The role of soil science in space exploration

Cameron, Roy E.

doi:10.1007/bf00216782

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“…For these nuclei, solar spectroscopic measurements exist and the photospheric value of the ratio is shown by the dotted line (Withbroe, 1971). Solar system abundances (Cameron, 1974) are essentially the same. The Fe/O points of Braddy et al (1973) have been adjusted by the (C,N,O)/O ratio of 1.75 as discussed earlier.…”

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Solar cosmic ray composition above 10 MeV/nucleon and its energy dependence in the 4 August 1972 event

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Solar cosmic ray composition above 10 MeV/nucleon and its energy dependence in the 4 August 1972 event

1974

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“…The term extraterrestrial soils is used here to describe the regolith found in planetary bodies other than the Earth. They have some similarities with Earth's soils in that they result from the physical and chemical degradation of the parent rock over time, but unlike the Earth's soils none of the known extraterrestrial soils show evidence of a biological component or distinctive "pedological" horizons along profiles (Cameron, 1963). In fact, it is likely that the soil forming factors important for Earth soils (e.g., vegetation or climate) are nonexistent or negligible in extraterrestrial soils, where soil forming factors such as topography may be predominant.…”

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Digital soil science and beyond

Wadoux

McBratney

2021

Soil Science Soc of Amer J

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Digital convergence is helping us to better understand and study the soil. Fixed and mobile sensors, and wireless communication systems aided by the internet produce cheap and abundant streams of digital soil data that can readily be used for modeling and information generation. Here, we explore the ways in which digital science and technology have affected soil science. We can call this digital soil science and define it as the study of the soil aided by the tools of the digital convergence. To some degree, all of our research and teaching had been enabled, enhanced, and expanded by the digital convergence. We outline how soil science has changed using illustrations of intellectual and technical developments enabled digitally. Digital soil sensors have been widely implemented, and new tools such as cell phones and applications, or metagenomics techniques are becoming available. There are also areas in soil science for which no major obstacles in the digital technologies exist, but which have not been thoroughly investigated-for example, to devise a truly digital soil field description or for building a formal digital quantitative system of soil classification. The soil science community will need to be alert to some of the dangers brought by digital convergence such as the lack of new theory and proprietary (black-box) soil prediction. Finally, we discuss a whole set of digital tools that will, or might, gain the stage in the immediate future and take a stab in the dark on what may lie over the horizon of digital soil science.

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Connecting soils to life in conservation planning, nutrient cycling, and planetary science

Lybrand

2023

Earth-Science Reviews

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The role of soil science in space exploration

Cited by 7 publications

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Solar cosmic ray composition above 10 MeV/nucleon and its energy dependence in the 4 August 1972 event

Solar cosmic ray composition above 10 MeV/nucleon and its energy dependence in the 4 August 1972 event

Digital soil science and beyond

Connecting soils to life in conservation planning, nutrient cycling, and planetary science

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