Investigation of the age and migration of reversing dunes in Antarctica using GPR and OSL, with implications for GPR on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-42

  Bristow, C S ^a,c   Augustinus, P C ^b   Wallis, I C ^b   Jol, H M ^b,c   Rhodes, E J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; Mars analogue; reworking; seasonal; topographic steering

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BOUNDING SURFACES; DRY VALLEY; DUNE FIELDS; END POINTS; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; KATABATIC WINDS; LOW RATES; MIGRATION RATES; SAND TRANSPORT; SEASONAL CHANGES; STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; TOPOGRAPHIC STEERING; VALLEY FLOOR; WIND REGIME; WIND REVERSALS;

ARID REGIONS; CEMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLOORS; HEATING; RADAR ANTENNAS; SAND; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURVEYS; WIND;

LANDFORMS;

DUNE FIELD; ENTRAINMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KATABATIC FLOW; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA VALLEY [EAST ANTARCTICA];

EID: 72949084390     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.026     Document Type: Article

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