What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently ...

The size and morphology of coastal dunes ... sand. If not eroded away or replaced seaward by a new foredune, elevations of 20 m or more may be reached, but the higher the dune the greater the wind ...

So longshore drift has also helped to create the sand dunes by bringing all this sand here in the first place! CONNOR: Yes, the wind blows the sand, which gets caught in sheltered areas or in ...

Much like dunes on Earth, Martian dunes migrate as the wind blows away grains of sand from one side of a dune and builds upon another. However, in contrast to our planet's constantly changing ...

The frost, made of both water ice and carbon dioxide ice, stops the wind from carrying up the sand and prevents the dunes from migrating until the spring thaw comes. Studying how the carbon ...