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Greeley, Ronald was born on August 25, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Edward T. and Elizabeth J. (Graf) Greeley.
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Planetary Landscapes
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This introduction to planetary geology concentrates on the surface features of the planets and satellites of our Solar System. The author first discusses the primary processes that shape our planet, Earth, and the geomorphology of the objects in the Solar System. The second edition includes new information about Venus and a new chapter on Neptune. The book is beautifully illustrated with high-resolution black-and-white photographs from recent space probes and orbiting spacecraft, and with explanatory diagrams. Each chapter starts with a description of the general physiography and terrain units, then the geomorphic processes that created them are discussed. Finally a synopsis of the geologic evolution of the surface is given. The selected references at the end include original papers, review articles and books.
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Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Series) (Paperback) - Common
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This book gives an account of geological aspects of windblown material.
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Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Old) by Ronald Greeley (1987-08-28)
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Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Old)
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This book gives an account of geological aspects of windblown material. Aeolian processes play an important role in modifying the surface of the Earth, and they are also active on Mars. Additionally, they are thought to occur on Venus and possibly Titan as well. The authors describe the following aspects: wind as a geological process, the aeolian environment, physics of particle motion, aeolian abrasion and erosion; aeolian sand deposits and bedforms, interaction of wind and topography and windblown dust. A particular strength of the book is that it deals with aeolian processes in a planetary context, rather than as a purely terrestrial phenomenon. In so doing, the authors ably demonstrate how we can gain better understanding of the Earth through comparative planetology. This paperback reissue will enable the book to be used as a text for advanced students in planetary science. Special terms are defined when they are first used. There is a glossary and an exhaustive bibliography.
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Ronald Greeley
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Ronald Greeley, American Geology educator. Recipient Public Svc. medal National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1977, Distinguished Research award Arizona State University, 1981-1982, Oustanding Mentor of Graduate Students award, 1988, GroupAchievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991, 92, 93.
Education
Greeley earned his B.S. degree in Geology in 1962 and his M.S. degree in Geology in 1963 from Mississippi State University and earned his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1966.
Career
He was involved with lunar and planetary studies since 1967 and most recently focused his research on understanding planetary surface processes and geologic histories. Through his military service, he was assigned to NASA’s Ames Research Center in 1967 where he worked in a civilian capacity in preparation for the Apollo missions to the Moon. He remained at NASA to conduct research in planetary geology.
With the results of the planetary missions in the early 1970s, attention shifted to Mars and research on volcanism and aeolian processes through the analysis of Mariner 6, 7, and 9 data. He became a science team member on the Mars Viking mission from 1976 through 1980. In 1977, Greeley joined the faculty at Arizona State University with a joint professorship in Geology and the Center for Meteorite Studies.
His latest research focused on the wind processes on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan, field studies of basaltic volcanism, and photogeological mapping of the planets and satellites including Europa. He was also a science team member on the Mars Exploration Rover program and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission. Greeley served on various NASA and National Academy of Sciences panels to assess space science and planetary geology activities.
He chaired the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Management Operations Working Group, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Lunar and Planetary Exploration, and the NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group. He was Co-chair of the NASA Science Definition Team for the Europa flagship mission, then the Planetary Science Subcommitee of the NASA Advisory Council and served in that capacity until his death in 2011. Over the course of his career, Greeley wrote or co-wrote more than 400 papers and 16 books.
Achievements
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Greeley received a number of awards and honors during his career, including the G. K. Gilbert Award presented by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America in 1997, and being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2007 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008. At Arizona State University, he received a Distinguished Faculty Award in 2004 and was the recipient of the Best Field Trip of the Year award at the Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration in 2007. Greeley was also the recipient of numerous NASA individual, group and leadership awards.
An asteroid was named 30785 Greeley in his honor in 1988. Greeley Crater, an impact crater on Mars, was named in his honor in 2015.
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Planetary Landscapes
(This introduction to planetary geology concentrates on th...)
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Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Series) (Paperback) - Common
(This book gives an account of geological aspects of windb...)
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Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Old)
(This book gives an account of geological aspects of windb...)
- Planetary Landscapes - New Chapter on Uranus
- Planetary Landscapes by R. Greeley (1994-03-31)
- Planetary Mapping PLANETARY MAPPING By Greeley, Ronald ( Author )Feb-15-2007 Paperback
- Planetary Landscapes by R. Greeley (2009-01-07)
- Wind as a Geological Process: On Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan (Cambridge Planetary Science Old) by Ronald Greeley (1987-08-28)
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Planetary Landscapes
Membership
Captain United States Army, 1967-1969. Fellow Geological Society American (chairman planetary geology division). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Meteoritical Society, National Research Council (Chairman of Commission planet lunar explorer since 1994), NAS (space studies board since 1994).
Connections
Married Cynthia Ray Moody, August 28, 1960. 1 child, Randal Robert.
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American
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G. K. Gilbert Award; Distinguished Faculty Award
The G. K. Gilbert Award is presented annually by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America for outstanding contributions to the solution of fundamental problems in planetary geology in the broadest sense, which includes geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, geophysics, geologic mapping, and remote sensing.The G. K. Gilbert Award is presented annually by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America for outstanding contributions to the solution of fundamental problems in planetary geology in the broadest sense, which includes geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, geophysics, geologic mapping, and remote sensing.