Rover mounted ground penetrating radar as a tool for investigating the near-surface of Mars and beyong

Details Rover mounted ground penetrating radar as a tool for investigating the near-surface of Mars and beyong Rover mounted ground penetrating radar as a tool for investigating the near-surface of Mars and beyong

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24..561g&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 2: G-M p 561-562 (SEE N94-16173 03-91)

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Lunar Roving Vehicles, Mars Surface, Mineralogy, Natural Satellites, Planetary Surfaces, Radar Imagery, Roving Vehicles, Space Exploration, Stratigraphy, Terrestrial Planets, High Resolution, Imaging Techniques

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In spite of the highly successful nature of recent planetary missions to the terrestrial planets and outer satellites a number of questions concerning the evolution of their surfaces remain unresolved. For example, knowledge of many characteristics of the stratigraphy and soils comprising the near-surface on Mars remains largely unknown, but is crucial in order to accurately define the history of surface processes and near-surface sedimentary record. Similar statements can be made regarding our understanding of near-surface stratigraphy and processes on other extraterrestrial planetary bodies. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is a proven and standard instrument capable of imaging the subsurface at high resolution to 10's of meters depth in a variety of terrestrial environments. Moreover, GPR is portable and easily modified for rover deployment. Data collected with a rover mounted GPR could resolve a number of issues related to planetary surface evolution by defining shallow stratigraphic records and would provide context for interpreting results of other surface analyses (e.g. elemental or mineralogical). A discussion of existing GPR capabilities is followed first by examples of how GPR might be used to better define surface evolution on Mars and then by a brief description of possible GPR applications to the Moon and other planetary surfaces.

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