Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999misp.conf...53j&link_type=abstract
Workshop on Mars 2001: Integrated Science in Preparation for Sample Return and Human Exploration, p. 53
Physics
Geophysics
Crystallization, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Lenses, Magnification, Rocks, Visual Observation, Planetary Geology, Planetary Surfaces, Meteorites, Mineralogy, Petrology
Scientific paper
The studies of the Earth, Moon, and meteorites show that deciphering the planetary history, its evolution and interaction of atmosphere with solid surface (e.g., fluvial, aeolian, glacial) relies on the visual observations that determine phase composition (i.e., mineralogy), phase relationships (petrology), and together with geochemical and geophysical data provide data for the constructions of meaningful planetary models. Terrestrial, lunar and meteorite experience shows that the size of phases that crystallized during the igneous process or later through metamorphic, impact induced or sedimentary processes (regolith) is usually less than 10 millimeters, often less than 1.0 millimeter. Petrologists, mineralogists and experimentalists have developed criteria that help to establish or define processes such as magmatic crystallization, sedimentary features, impact processes, weathering through the studies of particle morphologies. Number of such criteria relies on the observation of the rocks (soils, regoliths) through the eye powered by magnifying lenses, i.e., through hand held lens and microscope.
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