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Earth-Moon Relationships

Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, November 8–10, 2000

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Cesare Barbieri

    1. Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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  2. Francesca Rampazzi

    1. C.I.S.A.S., University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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Table of contents (56 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Oral Contributions

    1. Welcome Address

      • Cesare Barbieri
      Pages 1-3

    2. Goodly Frame, Spotty Globe: Earth and Moon in Renaissance Literature

      • William C. Carroll
      Pages 5-23

    3. Sediments of the Moon and Earth as End-Members for Comparative Planetology

      • Abhijit Basu, Emanuela Molinaroli
      Pages 25-43

    4. The Moon in the 14th Century Frescoes in Padova

      • Claudio Bellinati
      Pages 45-50

    5. The Importance of the Moon in Teaching Astronomy at the Primary School

      • Leopoldo Benacchio
      Pages 51-60

    6. The Moon and the Origin of Life

      • C. R. Benn
      Pages 61-66

    7. Sexual Satellites, Moonlight and the Nuptial Dances of Worms: The Influence of the Moon on the Reproduction of Marine Animals

      • M. G. Bentley, P. J. W. Olive, K. Last
      Pages 67-84

    8. Claire De Lune on the Italian Space Science Programme

      • Giovanni Bignami
      Pages 85-85

    9. Fantastic New Chondrites, Achondrites, and Lunar Meteorites as the Result of Recent Meteorite Search Expeditions in Hot and Cold Deserts

      • Addi Bischoff
      Pages 87-97

    10. Lunar Influences on Climate

      • Dario Camuffo
      Pages 99-113

    11. Apollo Samples and the Geochemical Determination of Basaltic Achondrite Parent Bodies

      • Guy Consolmagno
      Pages 115-125

    12. Water: Communicator in Moon-Earth Relationships

      • Joan S. Davis
      Pages 127-127

    13. “Lunacy” in Mentally Disturbed Children

      • Mark Deantonio
      Pages 129-131

    14. Highlights from ICEUM4, The 4th International Conference on the Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon

      • B. H. Foing, M. Duke, E. Galimov, H. Mizutani, C. Pieters, G. Racca et al.
      Pages 133-142

    15. The D-CIXS X-Ray Spectrometer on ESA’s SMART-1 Mission to the Moon

      • M. Grande
      Pages 143-152

    16. Lunar and Planetary Perspectives on the Geological History of the Earth

      • James W. Head III
      Pages 153-177

    17. Moonstruck: How Realistic is the Moon Depicted in Classic Science Fiction Films?

      • Dona A. Jalufka, Christian Koeberl
      Pages 179-200

    18. The Moon and Extra-Solar Planets

      • M. Jourdain De Muizon, R. J. Laureijs, H. J. Habing, K. Leech, M. F. Kessler, L. Metcalfe et al.
      Pages 201-207

    19. Craters on the Moon from Galileo to Wegener: A Short History of the Impact Hypothesis, and Implications for the Study of Terrestrial Impact Craters

      • Christian Koeberl
      Pages 209-224
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Sediments and sedimentary processes on the Moon and Earth are very different. In the absence of water, an atmosphere, the magnetosphere, and much less oxygen in its rocks, the Moon has neither clay minerals nor carbonates, and no Fe3+. Mechanical weathering by impacts is the principal process of sediment generation on the Moon; on Earth, chemical weathering predominates. Whereas processes of sediment transport are principally ballistic on the Moon, movement by air, water and ice prevail on the Earth. The radical differences between Earth and Moon sediments make them useful end-members between which all sediments of all terrestrial planetary bodies are expected to lie. The purpose of this paper is (l) to compare and contrast major characteristics of the origin, transportation, deposition, and preservation of sediments, especially dust, in the Earth and the Moon, and (2) to suggest how sediments of other rocky planetary bodies, especially Mars, may fit in-between the sediments of the Earth and the Moon.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Cesare Barbieri

  • C.I.S.A.S., University of Padova, Padova, Italy

    Francesca Rampazzi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Earth-Moon Relationships

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Conference held in Padova, Italy at the Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, November 8–10, 2000

  • Editors: Cesare Barbieri, Francesca Rampazzi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0800-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7089-5Due: 30 September 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-3855-3Published: 20 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0800-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 575

  • Number of Illustrations: 242 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Planetology, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Earth Sciences, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Environment, general

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