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View article: A High Spatial and Depth Resolution Deep-UV 266 nm Wavelength Laser-Based Integrated LIBS, Fluorescence, and Raman System for Probing Lunar and Planetary Simulants and Geological Materials
A High Spatial and Depth Resolution Deep-UV 266 nm Wavelength Laser-Based Integrated LIBS, Fluorescence, and Raman System for Probing Lunar and Planetary Simulants and Geological Materials Open
A high spatial and depth resolution deep-ultraviolet (UV) 266 nm wavelength laser-based integrated laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), fluorescence, and Raman (LFR) system was developed for qualitatively probing lunar and planetar…
View article: Infinite Prandtl number, mixed-heated convection in a spherical domain: velocity and heat flux scaling trends
Infinite Prandtl number, mixed-heated convection in a spherical domain: velocity and heat flux scaling trends Open
SUMMARY Numerical simulations of infinite Prandtl number convection in Cartesian domains have shown that a combination of internal and basal heating allows for behaviour not observed in either end-member cases of pure basal or pure interna…
View article: A decade of the heat-pipe Earth hypothesis
A decade of the heat-pipe Earth hypothesis Open
In his classic contribution “A Heat Pipe Mechanism for Volcanism and Tectonics on Venus” [1989, JGR 94, B3, 2779-2785], Turcotte applied O’Reilly and Davies’ [1981, GRL 8, 313-316] model for Io’s volcanic heat…
View article: Mapping the Tesserae Highlands of Venus – Insights into Tectonic Deformation and Plateau Genesis
Mapping the Tesserae Highlands of Venus – Insights into Tectonic Deformation and Plateau Genesis Open
Tesserae terrains on Venus are characterized by intersecting sets of tectonic fabrics, signifying pervasive, complex, and multi-stage deformation. The locally stratigraphically oldest tesserae units, which cover around 8% of Venus’s …
View article: Communicating Astrobiology: Words versus Numbers, Cause versus Consequence, Fact versus Fiction
Communicating Astrobiology: Words versus Numbers, Cause versus Consequence, Fact versus Fiction Open
Recently, NASA scientists and administrators have proposed a numerical scale for quantifying the Confidence of Life Detection – the CoLD scale [1]. Although the stated goal is to minimize damaging public trust with premature or overly-conf…
View article: Influence of Planetary Surface Temperature on the Tectonic Transition From Heat Pipes
Influence of Planetary Surface Temperature on the Tectonic Transition From Heat Pipes Open
Heat transport from the interior to the surface of a terrestrial body dictates the deformation experienced by the lithosphere. Terrestrial bodies with high internal heating rates exhibit heat‐pipe volcanism because subsolidus convection wi…
View article: Influence of Planetary Surface Temperature on the Tectonic Transition from Heat Pipes (Simulation results and data extraction and plotting scripts)
Influence of Planetary Surface Temperature on the Tectonic Transition from Heat Pipes (Simulation results and data extraction and plotting scripts) Open
Simulation results and data extraction and plotting scripts for Geophysical Research Letters submission titled "Influence of Planetary Surface Temperature on the Tectonic Transition from Heat Pipes" by Basu Sarkar, Debajyoti and Moore, Wil…
View article: Towards a New Baseline of Vertical Land Motions in the Chesapeake Bay Using GNSS and InSAR
Towards a New Baseline of Vertical Land Motions in the Chesapeake Bay Using GNSS and InSAR Open
Relative sea-level rise is a major coastal hazard affecting about half the population of the United States. The Chesapeake Bay is characterized by the fastest rate of sea-level rise along the Atlantic coast of North America, in part becaus…
View article: The Impact of Radial and Non‐Radial IMF on the Earth's Magnetopause Size, Shape, and Dawn‐Dusk Asymmetry From Global 3D Kinetic Simulations
The Impact of Radial and Non‐Radial IMF on the Earth's Magnetopause Size, Shape, and Dawn‐Dusk Asymmetry From Global 3D Kinetic Simulations Open
The boundary between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetopause (MP), is highly dynamic. Its location and shape depend on SW dynamic pressure and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) orientation. We use a 3D kinetic Part…
View article: Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2020
Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2020 Open
Global Positioning System (GPS) data from the 2020 campaign in the Chesapeake Bay region
View article: Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2020
Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2020 Open
Global Positioning System (GPS) data from the 2020 campaign in the Chesapeake Bay region
View article: Atmospheric Escape Processes and Planetary Atmospheric Evolution: from misconceptions to challenges
Atmospheric Escape Processes and Planetary Atmospheric Evolution: from misconceptions to challenges Open
The recent discoveries of telluric exoplanets in the habitable zone of different stars have led to questioning the nature of their atmosphere, which is required to determine their habitability. Atmospheric escape is one of the challenging …
View article: The Effect of Cosmic Rays on Cometary Nuclei. II. Impact on Ice Composition and Structure
The Effect of Cosmic Rays on Cometary Nuclei. II. Impact on Ice Composition and Structure Open
Since their formation in the protosolar nebula some ∼4.5 billion years ago, comets are in storage in cold distant regions of the solar system, the Kuiper Belt/scattered disk or Oort Cloud. Therefore, they have been considered as mostly una…
View article: Heat Pipes and Vertical Tectonics in Terrestrial Planets
Heat Pipes and Vertical Tectonics in Terrestrial Planets Open
<p>Terrestrial planet mantles cannot transport the very high heat production in their early stages through subsolidus convection and instead produce voluminous melt that makes its way to the surface to transport the heat. This heat-p…
View article: Breaking a single-plate Earth into a global plate network
Breaking a single-plate Earth into a global plate network Open
<p>Fifty years after the main discovery period for plate tectonics, we still lack a consensus understanding of a critical question: how did the plate tectonic system initiate? For the period before initiation of plate tectonics, mode…
View article: Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2019
Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2019 Open
Global Positioning System (GPS) data from 2019 campaign in the Chesapeake Bay region
View article: Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2019
Chesapeake Bay Vertical Land Motions 2019 Open
Global Positioning System (GPS) data from 2019 campaign in the Chesapeake Bay region
View article: The Effect of Cosmic Rays on Cometary Nuclei. I. Dose Deposition
The Effect of Cosmic Rays on Cometary Nuclei. I. Dose Deposition Open
Comets are small bodies thought to contain the most pristine material in the solar system. However, since their formation ≈4.5 Gy ago, they have been altered by different processes. While not exposed to much electromagnetic radiation, they…
View article: A Parameterization for Volcanic Heat Flux in Heat Pipe Planets
A Parameterization for Volcanic Heat Flux in Heat Pipe Planets Open
Rocky planets with high levels of internal heat production experience high rates of melting and extensive volcanic resurfacing in the heat pipe mode of planetary heat transport. On Earth, this took place prior to the onset of plate tectoni…
View article: Exoplanet Biosignatures: Future Directions
Exoplanet Biosignatures: Future Directions Open
We introduce a Bayesian method for guiding future directions for detection of life on exoplanets. We describe empirical and theoretical work necessary to place constraints on the relevant likelihoods, including those emerging from better u…
View article: Exploring Extreme Space Weather Factors of Exoplanetary Habitability
Exploring Extreme Space Weather Factors of Exoplanetary Habitability Open
It is currently unknown how common life is on exoplanets, or how long planets can remain viable for life. To date, we have a superficial notion of habitability, a necessary first step, but so far lacking an understanding of the detailed in…
View article: Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures
Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures Open
For the first time in human history, we will soon be able to apply the scientific method to the question "Are We Alone?" The rapid advance of exoplanet discovery, planetary systems science, and telescope technology will soon allow scientis…
View article: Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures
Life Beyond the Solar System: Remotely Detectable Biosignatures Open
For the first time in human history, we will soon be able to apply the\nscientific method to the question "Are We Alone?" The rapid advance of\nexoplanet discovery, planetary systems science, and telescope technology will\nsoon allow scien…
View article: Climate‐tectonic coupling: Variations in the mean, variations about the mean, and variations in mode
Climate‐tectonic coupling: Variations in the mean, variations about the mean, and variations in mode Open
Interactions among tectonics, volcanism, and surface weathering are critical to the long‐term climatic state of a terrestrial planet. Volcanism cycles greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Tectonics creates weatherable topography, and wea…
View article: Heat transport in the Hadean mantle: From heat pipes to plates
Heat transport in the Hadean mantle: From heat pipes to plates Open
Plate tectonics is a unique feature of Earth, and it plays a dominant role in transporting Earth's internally generated heat. It also governs the nature, shape, and the motion of the surface of Earth. The initiation of plate tectonics on E…