Significant achievements in the planetary geology program. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5816482

Head, J W

Developments reported at a meeting of principal investigators for NASA's planetology geology program are summarized. Topics covered include the following: constraints on solar system formation; asteriods, comets, and satellites; constraints on planetary interiors; volatiles and regoliths; instrument development techniques; planetary cartography; geological and geochemical constraints on planetary evolution; fluvial processes and channel formation; volcanic processes; Eolian processes; radar studies of planetary surfaces; cratering as a process, landform, and dating method; and the Tharsis region of Mars. Activities at a planetary geology field conference on Eolian processes are reported and techniques recommended for the presentation and analysis of crater size-frequency data are included.

• Research Organization: Brown Univ., Providence, RI (USA). Dept. of Geological Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5816482
• Report Number(s): N-79-13972
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ASTEROIDS
CAVITIES
CHEMISTRY
COMETS
CRATERS
GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOLOGY
MAPS
MARS PLANET
MEETINGS
OVERBURDEN
PLANETS
RIVERS
SATELLITES
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TOPOGRAPHY
WIND