The Enigmatic Longevity of Granular Materials on Mars: The Case for Geologically Episodic Dune Formation

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Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999lpi....30.1168m&link_type=abstract

30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, 1999, Houston, TX, abstract no. 1168

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Processes mitigating sand attrition are ultimately defeated by the vast
time available on Mars. Sand longevity results from long-term climatic
cycling. Dune fields undergo relatively brief periods of activity, then
lapse into protracted periods of aeolian stasis.

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