Ebook: Lunar Domes: Properties and Formation Processes
- Genre: Physics // Astronomy
- Tags: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology, Image Processing and Computer Vision
- Series: Springer Praxis Books
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Mailand
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced but still moderately intricate amateur equipment as well as recent orbital spacecraft images. Different methods for determining the morphometric properties of lunar domes (diameter, height, flank slope, edifice volume) from image data or orbital topographic data are discussed. Additionally, multispectral and hyperspectral image data are examined, providing insights into the composition of the dome material. Several classification schemes for lunar domes are described, including an approach based on the determined morphometric quantities and spectral analyses. Furthermore, the book provides a description of geophysical models of lunar domes, which yield information about the properties of the lava from which they formed and the depth of the magma source regions below the lunar surface.
Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced but still moderately intricate amateur equipment as well as recent orbital spacecraft images. Different methods for determining the morphometric properties of lunar domes (diameter, height, flank slope, edifice volume) from image data or orbital topographic data are discussed. Additionally, multispectral and hyperspectral image data are examined, providing insights into the composition of the dome material. Several classification schemes for lunar domes are described, including an approach based on the determined morphometric quantities and spectral analyses. Furthermore, the book provides a description of geophysical models of lunar domes, which yield information about the properties of the lava from which they formed and the depth of the magma source regions below the lunar surface.
Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced but still moderately intricate amateur equipment as well as recent orbital spacecraft images. Different methods for determining the morphometric properties of lunar domes (diameter, height, flank slope, edifice volume) from image data or orbital topographic data are discussed. Additionally, multispectral and hyperspectral image data are examined, providing insights into the composition of the dome material. Several classification schemes for lunar domes are described, including an approach based on the determined morphometric quantities and spectral analyses. Furthermore, the book provides a description of geophysical models of lunar domes, which yield information about the properties of the lava from which they formed and the depth of the magma source regions below the lunar surface.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Volcanism on the Earth and the Moon: Morphometry and Eruption Conditions....Pages 3-22
Lunar Domes: Morphometric and Rheologic Properties....Pages 23-38
Determination of Spectral Properties....Pages 39-48
Modelling of Lunar Effusive and Intrusive Domes....Pages 49-57
Lunar Domes Classification Scheme....Pages 59-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Effusive Bisected Lunar Domes....Pages 69-78
Effusive Lunar Domes....Pages 79-134
Candidate Lunar Intrusive Domes....Pages 135-143
Conclusion....Pages 145-147
Back Matter....Pages 149-174
Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced but still moderately intricate amateur equipment as well as recent orbital spacecraft images. Different methods for determining the morphometric properties of lunar domes (diameter, height, flank slope, edifice volume) from image data or orbital topographic data are discussed. Additionally, multispectral and hyperspectral image data are examined, providing insights into the composition of the dome material. Several classification schemes for lunar domes are described, including an approach based on the determined morphometric quantities and spectral analyses. Furthermore, the book provides a description of geophysical models of lunar domes, which yield information about the properties of the lava from which they formed and the depth of the magma source regions below the lunar surface.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Volcanism on the Earth and the Moon: Morphometry and Eruption Conditions....Pages 3-22
Lunar Domes: Morphometric and Rheologic Properties....Pages 23-38
Determination of Spectral Properties....Pages 39-48
Modelling of Lunar Effusive and Intrusive Domes....Pages 49-57
Lunar Domes Classification Scheme....Pages 59-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Effusive Bisected Lunar Domes....Pages 69-78
Effusive Lunar Domes....Pages 79-134
Candidate Lunar Intrusive Domes....Pages 135-143
Conclusion....Pages 145-147
Back Matter....Pages 149-174
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