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Giant saltation on Mars

Saltation, the motion of sand grains in a sequence of ballistic trajectories close to the ground, is a major factor for surface erosion, dune formation, and triggering of dust storms on Mars. Although this mode of sand transport has been matter of research for decades through both simulations and wi...

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Main Authors: Almeida, Murilo P., Parteli, Eric J. R., Andrade, José S., Herrmann, Hans J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2359785/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443302
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800202105
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