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Repeated and Long‐Lasting Fault Activation on Amazonian Mars as Demonstrated by Tectonically Induced Landslides by Woodley, S. Z., Fawdon, P., Balme, M. R., Rothery, D. A.

“…We identify and analyze a large shortening structure (surface expression of a thrust fault) in western Arabia Terra, Mars, exhibiting recent, repeated, and…”
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Transport processes induced by metastable boiling water under Martian surface conditions by Massé, M., Conway, S. J., Gargani, J., Patel, M. R., Pasquon, K., McEwen, A., Carpy, S., Chevrier, V., Balme, M. R., Ojha, L., Vincendon, M., Poulet, F., Costard, F., Jouannic, G.

“…Liquid water on the Martian surface is expected to be metastable owing to low atmospheric pressure. Experiments at Martian conditions reveal that water and…”
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Particle Lifting Processes in Dust Devils by Neakrase, L. D. V., Balme, M. R., Esposito, F., Kelling, T., Klose, M., Kok, J. F., Marticorena, B., Merrison, J., Patel, M., Wurm, G.

“…Particle lifting in dust devils on both Earth and Mars has been studied from many different perspectives, including how dust devils could influence the dust…”
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Geology of the Debussy quadrangle (H14), Mercury by Pegg, D. L., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R., Conway, S. J., Malliband, C. C., Man, B.

“…Mercury's Debussy Quadrangle (H14) lies between 0-90° E and 22.5-65° S. Here we use MESSENGER data to produce the first geological map of this quadrangle at a…”
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An equatorial periglacial landscape on Mars by Balme, M.R., Gallagher, C.

“…We present evidence, drawn from new 25 cm/pixel “HiRISE” images of Mars, of landforms indicative of geologically-recent thaw degradation of ice-rich terrain…”
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Modeled Subglacial Water Flow Routing Supports Localized Intrusive Heating as a Possible Cause of Basal Melting of Mars' South Polar Ice Cap by Arnold, N. S., Conway, S. J., Butcher, F. E. G., Balme, M. R.

“…The discovery of an ~20‐km‐wide area of bright subsurface radar reflections, interpreted as liquid water, beneath the Martian south polar layered deposits…”
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Recent Basal Melting of a Mid‐Latitude Glacier on Mars by Butcher, Frances E. G., Balme, M. R., Gallagher, C., Arnold, N. S., Conway, S. J., Hagermann, A., Lewis, S. R.

“…Evidence for past basal melting of young (late Amazonian‐aged), debris‐covered glaciers in Mars' mid‐latitudes is extremely rare. Thus, it is widely thought…”
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Sorted clastic stripes, lobes and associated gullies in high-latitude craters on Mars: Landforms indicative of very recent, polycyclic ground-ice thaw and liquid flows by Gallagher, C., Balme, M.R., Conway, S.J., Grindrod, P.M.

“…Self-organised patterns of stone stripes, polygons, circles and clastic solifluction lobes form by the sorting of clasts from fine-grained sediments in…”
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Surface topographic impact of subglacial water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars by Arnold, N. S., Butcher, F. E. G., Conway, S. J., Gallagher, C., Balme, M. R.

“…Bright radar reflections observed in the Ultimi Scopuli region of Mars’ south polar layered deposits 1 – 3 by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and…”
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Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars by Balme, Matt, Berman, Daniel C., Bourke, Mary C., Zimbelman, James R.

“…Aeolian processes are probably the dominant ongoing surface process on Mars; Large Dark Dunes (LDDs), particularly common aeolian landforms, were first…”
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Field measurements of horizontal forward motion velocities of terrestrial dust devils: Towards a proxy for ambient winds on Mars and Earth by Balme, M.R., Pathare, A., Metzger, S.M., Towner, M.C., Lewis, S.R., Spiga, A., Fenton, L.K., Renno, N.O., Elliott, H.M., Saca, F.A., Michaels, T.I., Russell, P., Verdasca, J.

“…► We measured the speed dust devils (DDs) move across the ground on Earth. ► Long baseline stereo imaging allowed ground motion of >100 DDs to be measured. ►…”
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Morphological evidence for geologically young thaw of ice on Mars: A review of recent studies using high-resolution imaging data by Balme, M.R., Gallagher, C.J., Hauber, E.

“…Liquid water is generally only meta-stable on Mars today; it quickly freezes, evaporates or boils in the cold, dry, thin atmosphere (surface pressure is about…”
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The Aeolian Environment of the Landing Site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover in Oxia Planum, Mars by Favaro, E. A., Balme, M. R., Davis, J. M., Grindrod, P. M., Fawdon, P., Barrett, A. M., Lewis, S. R.

“…Aeolian features at Oxia Planum—the 2023 landing site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover (ERFR)—are important for Mars exploration because they record…”
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In situ measurements of particle load and transport in dust devils by Metzger, S.M., Balme, M.R., Towner, M.C., Bos, B.J., Ringrose, T.J., Patel, M.R.

“…► In situ measurements of 3D wind and particle load profiles in dust devils. ► Calculation of horizontal profiles of dust devil vertical dust flux. ► Most…”
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Ponding, draining and tilting of the Cerberus Plains; a cryolacustrine origin for the sinuous ridge and channel networks in Rahway Vallis, Mars by Ramsdale, J.D., Balme, M.R., Conway, S.J., Gallagher, C.

“…•Rahway Vallis is a ∼500km long, branching channel network with a distributed source.•Terrace-like forms bounding Rahway’s basin could be since-tilted,…”
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Hydrological History of a Palaeolake and Valley System on the Planetary Dichotomy in Arabia Terra, Mars by Dickeson, Z. I., Grindrod, P. M., Davis, J. M., Crawford, I., Balme, M.

“…Hundreds of ancient palaeolake basins have been identified and cataloged on Mars, indicating the distribution and availability of liquid water as well as sites…”
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Assessing the power law hypothesis for the size–frequency distribution of terrestrial and martian dust devils by Pathare, A.V., Balme, M.R., Metzger, S.M., Spiga, A., Towner, M.C., Renno, N.O., Saca, F.

“…Competing hypotheses for the diameter dependence of terrestrial and martian dust devil frequency are assessed using new field observations from two sites in…”
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Measuring Ripple and Dune Migration in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris: A Source to Sink Aeolian System on Mars? by Boazman, S. J., Davis, J. M., Grindrod, P. M., Balme, M. R., Vermeesch, P., Baird, T.

“…Active aeolian systems are present across the martian surface, with active dune fields commonly found in depressions such as craters and valleys. There are…”
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Dust flux within dust devils: Preliminary laboratory simulations by Neakrase, Lynn D. V., Greeley, Ronald, Iversen, James D., Balme, M. R., Eddlemon, Eric E.

“…Laboratory simulations using the Arizona State University Vortex Generator (ASUVG) were run to simulate dust flux in dust devils. These tests used particles 2…”
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Mapping Medusae Fossae Formation materials in the southern highlands of Mars by Harrison, S.K., Balme, M.R., Hagermann, A., Murray, J.B., Muller, J-P.

“…The Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) is an extensive deposit (2.2 × 10 6 km 2, Bradley, B.A., Sakimoto, S.E.H., Frey, H., Zimbelman, J.R. [2002]. J. Geophys…”
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