The impact of vegetation on meandering rivers

A Ielpi, MGA Lapôtre, MR Gibling… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The Palaeozoic evolution of land plants revolutionized river geomorphology. However, the
relationships between biotic forcing and channel dynamics are still debated and, as such …

Geological diversity and microbiological potential of lakes on Mars

JR Michalski, TA Goudge, SA Crowe, J Cuadros… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hundreds of ancient lake basins detected on Mars via orbital remote sensing represent rare
oases of hydrosphere–atmosphere–lithosphere interactions with great astrobiological …

A coupled model of episodic warming, oxidation and geochemical transitions on early Mars

R Wordsworth, AH Knoll, J Hurowitz, M Baum… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reconciling the geology of Mars with models of atmospheric evolution remains a major
challenge. Martian geology is characterized by past evidence for episodic surface liquid …

Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the shenandoah formation, Western Fan, Jezero Crater, Mars

KM Stack, LRW Ives, S Gupta, MP Lamb… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sedimentary fans are key targets of exploration on Mars because they record the history of
surface aqueous activity and habitability. The sedimentary fan extending from the Neretva …

Reconstructing river flows remotely on Earth, Titan, and Mars

SPD Birch, G Parker, P Corlies, JM Soderblom… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Alluvial rivers are conveyor belts of fluid and sediment that provide a record of upstream
climate and erosion on Earth, Titan, and Mars. However, many of Earth's rivers remain …

Stratigraphic relationships in Jezero crater, Mars: Constraints on the timing of fluvial‐lacustrine activity from orbital observations

S Holm‐Alwmark, KM Kinch… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On February 18, 2021 NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, located
at the northwestern edge of the Isidis basin on Mars. The uppermost surface of the present …

Changing spatial distribution of water flow charts major change in Mars's greenhouse effect

ES Kite, MA Mischna, B Fan, AM Morgan, SA Wilson… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Early Mars had rivers, but the cause of Mars's wet-to-dry transition remains unknown. Past
climate on Mars can be probed using the spatial distribution of climate-sensitive landforms …

The global distribution and morphologic characteristics of fan-shaped sedimentary landforms on Mars

AM Morgan, SA Wilson, AD Howard - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Fan-shaped sedimentary landforms on Mars are important geomorphic markers of past
water flow and characterizing the distribution and morphology of these features can yield …

Impact of CaSO4-rich soil on Miocene surface preservation and Quaternary sinuous to meandering channel forms in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

B Ritter, JL Diederich-Leicher, SA Binnie, FM Stuart… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atacama Desert is the driest and oldest desert on Earth. Despite the
abundance evidence for long-term landscape stability, there are subtle signs of localised …

Global inventory of fluvial ridges on Earth and lessons applicable to Mars

AS Zaki, CF Pain, KS Edgett, S Castelltort - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Orbiting and landed spacecrafts have provided vast amounts of data on fluvial and fluvial-
related landforms and sediments on Mars. One variant of these landforms consists of ridges …