Do soils exist outside Earth?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1767-1770

  Certini, Giacomo ^a   Scalenghe, Riccardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Pedology; Regolith; Soil; Solar System; Weathering

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ACTIONS; MINERAL MATTERS; PEDOLOGY; PORE CONNECTIVITY; REGOLITH; ROCKY BODIES; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS;

ASTRONOMY; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PORE SIZE; SOIL MECHANICS; SPACE RESEARCH; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

EID: 78449276903     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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