Foreword / Neil Armstrong -- Preview of the orbital perspective: the Million Year Day -- Space geodesy -- Satellite studies of geomagnetism -- Remote sensing: the view from space -- Impact cratering and terrestrial geology -- Comparative planetology and the origin of continental crust -- Geology and biology: the influence of life on terrestrial geology
Summary
Account of the impact of space exploration on our understanding of the geology and geophysics of Earth
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-357) and index
