From Utah to Mars: Regolith-Landform Mapping and its Application

摘要: Regolith-landform mapping is an approach to describing the earth’s surface in terms of both landforms and materials, whether transported material, weathered rocks, duricrust, or fresh bedrock. The techniques regolith-landscape have been developed Australia recent years, chiefly under auspices CRC LEME, proved important part any field study on earth landscape, biota, hydrology. It also essential platform which base more specific applications, such as civil engineering, resource extraction, landscape ecology, geophysical geochemical research. can be readily applied site scale incorporate data from subsurface derived surveys drilling. This paper describes successful application regolith-landform a Mars analog at Desert Research Station Utah. Many maps composition landforms, stratigraphic units prepared during almost 40 years spacecraft imaging surface. To our knowledge, none provided same integration landform morphology material that has so useful understanding terrestrial environments. Given utility approach, it recommendation regolith description integral studying analogs itself. For human activities associated with establishment permanent bases settlements, will critical. Mapping otherwise characterizing distribution architecture selecting best for facilities, engineering works, extraction resources. vital real potential environmental hazards posed by Martian