Automatic characterization of boulders on planetary surfaces from high‐resolution satellite images

NC Prieur, B Amaro, E Gonzalez… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Boulders form from a variety of geological processes, which their size, shape, and
orientation may help us better understand. Furthermore, they represent potential hazards to …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of barchan dunes migration using climatic models and speed-up effect of dune topography on air flow

C Daudon, M Beyers, D Jackson, JP Avouac - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents and validates a workflow that quantitatively links the rate of barchan
dunes migration, which can be measured from remote sensing, to the wind velocity, either …

Morphology of barchan dunes on Earth and Mars: Classification and scale‐invariance

DJ Sherman, P Zhang, J Bae, RJ Butler… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological characteristics were measured for barchan dunes on Earth (2,686 dunes in
30 barchan fields) and Mars (720 dunes in 10 barchan fields) using satellite images. The …

Cycles of change: Long and short term aeolian evolution at the Olympus Maculae, Mars

K Runyon, C Detelich, K Seelos, C Viviano… - Planetary and Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The low-dust Olympus Maculae are a unique geologic window to the local volcanic
and aeolian stratigraphy on Mars. The Maculae display dust-cover changes associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Sand dunes and ventifacts used as climateiIndicators at Mason Bay, Rakiura| Stewart Island: implications for Martian paleoclimate.

E McFerrier - 2024 - ir.canterbury.ac.nz
Dunes and ventifacts are depositional and erosional geomorphic landforms found on Earth
and on Mars. Both dunes and ventifacts are a product of aeolian processes and can be used …

Effective shear stress threshold on Mars from a global dune flux survey

DA Vaz, M Chojnacki, S Silvestro - 2024 - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
Global circulation models (GCMs) can be used to assess sediment transport pathways on
Mars surface (eg Rubanenko et al., 2023). This requires the knowledge of an effective shear …