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Planetary Caves: A Solar System View of Processes and Products
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2022
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127(11)
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
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Description:We provide the first solar system wide compendium of speleogenic processes and products. An examination of 15 solar system bodies revealed that six cave-forming processes occur beyond Earth including volcanic (cryo and magmatic), fracturing (tectonic and impact melt), dissolution, sublimation, suffusion, and landslides. Although no caves (i.e., confirmed entrances with associated linear passages) have been confirmed, 3,545 SAPs (subsurface access points) have been identified on 11 planetary bodies and the potential for speleogenic processes (and thus SAPs) was observed on an additional four planetary bodies. The bulk of our knowledge on extraterrestrial SAPs is based on global databases for the Moon and Mars, which are bodies
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127(11)
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ISSN:2169-9097;2169-9100;
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC
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