Martian araneiforms: A review

LE Mc Keown, S Diniega, G Portyankina… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Araneiforms are enigmatic dendritic negative topography features native to Mars. Found
across a variety of substrates and exhibiting a range of scales, morphologies, and activity …

Martian dunes indicative of wind regime shift in line with end of ice age

J Liu, X Qin, X Ren, X Wang, Y Sun, X Zeng, H Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Orbital observations suggest that Mars underwent a recent 'ice age'(roughly 0.4–2.1 million
years ago), during which a latitude-dependent ice-dust mantle (LDM), was emplaced. A …

Seasonal and short timescale changes on the Martian surface: Multi-spacecraft perspectives

N Thomas, A Pommerol, E Hauber, G Portyankina… - Space Science …, 2025 - Springer
The continued operation of missions such as Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter,
and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has greatly enhanced our knowledge of seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] Mars thermal inertia and surface temperatures by the Mars Climate Sounder

S Piqueux, DM Kass, A Kleinböhl, M Slipski, PO Hayne… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last 16 years, the Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter (MRO) has acquired a large body of surface observations at visible and thermal …

Modeling slope microclimates in the Mars planetary climate model

L Lange, F Forget, E Dupont… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A large number of surface features (eg, frost, gullies, slope streaks, recurring slope lineae)
are observed on Martian slopes. Their activity is often associated with the specific …

Spatio‐temporal level variations of the Martian seasonal north polar cap from co‐registration of MOLA profiles

H Xiao, A Stark, F Schmidt, J Hao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The seasonal deposition and sublimation of CO2 constitute a major element in Martian
volatile cycles. We reprocess the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data and apply co …

How, when and where current mass flows in Martian gullies are driven by CO2 sublimation

L Roelofs, SJ Conway, T de Haas, C Dundas… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Martian gullies resemble water-carved gullies on Earth, yet their present-day activity cannot
be explained by water-driven processes. The sublimation of CO2 has been proposed as an …

Gardening of the Martian Regolith by Diurnal CO2 Frost and the Formation of Slope Streaks

L Lange, S Piqueux, CS Edwards - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Before dawn on the dustiest regions of Mars, surfaces measured at or below∼ 148 K are
common. Thermodynamics principles indicate that these terrains must be associated with …

Evidence for transient morning water frost deposits on the Tharsis volcanoes of Mars

A Valantinas, N Thomas, A Pommerol, O Karatekin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The present-day water cycle on Mars has implications for habitability and future human
exploration. Water ice clouds and water vapour have been detected above the Tharsis …

Diurnal and seasonal mapping of Martian ices with EMIRS

A Stcherbinine, CS Edwards, MD Smith… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Condensation and sublimation of ices at the surface of the planet is a key part of both the
Martian H2O and CO2 cycles, either from a seasonal or diurnal aspect. While most of the ice …