The ancient sun: Fossil record in the earth, moon and meteorites; Proceedings of the Conference, Boulder, CO, October 16-19, 1979
Abstract
Papers are presented concerning theories of solar variability and their consequences for luminosity, particle emission and magnetic field changes within the past 4.5 billion years, and on the records of such solar behavior in lunar, meteoritic and terrestrial materials. Specific topics include the neutrino luminosity of the sun, the relation of sunspots to the terrestrial climate of the past 100 years, solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays, the historical record of solar activity, C-14 variations in terrestrial and marine reservoirs, and solar particle fluxes as indicated by track, thermoluminescence and solar wind measurements in lunar rocks. Attention is also given to the spin-down of the solar interior through circulation currents and fluid instabilities, grain surface exposure models in planetary regoliths, rare gases in the solar wind, nitrogen isotopic variations in the lunar regolith, the influence of solar UV radiation on climate, and the pre-main sequence evolution of the sun and evidence of the primordial solar wind in the electromagnetic induction heating of the asteroids and moon.
- Publication:
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The Ancient Sun: Fossil Record in the Earth, Moon and Meteorites
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980asfr.symp.....P
- Keywords:
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- Conferences;
- Fossils;
- Lunar Composition;
- Meteoritic Composition;
- Solar Activity Effects;
- Solar Terrestrial Interactions;
- Sun;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Lunar Rocks;
- Solar Interior;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar Neutrinos;
- Solar Radiation;
- Solar Wind;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Sunspots;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration