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Title: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPELINHOS VOLCANO (AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL) AS A NEW PLANETARY ANALOG SITE AIMED AT SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH

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2023

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPELINHOS VOLCANO (AZORES ISLANDS, PORTUGAL) AS A NEW PLANETARY ANALOG SITE AIMED AT SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH

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Authors

Rui Moura; Ana Cristina Pires; Marina Cabral Pinto; Joao Carlos Nunes

DOI

10.5593/sgem2023/1.1/s05.68

DOI Issue

10.5593/sgem2023/1.1

ISSN

1314-2704

ISBN

978-619-7603-56-9

Language

English

Volume

Issue

1.1

Editor

• Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE
• Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA

Scientific Area

Applied and Environmental Geophysics

Abstract/ Foreword

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 site, possibly even a Martian site. This geological site was formed during an eruption that occurred in 1957-58, thus the vegetation is practically absent. By examining the physical and chemical properties of its pyroclastic rocks, as well as the associated volcanic landforms, researchers of different fields can better understand lunar volcanic activity and its implications for many aspects of future lunar exploration. Although its origin is different from most of the locations on the lunar surface, since it doesn’t contemplate the impactism originated regolith characteristics and associated geomorphology, it does resemble this setting for a broad range of research objectives.

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The investigation was funded by a research contract under the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT (CEECIND/00835/2018) to A.P. and supported within project UIDB/50014/2022.

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Proceedings of 23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023

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23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023, 03 - 09 July, 2023

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STEF92 Technology

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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM

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SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.

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03 - 09 July, 2023

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Analog site, volcano, planetary exploration, geology, geophysics

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