Planetary Caves: A Solar System View of Processes and Products

Wynne, J. Judson; Mylroie, John E.; Titus, Timothy N.; Malaska, Michael J.; Buczkowski, Debra L.; Buhler, Peter B.; Byrne, Paul K.; Cushing, Glen E.; Davies, Ashley Gerard; Frumkin, Amos; Hansen‐Koharcheck, Candice; Hiatt, Victoria; Hofgartner, Jason D.; Hoogenboom, Trudi; Horodyskyj, Ulyana; Hughson, Kynan; Kerber, Laura; Landis, Margaret; Leonard, Erin J.; Lesage, Elodie; Lucchetti, Alice; Massironi, Matteo; Mitchell, Karl L.; Penasa, Luca; Phillips, Cynthia B.; Pozzobon, Riccardo; Radebaugh, Jani; Sauro, Francesco; Wagner, Robert V.; Watters, Thomas R.

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Planetary Caves: A Solar System View of Processes and Products

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2022
By Wynne, J. Judson ; Mylroie, John E. ; Titus, Timothy N. ; ...

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
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Wynne, J. Judson ; Mylroie, John E. ; Titus, Timothy N. ; Malaska, Michael J. ; Buczkowski, Debra L. ; Buhler, Peter B. ; Byrne, Paul K. ; Cushing, Glen E. ; Davies, Ashley Gerard ; Frumkin, Amos ; Hansen‐Koharcheck, Candice ; Hiatt, Victoria ; Hofgartner, Jason D. ; Hoogenboom, Trudi ; Horodyskyj, Ulyana ; Hughson, Kynan ; Kerber, Laura ; Landis, Margaret ; Leonard, Erin J. ; Lesage, Elodie ; Lucchetti, Alice ; Massironi, Matteo ; Mitchell, Karl L. ; Penasa, Luca ; Phillips, Cynthia B. ; Pozzobon, Riccardo ; Radebaugh, Jani ; Sauro, Francesco ; Wagner, Robert V. ; Watters, Thomas R.
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CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
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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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Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Geophysics Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 127(11)
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022je007303
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2169-9097 ; 2169-9100
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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