Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to Its Far Reaches explores the origins, evolution and distribution of various ice species throughout the solar system. Geographically, the book s focus on ice(s) migrates outwardly from Mercury, the Earth and the Moon, Mars, then Ceres and other volatile-rich small bodies; it carries on with the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, followed by Pluto and other Kuiper Belt / Trans-Neptunian objects. Conceptually and empirically, the book depicts the often-enigmatic narratives of the different ice species (H2O, CO2, CH4, etc.) in the solar system and examines their interaction with a wide range of surface, near-subsurface, interior and atmospheric processes.
