MarsReconnaissance
Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands
Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands A graduate student at Texas A&M University conducted fieldwork at the Algodones Dunes in California to study aeolian bedforms, which are wind-created geologic features found on Earth and Mars. The researcher measured the height of coarse-grained sand ripples and distance between […]
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