes directly with those of the Moon and Mars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong its 19 substantial review articles are:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Composition of the Mantle and Core” — Don L. Anderson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The History of the Earth’s Surface Temperature During the Past 100 Million Years” — Samuel M. Savin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The Evolution of the Lunar Regolith” — Yves Langevin \u0026amp; James R. Arnold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Cratering and Obliteration History of Mars” — Clark R. Chapman \u0026amp; Kenneth L. Jones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Geochemistry of Atmospheric Radon and Radon Products” — Karl K. Turekian, Yoshiyuki Nozaki \u0026amp; Larry K. Benninger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Discrimination Between Earthquakes and Underground Explosions” — Robert Blandford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Aulacogens and Continental Breakup” — Kevin Burke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Understanding Inverse Theory” — Robert L. Parker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews of Cambrian biostratigraphy, Quaternary vegetation history, isotope fractionation, geochronology, sediment chemistry, laser-distance measurement, metamorphic rocks, and planetary equations of state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeveral of these subjects have acquired additional historical interest with time. The article on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEarth’s surface temperature over the previous 100 million years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e belongs to the early development of quantitative paleoclimatology, while work on earthquake\/explosion discrimination reflects the importance of seismology to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCold War nuclear-test monitoring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The lunar and Martian papers preserve the state of planetary geology at the end of the first great era of Solar System exploration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe volume also illustrates the unusual role of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnual Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e format in scientific communication. Rather than presenting isolated new experiments, invited specialists synthesized entire fields of contemporary research, creating snapshots of what scientists understood—and what questions remained unresolved—at a particular moment in the history of science.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis copy has additional institutional provenance from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCities Service Technology Center geological library in Tulsa, Oklahoma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with dated library and catalog stamps. Cities Service maintained scientific and engineering research operations in Tulsa, making the provenance particularly appropriate for a professional earth-science reference volume.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEditor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fred A. Donath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAssociate Editors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Francis G. Stehli and George W. 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