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Evidence of space weathering in regolith breccias II: Asteroidal regolith breccias [PDF]
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2010 Space weathering products, such as agglutinates and nanophaase iron-bearing rims are easily preserved through lithifcation in lunar regolith breccias, thus such products, if produced, should be preserved in asteroidal regotith breccias as well. A study of representative regolith breecia meteorites, Fayetteville (H4) and Kapoeta (howardite), was ...
Carle M. Pieters +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Accurate relative permittivity is essential to the further analysis of lunar regolith. The traditional hyperbola fitting method for the relative permittivity estimation using the lunar penetrating radar generally ignored the effect of the position and ...
Ruigang Wang +8 more
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Effect of Target Properties on Regolith Production
Remote SensingBased on the measurements of regolith thicknesses on the lunar maria (basalts), the lunar regolith was determined to have accumulated at a rate of about 1 m/Gyr since the era of the late heavy bombardment.
Minggang Xie, Yan Li
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The circular nutrient economy of terrestrial ecosystems and the consequences for rock weathering
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Earth’s biosphere is thought to exert a substantial influence on regolith evolution and chemical weathering rates. However, ecosystems are also highly efficient at retaining and recycling nutrients.
Kate Maher +2 more
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Structure and Formation Mechanism of Lunar Regolith
Space: Science & TechnologyLunar regolith is a thin layer of weakly cohesive detrital materials covering the lunar surface. Studies on returned lunar samples have revealed that the lunar regolith mainly consists of fragments of rocks, minerals, breccia, glasses, and agglutinates ...
Liping Qin +7 more
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Life, 2016 We used Ar plasma-sterilization at a temperature below 80 °C to examine its effects on the viability of microorganisms when intermixed with tested soil.
Janosch Schirmack +3 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 In-situ utilization of lunar soil resources will effectively improve the self-sufficiency of bioregenerative life support systems for future lunar bases.
Yitong Xia +3 more
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Hydrology, 2019 Rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa commonly rely on shallow hand-dug wells and springs; consequently, shallow aquifers are an extremely important water source.
David Walker +3 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 The Chinese Chang’E-5 probe landed in the Mons Rümker of Oceanus Procellarum on the near side of the Moon. The lunar regolith penetrating radar (LRPR) carried by the Chang’E-5 probe allows for the determination of in situ lunar regolith dielectric ...
Chunyu Ding +9 more
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Obliquity‐Driven CO2 Exchange Between Mars' Atmosphere, Regolith, and Polar Cap
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2021 Discerning the total mass of Mars’ obliquity‐timescale (∼105‐year) exchangeable CO2 inventory has been elusive for decades due to the unknown adsorptive capacity of its regolith.
P. Buhler, S. Piqueux
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