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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is collected to gather feedback from
science community members who have a self-described interest in the use of terrestrial
analogs for conducting scientific research into geologic processes that have been or are
interpreted to be presently active on planetary (non-terrestrial) surfaces. The survey is intended
to identify the obstacles that exist related to training, research, sample collections, and data
archiving within analog projects, the need for coordination across the community, and what
products and services might be needed to further terrestrial analog use and support
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Terrestrial Analog Survey

Respondent Details.
* 1. Your organization?
University or College

Private industry

Federal institution

Other

Non-teaching, non-governmental research institution

* 2. Your stage of career?
Undergraduate student

Middle career professional

Graduate student

Late career professional

Post-doc

Other

Early career professional

* 3. Your discipline? [select up to three]
Atmospheric science

Geomorphology

Biology/Astrobiology/Exobiology

Geophysics

Education

Physics and Astronomy

Engineering

Other processing/archiving/dissemination

Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry/Petrology

Mission planning/operations

Geographic Information Sciences

Mission, instrument, or payload concept

Geology

* 4. Your type of work? [select up to three]
Research

Field Mapping

Computer science

GIS/Cartography

Data Processing/Dissemination

Public outreach

Education (primary or secondary instruction)

Programmatic and/or institutional management

Education (university or college)

Other

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* 5. Your major funding source(s)? [select up to two]
NASA programs

College/University

Non-NASA U.S. Federal Programs

NSF

ESA programs

Other

Non-ESA EU Programs

* 6. Your office geographic location?
Northeast

West

Southeast

Hawaii/Alaska

Midwest

Outside the US

Southwest

* 7. Are you involved in active mission planning, mission operations, and/or specific mission-affiliated research?
Yes
No

* 8. On a scale from 1 (not at all relevant) to 4 (extremely relevant), please rate how relevant each planetary
bodies/systems are to your work.
1-Not at all relevant

2- Tangentially relevant

3- Somewhat relevant

4- Extremely relevant

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Moon
Mars (including Deimos
and Phobos)
Main belt asteroids
Jovian system
Saturnian system
Uranian/Neptunian
systems
Pluto (including Charon)
Other
Other (please specify)

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* 9. On a scale of 1 (not at all relevant) to 4 (extremely relevant), please rate how relevant each of the following
processes are to your work/teaching?
1- Not at all relevant

2- Tangentially relevant

3- Somewhat relevant

4- Extremely relevant

Aeolian
Fluvial
Alluvial
Deltaic
Lacustrine
Glacial
Mass wasting
Explosive volcanism
Effusive volcanism
Impact cratering
Metamorphism

10. Please tell us about your field experience. Check all that apply.
Undergraduate level field techniques class

Professional (industry-related) field experience

Graduate level field techniques class

Professional (research-related) field experience

Undergraduate level photogeologic mapping techniques class

Professional (teaching-related) field experience

Graduate level photogeologic mapping techniques class
Other (please specify)

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Field Analog Use

11. Do you conduct planetary analog field studies?
Yes, analog field studies are a central part of my planetary
science research

No, but I am interested in such studies and would like to be
involved in them

Yes, I have done my own analog studies, but it has been
secondary to my main research interests

No, they are not an interest for my research

Yes, but only as an assistant or student in a class

12. Frequency that you conduct analog fieldwork for your research:
Weekly

Once every few years

Monthly

Never

Several times per year

Not applicable

Once per year

13. Frequency that you conduct analog fieldwork for your teaching:
Weekly

Once every few years

Monthly

Never

Several times per year

Not applicable

Once per year

14. Frequency that you use data and/or results from others’ analog field studies:
Weekly

Once every few years

Monthly

Never

Several times per year

Not applicable

Once per year

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15. I do not do my own analog field studies because: (check all that apply)
It is not relevant for my research/teaching

I do not know where to find relevant field data

Analog sites are too difficult to get to

I do not know where relevant sites might be for my work

I do not have funding for analog work

Not applicable, I do analog field work

Other (please specify)

16. What factors are most important to you in choosing a field location?
Please rank the following from 1 to 5, where 1 is the most important factor and 5 is the least important factor.
Each number can only be used once.
(Skip if not relevant)
1

2

3

4

5

Relevant geologic
processes
Proximity to my location
Logistics (including ease
of getting permits and
time to get to the
location)
Funding
Interesting/cool location

17. When I conduct fieldwork for research and/or teaching, the primary audience is: (check all that apply)
(Skip if not relevant)
Undergraduate students

Managers

Graduate students

Mission teams

Engineers

Myself and my peers

18. The field sites that I use are places that I visited before beginning a formalized project:
(Skip if not relevant)
Strongly disagree

Somewhat disagree

Somewhat agree

Strongly agree

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19. If the USGS Astrogeology Science Center produced easily accessible, topic specific field guides, I would
use guides from the following analog locations (please rank them in order of importance, with 1 being most
important and 7 being least important):
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

SP Crater, AZ
San Francisco Volcanic
Field, AZ
Verde Valley, AZ
Grand Canyon, AZ
Sedona Area, AZ
Hawaii
Iceland

20. I would use USGS field guides for the following location(s):
(write in response)

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Data Portal Use

21. What kinds of field data do you collect? (check all that apply)
Field notes/sketches in a notebook

Field photos

Rock samples

Short range remote sensing (e.g., field spectrometers)

Water samples

Geomechanical measurements (e.g., shear strength)

Biologic samples

Weather/climate measurements (e.g., wind speed, rain fall)

Air/gas samples

Long term monitoring data (>1 field deployment)

Geophysical measurements (e.g., gravity, magnetics, seismic)

Drone or unoccupied aerial system data

Topography

Geochemistry/Petrology

Other (please specify)

22. What have you done with the data and samples you have collected during analog field studies? (check all
that apply)
Placed them in a long-term publicly accessible archive that
meets the standards mandated by Federal law or international
organizations

Have them sitting in your office/home

Made them publicly available via personal or institutional web
sites or portals.

Not applicable

Lost them

Made them available to colleagues who request them
Put all the important data in peer-reviewed publication
Other (please specify)

23. How easy is it to locate data from field studies previously conducted by others?
Very easy. My research has moved forward efficiently due to
my ability to build upon previous studies.

Very difficult. I have to collect everything myself because
previous studies are not useful to me.

Easy. While I do not have access to everything I want, I am
generally able to get what I need from previous studies.

I do not know how to locate existing field data.
Not relevant

Somewhat difficult. While I have access to some previous
studies, I spend a lot of time trying to find what others have
done.

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24. Ideally, how would you prefer to search for data collected by previous planetary analog studies (Please
rank, 1 is most preferred, 4 is least)
1

2

3

4

Data type specific
databases (e.g.,
petrology, topography)
Location specific
database (e.g.,
geographic
locations/field sites)
Planetary body specific
database (e.g., Moon)
Planetary process
specific database (e.g.,
aeolian)

25. What kinds of field data do you feel are important to archive digitally? (check all that apply)
Field notes/sketches in a notebook

Geophysical measurements (e.g., gravity, magnetics, seismic)

Field photos

Short range remote sensing data (e.g., field spectrometers)

Rock sample data

Geomechanical measurements (e.g., shear strength)

Water sample data

Geochemical measurements

Biologic sample data

Weather/climate measurements (e.g., wind speed, rain fall)

Air/gas sample data

Drone or unoccupied aerial system data

Topography

Long term monitoring data (>1 field deployment)

Other (please specify)

26. What are the main limitations you encounter for archiving your data? (check all that apply)
Lack of funding

It would be a waste of my time

Lack of technical capabilities

Guidance is non-existent and/or unclear

I don't have a clue where to start

There are no appropriate locations to archive my data

Other (please specify)

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27. I would use an online repository to search for and access analog samples and data:
Practically daily
Every few weeks
Every few months
Less than annually

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Geologic Materials Collection Use

28. In your opinion, how much value do analyses of planetary analog rock samples have for the field of
planetary science?
High. Analyses of analog samples provide essential ground truth for interpretations of remote sensing data, planetary geologic
mapping, or other aspects of planetary science
Moderate. Analog sample data provide some constraints on planetary geologic processes, but this is not essential to planetary
science
Low. Analog sample data is rarely relevant to interpretations of remote sensing data, planetary geologic mapping, or any other
aspect of planetary science
None. Analog sample data is not relevant to interpretations of remote sensing data, planetary geologic mapping, or any other aspect
of planetary science
Other (please specify)

29. How likely would you be to request rock samples and/or laboratory data from a USGS-based long-term
publicly accessible archive, such as the USGS Meteor Crater Sample Collection?
Very likely
Likely
Unlikely
Very unlikely

30. What kinds of physical materials are important to archive? (check all that apply)
Field notes/sketches in a notebook

Water samples

Field photos

Biologic samples

Rock samples

Air/gas samples

Soil samples
Other (please specify)

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31. If planetary analog rock samples were available to researchers from a USGS-based publicly accessible
archive, what rock types would be most useful to your work? (check all that apply)
Volcanic (effusive)

Hydrothermal metamorphic

Volcanic (explosive)

Other metamorphic

Intrusive igneous

Impactites (rocks from terrestrial impact craters)

Sedimentary (clastic)

Meteorites

Sedimentary (chemical)
Other (please specify)

32. How likely would you be to archive your physical samples in a USGS-based long-term publicly accessible
archive, such as the USGS Meteor Crater Sample Collection?
Very likely
Likely
Unlikely
Very unlikely

33. Thank you for completing this survey! If you have any additional comments, please add in here.

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