Earth-Moon Relationships Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, November 8-10, 2000
Cesare Barbieri (Editor), Francesca Rampazzi (Editor)
Sediments and sedimentary processes on the Moon and Earth are very different. In the absence of water, an atmosphere, the magnetosphere, and much less oxygen in its rocks, the Moon has neither clay minerals nor carbonates, and no Fe3+. Mechanical weathering by impacts is the principal process of sediment generation on the Moon; on Earth, chemical weathering predominates. Whereas processes of sediment transport are principally ballistic on the Moon, movement by air, water and ice prevail on the Earth. The radical differences between Earth and Moon sediments make them useful end-members between which all sediments of all terrestrial planetary bodies are expected to lie. The purpose of this paper is (l) to compare and contrast major characteristics of the origin, transportation, deposition, and preservation of sediments, especially dust, in the Earth and the Moon, and (2) to suggest how sediments of other rocky planetary bodies, especially Mars, may fit in-between the sediments of the Earth and the Moon
eBook, English, 2001
1st ed. 2001 View all formats and editions
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, Dordrecht, 2001
Observations
1 online resource (X, 575 p. 244 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
9789401008006, 9789401038553, 9401008000, 9401038554
1262381238
Welcome Address
Goodly Frame, Spotty Globe: Earth and Moon in Renaissance Literature
Sediments of the Moon and Earth as End-Members far Comparative Planetology
The Moon in the 14th Century Frescoes in Padova
The Importance of the Moon in Teaching Astronomy at the Primary School
The Moon and the Origin of Life
Sexual Satellites, Moonlight and the Nuptial Dances of Worms: The Influence of the Moon on the Reproduction of Marine Animals
Abstract: Claire de Lune on the Italian Space Science Programme
Fantastic New Chondrites, Achondrites, and Lunar Meteorites as the Result of Recent Meteorite Search Expeditions in Hot and Cold Deserts
Lunar Influences on Climate
Apollo Samples and the Geochemical Determination of Basaltic Achondrite Parent Bodies
Abstract: Water: Communicator in Moon-Earth Relationships
"Lunacy" in Mentally Disturbed Children
Highlights from ICEUM4, the 4th International Conference on the Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon
The D-CIXS X-Ray Spectrometer on ESA's SMART-1 Mission to the Moon
Lunar and Planetary Perspectives on the Geological History of the Earth
Moonstruck: How Realistic is the Moon Depicted in Classic Science Fiction Films?
The Moon and Extra-Solar Planets
Craters on the Moon from Galileo to Wegener: A Short History of the Impact Hypothesis, and Implications for the Study of Terrestrial Impact Craters
Reckoning Time, Longitude and the History of the Earth's Rotation, Using the Moon
Ancient Moons
The Formation of Chemical Elements and Their Abundances in the Solar System
A New View of the Moon in Light of Data from Clementine and Prospector Missions
The Atmosphere of the Moon
The Moon and Life on Earth
Marine Animal Behaviour in Relation to Lunar Phase
Moon-Struck: Artists Rediscover Nature and Observe
Nitrogen on the Moon: What Does It Tell Us?
Search for Antimatter in Cosmic Rays Using the Moon
Abstract: Mysteries of the Farside of the Moon: What Galileo Couldn't See
Lunar Maps of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Tobias Mayer's Map and its 19th-Century Edition
SMART-I: The First Time of Europe to the Moon. Wandering in the Earth-Moon Space
Palaeolithic Timekeepers Looking at the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic; The Lunar Cycle and the Pleiades in the Cave of La-Tête-du-Lion (Ardèche, France)
21,000 BP
Lunar Influence on Plants
A Perspective on the Earth from the Moon
"Earth-Moon Relationships": Highlights of the Conference and Concluding Remarks
The Dispute between Carlini-Plana and Laplace on the Theory ofthe Moon
Abstract: On the Orbit of the Moon
Geochemical Evidence for a Close Genetic Relationship of Earth and Moon
Macro and Microcosmus: Moon Influence on the Human Body
Lunar Rhythms in Forestry Traditions
Lunar-Correlated Phenomena in Tree Biology and Wood Properties
Meteor Showers on the Lunar Atmosphere
LUNAM 2000 (Lunar Atmosphere Mission)
Earthshine at the Rainbow Angle
Seneca and the Moon: The Cultural Importance of Our Satellite
The Moon, the Stars and the Milk
Abstract: Science Fiction in Naples in the Middle of the 19th Century
Moonlight without the Moon
The Science Goals of ESA's SMART-1 Mission to the Moon
Lunar Explorers Society: Goals and Activities
Lunation and Primate Menses
Abstract: Mapping the Moon with SIR, An Infrared Spectrometer for SMART-1
Radioastronomy and Radiointerferometry on the "Hidden" Lunar Surface
The Moon in the Classic Maya World
The Response of the 11 August 1999 Total Solar Eclipse in the Geomagnetic Field
Variations in the Mortality with Respect to Lunar Phases
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
English