Comparative Frameworks for Planetary Observation

Abstract

Planetary-scale observations become increasingly useful when evaluated within consistent comparative frameworks.

This paper introduces methods for comparing geological systems using persistence, geometry, continuity, concentration, and distribution metrics.

Comparison Categories

• Geometry comparisons
• Persistence comparisons
• Resource comparisons
• Structural comparisons
• Basin comparisons
• Extreme-value comparisons
• Distribution comparisons
• Continuity comparisons

Framework Principle

Comparison often reveals patterns that remain invisible when observations are evaluated independently.