GENERAL SOURCES:

The recommended book for this course is The New Solar System edited by J. Kelly Beatty, C. C. Petersen, and A Chaikin (4th ed., CUP, 1999), which provides an outstanding introduction to all the planets in the Solar System.

Another very good, recent, book which covers most of this course at an appropriate introductory level is Planetary Geology: An Introduction by Claudio Vita-Finzi (Terra Publishing, 2005).

The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System by R. Greeley and R. Batson (CUP, 2001) provides an excellent collection of planetary maps, together with a lot of other useful background material.

Planetary Sciences by I. de Pater and J.J. Lissauer (CUP, 2001) is an excellent up-to-date undergraduate-level text book for all aspects of planetary science. The level is generally beyond that required for this course, but it may prove to be a useful reference, especially for those wishing to take the subject further.

The Web is a good source for up-to-date information and stunning photographs -- check Useful links page. See especially The Nine Planets for an excellent encyclopedia covering the whole solar system.

MORE SPECIALISED SOURCES:

Some more specialised books on particular topics, which I have consulted while preparing the lectures, are listed below. All those books to which a specific reference is made in the lecture notes (e.g. as a source of diagrams) are included here.

IMPACT CRATERS:

The definitive, though somewhat technical, work on impact cratering is Impact Cratering: A Geologic Process by H.J. Melosh (OUP, 1989). It is sadly now out of print, although the UCL (D.M.S. Watson) Library has several copies available for consultation.

MOON:

The Lunar Sourcebook, G.H. Heiken et al., (Cambridge University Press; 1991)

Geology on the Moon, by J.E. Guest and R. Greeley, (Wykeham Publications; 1977)

The Geologic History of the Moon, by D.E. Wilhelms, (USGS Professional Paper 1348; 1987)

MARS:

An outstanding general guide to Mars is A Traveller's Guide to Mars, by W.K. Hartmann, (Workman, 2003).

The Channels of Mars, by V.R. Baker, (Adam Hilger; 1982)gives a specialised discussion of the channels.

A through review of all the evidence for liquid water on Mars, albeit prior to Mars Global Surveyor, is Water on Mars by M. H. Carr, Oxford University Press (1996).

METEORITES:

Meteorites and Their Parent Planets, by H.Y. McSween, (Cambridge University Press; 1999)