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ScienceNews: Bouncing Sands Explain Mars' Rippled Surface

Post by bystander » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:02 am

Bouncing Sands Explain Mars' Rippled Surface
Science News - 2010 Feb 10

Study finds dunes and ridges can form without much wind
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Wind speeds on Mars were thought to be too low to form the crescent-shaped
barchan dunes found there (shown), but a new model may solve the puzzle.
(NASA/HiRISE)

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