Planetary Surface Processes and Evolution Across the Solar System
Planetary Surface Processes and Evolution Across the Solar System
Session ID#: 280609
Session Description:
In this session, we focus on the mechanics of planetary landscapes and their evolution over time through remote sensing observations, modeling, experimentation, and theory. Planetary landscapes are shaped by varied dynamic processes as the interface between the solid planet and fluid/gaseous envelopes or outer space. Thus, tracking the present and past transformations of planetary surfaces provides a window into their evolution over time. Over billions of years, rocky and icy bodies can evolve into or away from potentially habitable worlds. This has important implications for our understanding of broader habitability in the Solar System and beyond, as surface conditions are recorded in the landscape. We welcome contributions on topics across both endogenic and exogenic phenomena such as glacial, fluvial, aeolian, mass wasting, geothermal, volcanic, tectonic, and impact-related processes, and beyond.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:
5415 Erosion and weathering [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5419 Hydrology and fluvial processes [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5420 Impact phenomena, cratering [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5470 Surface materials and properties [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
Primary Convener: Claire Blaske, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, United States
Conveners: Suniti Karunatillake, Louisiana State University, Geology and Geophysics, Baton Rouge, United States, Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States and Dr. Ingrid Daubar, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Claire Blaske, Stanford University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford, United States
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