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Objective Regolith-Landform Mapping in a Regolith Dominated Terrain to Inform Mineral Exploration [PDF]

Geosciences, 2018
An objective method for generating statistically sound objective regolith-landform maps using widely accessible digital topographic and geophysical data without requiring specific regional knowledge is demonstrated and has application as a first pass ...
Alicia S. Caruso, Kenneth D. Clarke, Caroline J. Tiddy, Steven Delean, Megan M. Lewis   +4 more
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Solar wind erosion of lunar regolith is suppressed by surface morphology and regolith properties. [PDF]

Commun Earth Environ
Abstract Important aspects concerning the origin and formation of the Moon’s exosphere, its tenuous gas envelope, remain puzzling with uncertainties regarding the importance of different effects. Two competing processes — micrometeoroid impact vaporization and solar wind ion sputtering — are considered key contributors to the ejection of ...
Brötzner J, Biber H, Szabo PS, Jäggi N, Fuchs L, Nenning A, Fellinger M, Nagy G, Pitthan E, Primetzhofer D, Mutzke A, Wilhelm RA, Wurz P, Galli A, Aumayr F.   +14 more
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Mineral Content Estimation of Lunar Soil of Lunar Highland and Lunar Mare Based on Diagnostic Spectral Characteristic and Partial Least Squares Method

Applied Sciences, 2022
Extraction of mineral and rock information of lunar regolith is of far-reaching significance to the study of material composition, geological structure and historical evolution of lunar regolith.
Ping Zhou, Zhe Zhao, Guangyuan Wei, Hongyuan Huo   +3 more
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Cosmogenic nuclide weathering biases: corrections and potential for denudation and weathering rate measurements [PDF]

Geochronology, 2022
Cosmogenic radionuclides (CRNs) are the standard tool to derive centennial-to-millennial timescale denudation rates; however, it has been demonstrated that chemical weathering in some settings can bias CRNs as a proxy for landscape denudation. Currently,
R. F. Ott, S. F. Gallen, D. E. Granger
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Self-Organization Characteristics of Lunar Regolith Inferred by Yutu-2 Lunar Penetrating Radar

Remote Sensing, 2021
Most previous studies tend to simplify the lunar regolith as a homogeneous medium. However, the lunar regolith is not completely homogeneous, because there are weak reflections from the lunar regolith layer.
Xiang Zhang, Wenmin Lv, Lei Zhang, Jinhai Zhang, Yangting Lin, Zhenxing Yao   +5 more
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Additive Manufacturing and Spark Plasma Sintering of Lunar Regolith for Functionally Graded Materials

Spool, 2021
This study investigates the feasibility of in-situ manufacturing of a functionally graded metallic-regolith. To fabricate the gradient, digital light processing, an additive manufacturing technique, and spark plasma sintering were selected due to their ...
Mathilde Laot, Belinda Rich, Ina Cheibas, Jia Fu, Jia-Ning Zhu, Vera Popovich   +5 more
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Soil fertility interactions with Sinorhizobium-legume symbiosis in a simulated Martian regolith; effects on nitrogen content and plant health.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Due to increasing population growth and declining arable land on Earth, astroagriculture will be vital to terraform Martian regolith for settlement. Nodulating plants and their N-fixing symbionts may play a role in increasing Martian soil fertility.
Franklin Harris, John Dobbs, David Atkins, James A Ippolito, Jane E Stewart   +4 more
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Perchlorate and Agriculture on Mars

Soil Systems, 2021
Perchlorate (ClO4−) is globally enriched in Martian regolith at levels commonly toxic to plants. Consequently, perchlorate in Martian regolith presents an obstacle to developing agriculture on Mars.
Christopher Oze, Joshua Beisel, Edward Dabsys, Jacqueline Dall, Gretchen North, Allan Scott, Alandra Marie Lopez, Randall Holmes, Scott Fendorf   +8 more
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Regolith Inhibits Salt and Ice Crystallization in Mg(ClO4)2 Brine, Implying More Persistent and Potentially Habitable Brines on Mars

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
On Mars, liquid water may form in regolith when perchlorate salts absorb water vapor and dissolve into brine, or when ice-salt mixtures reach their melting temperature and thaw.
Andrew O. Shumway, David C. Catling, Jonathan D. Toner   +2 more
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Predicted Diurnal Variation of the Deuterium to Hydrogen Ratio in Water at the Surface of Mars Caused by Mass Exchange with the Regolith [PDF]

, 2019
Regolith on Mars exchanges water with the atmosphere on a diurnal basis and this process causes significant variation in the abundance of water vapor at the surface. While previous studies of regolith-atmosphere exchange focus on the abundance, recent in-
Hu, Renyu
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