OBSERVATIONS OF RING STRUCTURES AND DYNAMIC GEOLOGIC PROCESSES ON BOARD MANNED SPACE STATIONS AND SPACECRAFT

Abstract

A program of observation and mapping of ring structures of the southern portion of the former USSR from imagery obtained from manned space stations is described. Particular attention is devoted to a description of the interpretation keys and geological structures of the diverse ring structures of the Caspian Depression and eastern Kazakhstan. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA 22308 from: B. M. Zubarev, V. V. Kozlov, and V. V. Lebedev, Kosmonavty issleduyut Zemlyu [Cosmonauts Study the Earth]. Moscow: Nauka, 1991, pp. 126–141.