Title: AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL PERSPECTIVE ON TERRESTRIAL REGOLITH
Abstract:INTRODUCTION Why should a conference on Australian regolith pay attention to the significance of extraterrestrial regolith? There are several reasons. First, historically regolith geology has never be...INTRODUCTION Why should a conference on Australian regolith pay attention to the significance of extraterrestrial regolith? There are several reasons. First, historically regolith geology has never been tied to one planet and has received considerable developmental impetus from studying the regolith of other planets. Secondly, terrestrial regolith can provide an analogue for that found on other planets, especially Mars. This is particularly true for the Australian regolith, with its long history, which is increasingly drawing the attention of overseas planetary scientists. Lastly, extraterrestrial regolith has a number of lessons for those working in terrestrial regolith geology. This paper describes these lessons, with particular reference to the relevance of terrestrial regolith science to understanding other planets, how regolith landform mapping methodologies can be extended to extraterrestrial regolith, the application of terrestrial analogues to understanding of extraterrestrial regolith, especially on Mars, and the lessons extraterrestrial regolith has for terrestrial geoscientists.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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