Comparative Planetology Site Policy

Terms of Use

Your use of the materials, including texts, drawings, images, voice data and video data, published on this website (hereinafter referred to as the "Site") operated by the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology, Vernadsky Institute, Russian Academy of Science (hereinafter referred to as "Comparative Planetology Laboratory") shall be in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Terms of Use").
Your browsing or linking of the Site, downloading or reprinting of the materials contained in the Site, or otherwise using the Site constitutes your agreement to be bound by the Terms of Use.
The Terms of Use may be revised or changed without any prior notice. If the Terms of Use are revised or changed, Comparative Planetology Laboratory will post the new terms on the Site to inform you of such revision or change. Please check the Terms of Use periodically for changes even after you have browsed or linked to the Site, or downloaded or reprinted any materials contained in the Site, or otherwise used the Site. Your use of the Site following the posting of such a revision or change shall constitute your acceptance of the Terms of Use as revised.

1. Disclaimer

Please be aware in advance that:
Although Comparative Planetology Laboratory has taken every care to manage the Site, Comparative Planetology Laboratory assumes no responsibility regarding the safety of the contents of the Site or the reliability of information provided on the Site. Comparative Planetology Laboratory is not responsible to you for any damage that may be caused by the use of the Site and/or the information on the Site.
Comparative Planetology Laboratory may change or delete the information on the Site, or may suspend or terminate the operation of the Site without any prior notice. Comparative Planetology Laboratory is not responsible to you for any inconvenience that may be caused by such changes or deletion of the information, or by such suspension or termination of the operation of the Site.

2. Scope and Conditions for Use of the Contents of the Site

(1) Scope of Use:
Unless otherwise stated, all materials, including texts, drawings, images, voice data, and video data, published on the Site (the "Materials") and the copyrights therein are the property of Comparative Planetology Laboratory, and the Materials are protected in Russia and internationally by copyright laws and international copyright treaties. When you use the Materials, you are requested to comply with the conditions stipulated by Comparative Planetology Laboratory.
It is to be noted that, under copyright laws, you may use the Materials without obtaining permission of the copyright holder (Comparative Planetology Laboratory) to the extent that your use is for scientific/educational and/or private purposes (for example, printing out the Materials and/or storing the same on a hard disc for the purpose of use in the course of lessons in a school or other educational institutions established for nonprofit-making or for the purpose of personal use, family use or other similar uses within a limited circle).
When you use the Materials for the purposes as mentioned above, you are requested to comply with the conditions of use set forth in the paragraph (2) below pursuant to copyright laws.
However, please note that you may not use the Materials without watermarks, without the prior permission of Comparative Planetology Laboratory for each of the Materials.

Your use of the Materials for business or commercial purposes without the prior permission of the Comparative Planetology Laboratory is strictly prohibited. If you wish to use the Materials for such business or commercial purposes, please be sure to contact us for prior permission at:

Russia, 119991, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Moscow V-334, GSP-1, Kosygina 19, korp.2, kom.231, GEOKHI RAS, Laboratory for Comparative Planetology.

Teletype: 111141 KARST

Telex: 411633 RU

Telephone: (+7-499) 137-49-95

The inner telephone: 8-53

Fax: (+7-499)938-20-54

E-mail: atbas @ geokhi.ru

Internet: http://www.planetology.ru/

You are strictly prohibited to use the Materials published on the Site for any of the following acts for any reason whatsoever:

Acts of supporting and/or promoting, or slandering and/or defaming the activity of a specific person/group/organization;
Acts which are conducted for the purpose of or in a manner offending public order and morals;
Acts which are likely to cause misunderstanding about Comparative Planetology Laboratory research and development activities;

Acts which are likely to damage Comparative Planetology Laboratory's image and/or reputation, or to infringe upon the rights of a specific person and/or organization (Please be aware that these acts also include an act of pretending or misleading people into believing that a certain achievement published on the Site (including academic theses) is your achievement you.)

(2) Conditions of Use:
(Indication of Source)
When you use the Materials on the Site, you are requested to indicate their source in such a manner as designated by the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology, Vernadsky Institute, for example, "Provided by the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology, Vernadsky Institute" or "Courtesy of the Laboratory of Comparative Planetology, Vernadsky Institute". If space is limited, shorter versions of the indication such as "Provided by PLANETOLOGY.RU" or "PLANETOLOGY.RU " are acceptable.

Some of the Materials may be owned and provided by an other organization or jointly owned by an other organization and Comparative Planetology Laboratory. As long as the source of the Materials is specified on The Site, you are requested to indicate the said source (i.e. "Provided by NASA" or "Provided by NASA/Comparative Planetology Laboratory, Vernadsky Institute")

(Modification of Data)
No modification is allowed to any of the Materials, except for a modification needed for indicating their source. The act of "modification" includes, but not limited to, acts of trimming a drawing, image, voice data or video data (for example, an act of changing the ratio of height and length of an image, cropping part of an image, or mounting an image inside another image that seriously undermines the original image etc.), changing colors, and turning over an image.

(Comparative Planetology Laboratory Digital Archives)
When you wish to utilize any materials, including texts, drawings, images, voice data and video data, saved in the Comparative Planetology Laboratory Digital Archives, please refer to "Copyright Information" in the Digital Archives before you use the same.

Click here for more information on Laboratory Archives

Should you have any questions about the use of the Materials on the Site, please contact us at:

Russia, 119991, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Moscow V-334, GSP-1, Kosygina 19, korp.2, kom.231, GEOKHI RAS, Laboratory for Comparative Planetology. E-mail: atbas @ geokhi.ru

3. Improper Use

Comparative Planetology Laboratory has the right to terminate your use of the Site if Comparative Planetology Laboratory rationally determines that you have not complied with the Terms of Use.

4. Linking to Third-party Sites

The Site contains links to other websites owned by third parties (the "Third Party Sites"). Links to and from the Site to other sites do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Comparative Planetology Laboratory of the Third Party Sites or their contents. Your use of the Third Party Sites shall be subject to the terms of use applicable to those sites.

5. Linking to the Sites

(1) Conditions for Linking:
Basically, you are free to create links to the Site as long as any link to the Site is clearly identified as being a link to the Site on your site. Comparative Planetology Laboratory, however, does not allow any of the following links:

A link which seems to support and/or promote, or slander and/or defame the activity of a specific person/group/organization;
A link which is created for the purpose of offending or in a manner to offend public order and morals;
A link which is likely to cause misunderstanding about Comparative Planetology Laboratory's operations and/or Japanese aerospace research and development activities;
A link which is likely to damage Comparative Planetology Laboratory's image and/or reputation, or to infringe on the rights of a specific person and/or organization; or
A link by which the contents of the Site look like part of a linking website of a third party (the so-called "Framing"; for example, a link is created in a manner that incorporates the content of the Site into the frame on the linking website.)

Should you have any questions, please contact us at:

TEL (+7-499) 137-49-95
FAX (+7-499)938-20-54

6. Governing Laws and Jurisdiction

Unless otherwise stipulated, the use of the Site and the interpretation and application of the Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of Russia.

7. Privacy Policy

(1) Collecting Users Information:
Comparative Planetology Laboratory may collect and store information and data of the Users with which an individual may be identified, when the Users register themselves for mail service, request publications or other materials, apply for employment, or ask questions. Possible collected/stored personal information and data include name, address, name of company or school, position, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, and personal history in case of employment application.

(2) The Scope of the Use of Collected Information:
Comparative Planetology Laboratory stores, uses, and analyzes collected information/data of the Users with which an individual may be identified in the scope of Comparative Planetology Laboratory activities. Among the information/data, Comparative Planetology Laboratory can use those which an individual can be identified with by abiding by the appropriate clauses of this Private Policy.

(4) Security:
Comparative Planetology Laboratory takes rational security measures to prevent loss, leakage, misuse, falsification, and demolition of the collected information/data from the Users with which an individual can be identified. However, please be aware that it is impossible to guarantee the absolute protection of the information/data despite our utmost security measures.

(5) Access Log:
Comparative Planetology Laboratory stores the access log and record of the Users including their IP addresses. An individual cannot be identified by an IP address. Comparative Planetology Laboratory uses the recorded access log through the Website only for statistical and analytical purposes for finding access trends and number of access or for troubleshooting when a problem arises in the Comparative Planetology Laboratory server. The statistical and analytical results are used for better management and service of the Website for the future by acquiring access trends of the Users.

(6) Amendment of the Privacy Policy:
Comparative Planetology Laboratory can change the contents of the Privacy Policy if necessity without any prior notice. When the Privacy Policy is amended, that will be announced on the Website. As the Users access the Website first time after Comparative Planetology Laboratory making a change on the Privacy Policy, the Users are considered to agree to the amended Privacy Policy.