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The study of detailed photography of the lunar surface makes clear that some surface transportation process has been active. Theory and laboratory experiments indicate that electrostatic effects resulting from secondary electron emission are the dominant cause of movement of small grains on the surface. The various electrostatic actions are discussed, and a host of unexpected phenomena are described that have turned up in the course of the laboratory experiments.
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Gold, T.: 1971, Proc. 2 Lunar Sci. Conf. 3, 2675, Mit Press.
Laul, J. C., Morgan, J. W., Ganapathy, R., and Anders, E.: 1971, Proc. 2 Lunar Sci. Conf. 3, 1139, Mit Press.
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Gold, T., Williams, G.J. (1973). Electrostatic Transportation of Dust on the Moon. In: Grard, R.J.L. (eds) Photon and Particle Interactions with Surfaces in Space. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2647-5_37
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