The physics of wind-blown sand and dust

JF Kok, EJR Parteli, TI Michaels… - Reports on progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The transport of sand and dust by wind is a potent erosional force, creates sand dunes and
ripples, and loads the atmosphere with suspended dust aerosols. This paper presents an …

The physics of sediment transport initiation, cessation, and entrainment across aeolian and fluvial environments

T Pähtz, AH Clark, M Valyrakis… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the morphodynamics of sedimentary landscapes due to fluvial and aeolian flows
requires answering the following questions: Is the flow strong enough to initiate sediment …

[BOG][B] LiDAR remote sensing and applications

P Dong, Q Chen - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of geography, forestry,
ecology, geographic information science, remote sensing, and photogrammetric …

The dynamic atmospheric and aeolian environment of Jezero crater, Mars

CE Newman, R Hueso, MT Lemmon, A Munguira… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite the importance of sand and dust to Mars geomorphology, weather, and exploration,
the processes that move sand and that raise dust to maintain Mars' ubiquitous dust haze and …

Large wind ripples on Mars: A record of atmospheric evolution

MGA Lapotre, RC Ewing, MP Lamb, WW Fischer… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Wind blowing over sand on Earth produces decimeter-wavelength ripples and hundred-
meter–to kilometer-wavelength dunes: bedforms of two distinct size modes. Observations …

Wind-invariant saltation heights imply linear scaling of aeolian saltation flux with shear stress

RL Martin, JF Kok - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
Wind-driven sand transport generates atmospheric dust, forms dunes, and sculpts
landscapes. However, it remains unclear how the flux of particles in aeolian saltation—the …

[BOG][B] Arid and semi-arid geomorphology

AS Goudie - 2013 - books.google.com
Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

The current martian cratering rate

IJ Daubar, AS McEwen, S Byrne, MR Kennedy… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
The discovery of 248 dated impact sites known to have formed within the last few decades
allows us to refine the current cratering rate and slope of the production function at Mars. We …