The term "surface in this bibliography is defined to include landforms and surface materials and the nature of, and processes responsible for, their physical characteristics. References are divided into two listings (1) Surface features and materials; and (2Telescope observations. The former is accompanied by a subject index, the latter by a locality index.

Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.