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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPELINHOS VOLCANO (AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL) AS A NEW PLANETARY ANALOG SITE AIMED AT SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH
(STEF92 Technology, 2023-10-01, Rui Moura, Ana Pires, Marina M.S. Cabral-Pinto, João Carlos Nunes)
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Volcanic sites on Earth provide valuable insights into the geological processes that shape our planet and can also serve as effective analogs for studying similar volcanic activity on other celestial bodies, such as the Moon. This work aims to discuss the general characterization of the Capelinhos volcanic site, in the archipelago of Azores in Portugal, showing the potential as a planetary analog. It-s barren landscape, covered with pyroclastic rocks can lend itself the purpose of becoming a lunar planetary analog...
Ecology and Environmental Protection2023
