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  • Earth Day : lunar exploration changed our view of Earth 
    Unknown author (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, 2020)
    Earthrise as imaged by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Quote by Jim Lovell.
  • Earth's Impact Events Through Geologic Time: A List of Recommended Ages for Terrestrial Impact Structures and Deposits 
    Schmieder, Martin, 1978-; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-5148; Kring, David A. (David Allen); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2020-01-20)
    This article presents a current (as of September 2019) list of recommended ages for proven terrestrial impact structures (n = 200) and deposits (n = 46) sourced from the primary literature. High-precision impact ages can ...
  • Educational brief : exploring Mars 
    Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; Kiefer, Walter S.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-5460 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1999-01)
    A NASA Educational Brief on Mars exploration.
  • Educational brief : exploring Mars 
    Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; Kiefer, Walter S.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6741-5460 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2002-09)
    A NASA Educational Brief on Mars exploration. For educators of grades 5-12.
  • The Effect of Ocean Loading on the Growth of Basaltic Ocean Island Volcanoes and Their Magmatic Plumbing System 
    Le Corvec, Nicolas Le; McGovern, Patrick J. (Geophysicist); https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-3096 (2018-09-07)
    Basaltic shield volcanoes most commonly form as intraplate volcanic ocean islands that arise from the ocean floor and continue to grow above the sea water level to form gigantic volcanic edifices. The volcanic edifice ...
  • Effects of lift force on ejecta transport 
    Pai, S. I.; Menon, S.; Schultz, Peter H., 1944- (Pergamon Press, 1979)
    The possible effects of lift on individual ejecta trajectories after an impact event are examined, considering a dimensionless transport parameter (K), the initial velocity vector of the particles, and the ratio of the ...
  • Eighth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium : October 24–28, 2016, Huntsville, Alabama 
    Connaughton, Valerie; Goldstein, Adam; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-7042; Gehrels, Neil (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2016)
    The Eighth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium will cover all areas of GRB science with a particular emphasis on multi-messenger observations and theory. Topics will include prompt emission (observations and theory), ...
  • The Eighth International Conference on Mars 
    Beaty, D. W. (David W.); Ehlmann, Bethany; McCleese, Daniel J.; Meyer, Michael (Planetary scientist); Zurek, Richard William, 1947- (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2014)
    The Eighth International Mars Conference will be an ideal time to step back and summarize our current understanding of Mars, consolidate our primary paradigms for martian processes and history, and refocus the primary ...
  • Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn : July 26-29, 2016, Boulder, Colorado 
    Esposito, Larry; Howett, Carly J. A.; Bloom, Laura; Schenk, Paul M. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2016)
    Topics include (but are not limited to) geology, geophysics, geochemistry and mineralogy, active jets and their properties and origins, formation and evolution, astrobiology, and future investigations of these bodies. ...
  • Eruption age of the Sverrefjellet volcano, Spitsbergen Island, Norway 
    Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (Norwegian Polar Institute, 2012-03-02)
    Sverrefjellet is a Pleistocene-age basaltic volcanic construct on north-western Spitsbergen Island (Svalbard Archipelago, Norway). Published ages for the Sverrefjellet eruption range between 6000 years and ca. 1 million ...
  • Europa Deep Dive 2: Chemical Composition of Europa and State of Laboratory Data : October 9–11, 2018, Houston, Texas 
    Prockter, Louise; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-1073; Kay, Jonathan P.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2239-3031 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2018)
    The focus of the Europa Deep Dive 2: Composition workshop is to assess existing laboratory data and identify gaps where laboratory work is still needed; assess existing data on the Europa surface and exosphere; plan how ...
  • Europa Deep Dive I: Ice-Shell Exchange Processes Workshop : November 1–2, 2017, Houston, Texas 
    Prockter, Louise; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-1348; Schenk, Paul M.; Bierhaus, Beau; Kattenhorn, S. A. (Simon A.); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3927-1073; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1966-307X (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017)
    The focus of this workshop is exchange processes within Europa's ice shell, including (but not limited to) tectonism, diapirism, subduction, and impact processes, and their relation to the boundary layers above and below. ...
  • Evaluating science return in Space Exploration Initiative architectures 
    Budden, Nancy Ann; Spudis, Paul D.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-0417 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1993-03)
    Science is an important aspect of the Space Exploration Initiative, a program to explore the Moon and Mars with people and machines. We here evaluate different SEI mission archtiectures on the basis of three variables: ...
  • An Evaluation of Probable Bedrock Exposure in the Sinus Meridiani Region of the Martian Highlands 
    Zimbelman, James R.; Craddock, R. A.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-8453 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1991)
    The study region (15°N to 15°S, 330° to 360°W) includes portions of the classical low-albedo regions of Sinus Meridiani and Sinus Sabaeus and the high-albedo region of Arabia and is entirely within the cratered highlands ...
  • Evidence for a high altitude distribution of lunar dust 
    McCoy, James E.; Criswell, David R. (Pergamon Press, 1974)
    This paper will present evidence from Apollo lunar orbital observations, indicating the existence of solar light scattering from a significant population of lunar particulates extending to altitudes in excess of 100 km. ...
  • Evidence for ancient mare volcanism 
    Schultz, Peter H., 1944-; Spudis, Paul D.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-0417 (Pergamon Press, 1979)
    Basaltic volcanism clearly exposed as dark surface units may represent only the last stages of continuous volcanic activity during the first 1.5 b.y. of lunar history. Between 3.0 and 3.9 AE, part of this record has been ...
  • Evidence for early volcanism in Mare Smythii 
    Conca, James; Hubbard, Norman (Pergamon Press, 1979)
    The major geologic units in and around the Smythii basin are reflected in the Al2O3 and MgO values obtained using improved orbital X-ray fluorescence data from Apollo 15. One of these units is a high albedo plains-forming ...
  • Evidence for Multiple Diagenetic Episodes in Ancient Fluvial‐Lacustrine Sedimentary Rocks in Gale Crater, Mars 
    Achilles, C. N.; Rampe, Elizabeth; Downs, R. T.; Bristow, Thomas F.; Ming, D. W. (Douglas W.); Morris, Richard V.; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Geophysical Union, 2020-06-27)
    We present the mineralogy of four rocks determined by the CheMin X‐ray diffraction instrument onboard the rover. The results exhibit evidence of multiple diagenetic events, including aqueous alteration by warm groundwaters ...
  • The Evolution of Habitable Environments on Terrestrial Planets: Insights and Knowledge Gaps from Studying the Geologic Record of Mars 
    Horgan, Briony H.; Bishop, Janice L.; Brown, Adrian J.; Lynch, Kennda L.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-5515; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-9954 (2020)
    We endorse the MASWG vision for a rejuvenated Mars Exploration Program in the next decade, based on the compelling assertion that "Mars has a uniquely accessible archive of the long-term evolution of a habitable planet."
  • Evolution of lunar soil grain-size and shape parameters 
    Lindsay, John F. (John Francis), 1941-2008 (Pergamon Press, 1973)
    The stratigraphy of the few meters of soil exposed on the lunar surface provides a long record of lunar history. Deep cores returned by the Apollo 15 and 16 missions provide the first extensive sampling of this stratigraphy. ...

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