Combining extensive use of imagery, the results of laboratory experiments, and theoretical modeling, this comprehensively updated second edition presents fresh evidence that planetary geology now embraces conventional geology and vice versa. - Back cover

Contents
Planetary origins -- Orbits and cycles -- Core, mantle, crust -- Magnetic fields and signatures -- Topography and gravity -- Tectonics -- Volcanism -- Impacts and impactors -- Atmospheres -- Oceans and ice caps -- Erosion, deposition, and stratigraphy -- Planetary biology -- Glossary.