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Fan And Fracture Formation: Morphologic And Sedimentologic Characteristics Of Alluvial Fans On Earth And Mars, And Fracture Population Distributions On Europa, Claire A. Mondro

Doctoral Dissertations

Planetary science is inherently limited by the resolution and coverage of the currently available data. What can be observed in person, measured precisely in high-resolution data, or sampled for lab analysis in terrestrial investigations ca only be inferred, modeled, or hypothesized on other planetary bodies. The Earth remains our best tool for understanding the geologic systems of the rest of the Solar System. By applying what is known or can be measured about terrestrial systems, it is possible to determine how large-scale controls and observable features relate to geologic complexity that is beyond the resolution of planetary data. This dissertation …