Interpretation of the complex dune morphology on Mars: Dune activity, modelling and a terrestrial analogue

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1424-1436

  Silvestro, S ^a   Fenton, L K ^a   Michaels, T I ^b   Valdez, A ^c   Ori, G G ^d,e  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^e CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Colorado; Complex; Dune; Mars

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN; COLORADO; COMPLEX; DUNE; MARS;

WIND;

MORPHOLOGY;

BEDFORM; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; MODELING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

COLORADO; GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867068260     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3286     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Andrews S. 1981. Sedimentology of Great Sand Dunes, Colorado. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication 31: 279-291.
2. Arvidson RE, Guinness EA, Moore HJ, Tillman J, Wall SD. 1983. Three Mars years: viking lander 1 imaging observations. Science 222(4623): 463-468.
3. Bandfield JL. 2002. Global mineral distributions on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 107(E6): 5042. DOI: 10.1029/2001JE001510
4. Bourke MC, Balme M, Zimbelman JR. 2004. A comparative analysis of barchan dunes in the intra-crater dune fields and the north polar sand sea. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXV, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.
5. Breed CS, Grow T. 1979. Morphology and distribution of dunes in sand seas observed by remote sensing. USGS Professional Paper 1052: 253-304.
6. Breed CS, Grolier MJ, McCauley JF. 1979. Morphology and distribution of common "sand" dunes on Mars: comparison with the Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research 84: 8183-8204.
7. Bristow CS, Augustinus PC, Wallis IC, Jol HM, Rhodes EJ. 2010. 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 289: 30-42.
8. Cardinale M, Komatsu G, Silvestro S, Tirsch D. 2012. The influence of local topography for wind direction on Mars: two examples of dune fields in crater basins. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37(13): 1437-1443.
9. Chojnacki M, Burr DM, Moersch JE. 2010. Recent dune changes at Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars, from orbital observations. Lunar and Planetary Science XLII, Abstract 2326, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.
10. Chojnacki M, Burr DM, Moersch JE, Michaels TI. 2011. Orbital observations of contemporary dune activity in Endeavour Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 116: E00F19. DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003675
11. Claudin P, Andreotti B. 2006. A scaling law for aeolian dunes on Mars, Venus, Earth, and for subaqueous ripples. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 252(1-2): 30-44.
12. Edgett KS, Blumberg DG. 1994. Star and linear dunes on Mars. Icarus 112: 448-464.
13. Ewing RC, Kocurek G, Lake LW. 2006. Pattern analysis of dune-field parameters. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31: 1176-1191. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1312
14. Fenton LK. 2006. Dune migration and slip face advancement in the Rabe Crater dune field, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 33: (L20201). DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027133
15. Fenton LK, Banfield JL. 2003. Aeolian processes in Proctor Crater on Mars: sedimentary history as analyzed from multiple data sets. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(E12): 5129. DOI: 10.1029/2002JE002015
16. Fenton LK, Hayward RK. 2010. Southern high latitude dune fields on Mars: morphology, aeolian inactivity, and climate change. Geomorphology. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.006
17. Fenton LK, Michaels TI. 2010. Characterizing the sensitivity of daytime turbulent activity on Mars with the MRAMS LES: early results. Mars 5: 159-171. DOI: 10.1555/mars.2010.0007
18. Fenton LK, Toigo AD, Richardson MI. 2005. Aeolian processes in Proctor Crater on Mars: mesoscale modelling of dune-forming winds. Journal of Geophysical Research 110: E06005. DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002309
19. Fryberger SF, Dean G. 1979. Dune Forms and Wind Regime in A Study of Global Sand Seas, McKee ED (ed). USGS Professional Paper 1052: 137-168.
20. Fryberger SG, Ahlbrandt TS, Andrews S. 1979. Origin, sedimentary features, and significance of low-angle eolian "sand sheet" deposits, Great Sand Dunes National Monument and vicinity, Colorado. Journal of Sedimentary Research 49: 733-746.
21. Gardin E, Allemand P, Quantin C, Silvestro S, Delacourt C. 2012. Dune fields on Mars: recorders of a climate change? Planetary and Space Science 60: 314-321.
22. Greeley R, Iversen JD. 1985. Wind as a Geological Process on Earth, Mars, Venus and Titan. Cambridge University Press: New York.
23. Haberle RM, Joshi MM, Murphy JR, Barnes JR, Schofield JT, Wilson G, Lopez Valverde M, Hollingsworth JL, Bridger AFC, Schaeffer J. 1999. General circulation model simulations of the Mars Pathfinder atmospheric structure investigation/meterology data. Journal of Geophysical Research 104: 8957-8974. DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900040
24. Haberle RM, Murphy JR, Schaeffer J. 2003. Orbital change experiments with a Mars general circulation model. Icarus 161: 66-89. DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00017-9
25. Hayward RK, Mullins KF, Fenton LK, Hare TM, Titus TN, Bourke MC, Colaprete A, Christensen PR. 2006. Mars Global Digital Dune Database: MC2-MC29, version 1.0. US Geological Survey Open File Report, 2007-1158.
26. Hayward RK, Mullins KF, Fenton LK, Hare TM, Titus TN, Bourke MC, Colaprete A, Christensen PR. 2007. Mars Global Digital Dune Database and initial science results. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: E11007. DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002943
27. Hayward RK, Titus TN, Michaels TI, Fenton LK, Colaprete A, Christensen PR. 2009. Aeolian dunes as ground truth for atmospheric modeling on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 114: E11012. DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003428
28. Hunter RE. 1977. Basic types of stratification in small eolian dunes. Sedimentology 24: 361-387.
29. Kahre MA, Murphy JR, Haberle MR. 2006. Modeling the Martian dust cycle and surface dust reservoirs with the NASA Ames general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research 111: E06008. DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002588
30. Kocurek G, Ewing RC. 2005. Aeolian dune field self-organization - implications for the formation of simple versus complex dune-field patterns. Geomorphology 72: 94-105.
31. Kocurek G, Lancaster N. 1999. Aeolian system sediment state: theory and Mojave Desert Kelso dune field example. Sedimentology 46: 505-515.
32. Kocurek G, Havholm KG, Deynoux M, Blakey RC. 1991. Amalgamated accumulations resulting from climatic and eustatic changes, Akchar Erg, Maritania. Sedimentology 38: 751-772.
33. Kok JF. 2010a. Difference in wind speeds required for initiation versus continuation of sand transport on Mars: implications for dunes and dust storms. Physical Review Letters 104: 074502 (2010). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.074502
34. Kok JF. 2010b. An improved parameterization of wind-blown sand flux on Mars that includes the effect of hysteresis. Geophysical Research Letters 37: L12202. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043646
35. Lancaster N. 1985. Variations in wind velocity and sand transport rates on the windward flanks of desert sand dunes. Sedimentology 32: 581-593.
36. Lancaster N. 1988. Controls of eolian dune size and spacing. Geology 16: 972-975.
37. Lancaster N. 1995. Geomorphology of Desert Sand Dunes. Routledge: London.
38. Lee P, Thomas P. 1995. Longitudinal dunes on Mars: relation to current wind regimes. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: 5381-5395.
39. Liu XW, Li S, Shen JY. 1999. Wind tunnel simulation experiment of mountain dunes. Journal of Arid Environments 42: 49-59.
40. Madole RF, Roming JH, Aleinikoff JN, VanSistine DP, Yacob EY. 2007. On the origin and age of the Great Sand Dunes, Colorado. Geomorphology 99: 99-119.
41. Malin MC, Edgett KS. 2001. Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: interplanetary cruise through primary mission. Journal of Geophysical Research 106: 23429-23570.
42. McKee ED. 1979. A study of Global Sand Seas. USGS Professional Paper 1052: 1-17.
43. Moore HJ. 1985. The Martian dust storm of sol 1742. Journal of Geophysical Research 90: 163-174.
44. Pye K, Tsoar H. 1990. Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes. Springer: London; 396.
45. Rafkin SCR, Haberle RM, Michaels TI. 2001. The Mars regional atmospheric modeling system: Model description and selected simulations. Icarus 151: 228-256. DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6605
46. Rubin DM, Hunter RE. 1987. Bedform alignment in directionally varying flows. Science 237(4812): 276-278. DOI: 10.1126/science.237.4812.276
47. Rubin DM, Ikeda H. 1990. Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows. Sedimentology 37: 673-684.
48. Rubin DM, McCulloch DS. 1980. Single and superimposed bedforms: a synthesis of San Francisco Bay and flume observations. Sedimentary Geology 26: 207-231.
49. Rupert MG, Plummer LN. 2004. Ground-water flow direction, water quality, recharge sources, and age, Great Sand Dunes National Monument, south central Colorado, 2000-2001. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2004-5027.
50. Silvestro S, Di Achille G, Ori GG. 2010a. Dune morphology, sand transport pathways and possible source areas in east Thaumasia Region (Mars). Geomorphology 121: 84-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.07.019
51. Silvestro S, Fenton LK, Ori GG. 2008. Complex dunes in the southern hemisphere of Mars: age and wind regimes. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, LPI Contribution No. 1391, 1893.
52. Silvestro S, Fenton LK, Vaz DA, Bridges NT, Ori GG. 2010b. Ripple migration and dune activity on Mars: Evidence for dynamic wind processes. Geophysical Research Letters 37: L20203. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044743
53. Silvestro S, Vaz DA, Fenton LK, Geissler PE. 2011. Active aeolian processes on Mars: a regional study in Arabia and Meridiani Terrae. Geophysical Research Letters 38: L20201. DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048955
54. Squyres SW, Clifford SM, Kuzmin RO, Zimbelman JR, Costard FM. 1992. Ice in the Martian Regolith. Mars, The University of Arizona Press: Tucson; 523-554.
55. Sullivan R, Arvidson R, Bell JF, Gellert R, Golombek M, Greeley R, Herkenhoff K, Johnson J, Thompson S, Whelley P, Wray J. 2008. Wind-driven particle mobility on Mars: insights from Mars Exploration Rover observations at "El Dorado" and surroundings at Gusev Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research 113(E06S07). DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003101
56. Tirsch D, Craddock RA, Platz T, Maturilli A, Helbert J, Jaumann R. 2012. Spectral and petrologic analyses of basaltic sands in Ka'u Desert (Hawaii) - implications for the dark dunes on Mars. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37(4): 434-448. DOI: 10.1002/esp.2266
57. Tsoar H. 1983. Wind tunnel modeling of echo and climbing dunes. In Eolian Sediments and Processes, Brookfield ME, Ahlbrandt TS (eds). Elsevier: Amsterdam; 247-259.
58. Tsoar H, Greeley R, Peterfreund AR. 1979. MARS: The North Polar sand sea and related wind patterns. Journal of Geophysical Research 84(B14): 8167-8180. DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB14p08167
59. Valdez A, Forman S, Madole R, McCalpin J, Machette M, Schumann R, Rupert M, Mahan S, Bunch F. 2007. Quaternary geology of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Southern Colorado. In Rocky Mountain section friends of the Pleistocene field trip - Quaternary geology of the San Luis Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, September 7-9, 2007, Open file report 2007-1193.
60. White BR. 1979. Soil transport by winds on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research 84: NO B9.
61. Wilson IG. 1972. Aeolian bedforms, their development and origins. Sedimentology 19: 173-210.
62. Wilson IG. 1973. Ergs. Sedimentary Geology 10: 77-106.
63. Zimbelman JR, Irwin RP, Williams SH, Bunch F, Valdez A, Stevens S. 2009. The rate of granule ripple movement on Earth and Mars. Icarus 203: 71-76.