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Significant achievements in the Planetary Geology Program, 1981

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5653413

Recent developments in planetology research as reported at the 1981 NASA Planetary Geology Principal Investigators meeting are summarized. The evolution of the solar system, comparative planetology, and geologic processes active on other planets are considered. Galilean satellites and small bodies, Venus, geochemistry and regoliths, volcanic and aeolian processes and landforms, fluvial and periglacial processes, and planetary impact cratering, remote sensing, and cartography are discussed.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5653413
Report Number(s):
NASA-TM-83809
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English