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

IF 1.8 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Planetary and Space Science Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2024.106013

Kirby Runyon , Charlie Detelich , Kim Seelos , Christina Viviano , Debra Buczkowski , Ryan O’Connor , Jessica Harryman , Adriana Peña

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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 the 2018 global dust storm and dust devils confined to the dark maculae. Regional yardangs and sand patches indicate erosion and deposition and thus strong wind, yet we have not observed meter-scale ripple movement within the dark sand deposits nor decameter-scale ripple movement more regionally. On longer timescales, yardangs along a continuum of morphologies point to cycles of abrasion, infilling, lithification, and re-abrasion. Together, the dust changes and yardang evolution bracket the timescales for landscape evolution in and around the Maculae.

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Planetary and Space Science 地学天文-天文与天体物理

CiteScore

5.40

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4.20%

发文量

126

审稿时长

15 weeks

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