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  • Guidebook to the geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a k a Meteor Crater) 
    Kring, David A. (David Allen); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2007)
  • Guidebook to the geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a k a Meteor Crater) : for the 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society July 2017 
    Kring, David A. (David Allen); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017)
  • Habitability Models for Planetary Sciences 
    Méndez, Abel; Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, 1964-; Filiberto, Justin; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; Lynch, Kennda L.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-5515 (2020-07-14)
    In this white paper, we suggest a mass-energy habitability model as an example of how to adapt and expand the models used by ecologists to the astrobiology field. We propose to implement these models into a NASA Habitability ...
  • Habitability of hydrothermal systems at Jezero and Gusev Craters as constrained by hydrothermal alteration of a terrestrial mafic dike 
    Costell, Lacey J.; Filiberto, Justin; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; Crandall, Jake R.; Potter-McIntyre, Sally L.; Schwenzer, Susanne Petra; Miller, Michael A.; Hummer, Daniel R.; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Perl, Scott; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9608-0759 (Elsevier, 2020-03-02)
    NASA's search for habitable environments has focused on alteration mineralogy of the Martian crust and the formation of hydrous minerals, because they reveal information about the fluid and environmental conditions from ...
  • Habitability of Martian Noachian Hydrothermal Systems as Constrained by a Terrestrial Analog on the Colorado Plateau 
    Crandall, Jake R.; Filiberto, Justin; Castle, Nicholas; Potter-McIntyre, Sally L.; Schwenzer, Susanne Petra; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Perl, Scott (AAS, 2021-07-29)
    Volcanic features and impact craters are ubiquitous features on Mars, and hydrothermal systems associated with the production of these features should have been abundant in Mars's early history. These hydrothermal systems ...
  • Habitability, Geodynamics, and the Case for Venus 
    Smrekar, Suzanne E.; Andrews-Hanna, Jeffrey C.; Breuer, Doris; Byrne, Paul; Buczkowski, Debra L.; Campbell, Bruce A.; Davaille, A.; Dyar, M. Darby (Melinda Darby); Di Achille, G.; Fassett, Caleb; Gilmore, Martha S.; Grimm, Robert E.; Helbert, Jorn; Hensley, Scott; Herrick, Robert R.; Iess, Luciano; Jozwiak, Lauren; Katiaria, Tiffany; Mastrogiuseppe, Marco; Mazarico, Erwan; Mueller, Nils; Nunes, Daniel; O'Rourke, Joseph; McGovern, Patrick J. (Geophysicist); Raguso, Maria; Stock, Joann; Tsang, Constantine; Widemann, Thomas; Whitten, Jennifer; Widemann, Thomas; Zebker, Howard; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-3096; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-1194 (2020)
    Although supremely unhospitable to life today, Venus's geodynamic similarities to Earth provide the ultimate control case for understanding rocky planet evolution and habitability. It very likely had past long-term surface ...
  • Habitable Worlds 2017: A System Science Workshop : November 13–17, 2017, Laramie, Wyoming 
    Jang-Condell, Hannah; Gelino, Dawn (Dawn M.); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1274-2784; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-1322 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017)
    The workshop aims to address these questions: What does it mean to be habitable? What conditions are needed for habitability and how do those conditions arise? What are the indicators of these conditions and their histories? ...
  • The Habitat of the Nascent Chicxulub Crater 
    Bralower, Timothy J.; Cosmidis, Julie; Fantle, M. S.; Lowery, Christopher M.; Passey, B. H.; Gulick, Sean P. S.; Morgan, V. J.; Vajda, V.; Whalen, Michael T.; Wittmann, Axel 1971-; Artemieva, Natalia A.; Farley, K.; Goderis, Steven; Hajek, E.; Heaney, P. J.; Kring, David A. (David Allen); Lyons, S. L.; Rasmussen, Cornelia; Sibert, E.; Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J.; Turner‐Walker, G.; Zachos, James C.; Carte, J.; Chen, S. A.; Cockell, Charles; Coolen, Marco J. L.; Freeman, K. H.; Garber, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Gray, J. L.; Grice, Kliti; Jones, Heather L.; Schaefer, Bettina; Smit, Jan; Tikoo, Sonia M.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (Wiley, 2020-11-24)
    The newly formed Chicxulub crater was rapidly filled by seawater then disturbed by tsunami and seiche waves. Sedimentary layers deposited as wave energy declined provide a unique window into the environment of the nascent ...
  • Heat flow in impact melts: Apollo 17 Station 6 Boulder and some applications to other breccias and xenolith laden melts 
    Onorato, P. I. K.; Uhlmann, D. R.; Simonds, Charles H. (Pergamon Press, 1976)
    Results of calculations for the cooling of an impact melt sheet are reported for the sheet sampled by the Apollo 17 Station 6 Boulder. The calculations were based on a two-stage cooling model involving a short initial phase ...
  • HEDS-UP Mars Exploration Forum : held at Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, May 4-5, 1998 
    Duke, Michael B.; Budden, Nancy Ann (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1998)
    In the 1997-1998 school year, HEDS-UP sponsored six universities to conduct design studies on Mars exploration, using the Reference Mission as a basis for their work. The 1998 Mars Exploration Forum presents the results ...
  • Hemispheres apart: the origin and modification of the Martian crustal dichotomy : September 30-October 1, 2004, Houston, Texas 
    Watters, Thomas R.; McGovern, Patrick J. (Geophysicist); https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-3096 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2004)
    The purpose of this two-day workshop is to discuss our current understanding of the martian hemispheric dichotomy in light of new data returned by Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and upcoming data from Mars Express.
  • Heterogeneous Dissemination of Projectile Materials in the Impact Melts from Wabar Crater, Saudi Arabia 
    Hörz, Friedrich, 1940-; See, T. H.; Murali, A. V.; Blanchard, Douglas P. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1989)
    We confirmed the initial observations of Spencer (1933a,b) that two distinct impact melts coexist at the 90-m-diameter Wabar crater, Saudi Arabia A dark or "black" melt contains on the order of 4% meteoritic contamination, ...
  • High-pressure metamorphic mineralogy of the Martian crust with implications for density and seismic profiles 
    Semprich, Julia; Filiberto, Justin; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-0961; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905 (The Meteoritical Society, 2020-06-22)
    Here, we calculate the mineralogy of the Martian lower crust and upper mantle as a function of pressure and temperature with depth using four bulk compositions (average crust, Gusev basalt, olivine-phyric shergottite, and ...
  • How Artemis Can Accomplish Major Lunar Exploration Scientific Goals and Objectives: A Sampling Strategy and the "Artemis Rake" 
    Head, James W.; Schmitt, Harrison H.; Scott, D. R.; Duke, Charlie, 1935-; Borg, Lars E.; Fassett, Caleb; Jolliff, B. L. (Brad L.); Neal, Clive R.; Pieters, Carlé M.; Shearer, Charles K.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8294-4501; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-3490 (2020)
    For the Artemis-targeted unique lunar South-Circumpolar Region, we outline its Moon-wide context and major scientific problems and assess the optimal sampling strategy for initial and early Artemis human exploration missions ...
  • How Good is "Good Enough?" Major Element Chemical Analyses of Planetary Basalts by Spacecraft Instruments 
    Treiman, Allan H.; Filiberto, Justin; Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Astronomical Society, 2020-11-19)
    Bulk chemical composition is a fundamental property of a planetary material, rock or regolith, and can be used to constrain the properties and history of a material, and by extension its parent body, including its potential ...
  • How our Moon formed 
    Shipp, Stephanie, 1964-; Shupla, Christine (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2008)
    Content and resources related to the Moon's formation and evolution. Front: Grade 6-9 students. Back: Educators of grades 6-9.
  • Human and robotic operations planning framework for executing Artemis lunar scientific exploration 
    Eppler, Dean B.; Baker, D. C.; Bell, E.; Evans, C.; Head, James W.; Helper, M.; Hodges, K. V.; Hurtado, J.; Klaus, Kurt K.; Neal, Clive R.; Schmitt, Harrison H.; Tewksbury, B.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-3490 (2020)
    It is critical that the next steps in lunar scientific exploration be understood in the terms of the goals and preparations required, including crew skill sets and training. This includes the operational approaches necessary ...
  • Human-assisted sample return mission at the Schrödinger basin, lunar farside using a new geologic map and rover traverses 
    Czaplinski, E. C.; Harrington, E. M.; Bell, S. K.; Tolometti, G. D.; Farrant, B. E.; Bickel, Valentin Tertius; Honniball, Casey; Martinez, S. N.; Rogaski, A.; Sargeant, H. M.; Kring, David A. (David Allen); https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-6282 (American Astronomical Society, 2021-04)
    The Schrödinger basin on the south polar lunar far side has been highlighted as a promising target for future exploration. This report provides a high-resolution geologic map in the southwest peak-ring (SWPR) area of the ...
  • Hydrothermal precipitation of sanidine (adularia) having full Al,Si structural disorder and specular hematite at Maunakea Volcano (Hawai'i) and at Gale Crater (Mars) 
    Morris, Richard V.; Rampe, Elizabeth; Vaniman, David; Christoffersen, Roy; Yen, A. S.; Morrison, S. M.; Ming, D. W. (Douglas W.); Achilles, C. N.; Fraeman, A. A.; Le, L.; Tu, V. M.; Ott, J. P.; Treiman, Allan H.; Hogancamp, J. V.; Graff, T. G.; Adams, M.; Hamilton, J. C.; Mertzman, S. A.; Bristow, Thomas F.; Blake, D. F.; Castle, Nicholas; Chipera, S. J.; Craig, Patricia I.; Marais, D. J. Des; Downs, G.; Downs, R. T.; Morookian, J. M.; Thorpe, M.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7661-2626; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-4997 (2020-06-19)
    A layer of weathering‐resistant material is located within the walls of an erosional gully of the Pu'u Poliahu cinder cone in the summit region of Maunakea volcano (Hawai'i). The volcanic cone, initially composed of unaltered ...
  • Hypervelocity impacts on Skylab IV/Apollo windows 
    Clanton, Uel S., 1931-; Zook, Herbert A.; Schultz, Richard A. (Pergamon Press, 1980)
    The three largest Skylab IV Command Module windows that were exposed for 84 days to space were optically scanned for impact features as small as 30 µm in diameter. Some 289 features were recorded from the 35x scan for later ...

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