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Colloquium on Water in Planetary Regoliths, Hanover, N.H., October 5-7, 1976, ProceedingsThe papers abstracted in this volume deal with the occurrence, detection, and measurement of water on planetary bodies in the solar system; relevant aspects of the terrestrial water balance; the most probable status of water on other planetary bodies; and the methods of water detection and measurement available for consideration in designing planetary exploration missions. Topics include the water inventory for earth, high-energy protons as an early source of regolith water, the evolution of water on Mars, the chemical evolution of the Martian atmosphere by surface weathering, some geochemical aspects of excess volatiles on Mars, fluvial erosion on Mars, water in the outer solar system, and the stability of water on the Galilean satellites. Other papers discuss gamma-ray attenuation methods for determining the water content of soil, Viking biology-experiment results relevant to water on Mars, IR detection of water ice on satellite surfaces during the Mariner Jupiter/Saturn mission, electrical sounding of the lunar regolith, the detection of water on the moon and Mars by orbital gamma-ray spectroscopy, and the Viking Martian soil-water analyzer.
Document ID
19770034210
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Bowen, S.L.
Wright, E.
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1976
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Colloquium on Water in Planetary Regoliths
Location: Hanover, NH
Country: US
Start Date: October 5, 1976
End Date: October 7, 1976
Sponsors: American Geophysical Union, National Academy of Sciences, US Army, NASA, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Accession Number
77A17062
Distribution Limits
Public
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