Active Surface Processes On Mars: A Laboratory, Field And Remote Sensing Study

Project Information

ACTIVE_MARS

Grant agreement ID: 657452

DOI 10.3030/657452

Project closed

EC signature date 19 March 2015

Start date 1 March 2016

End date 28 February 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 183 454,80

EU contribution € 183 454,80

Coordinated by

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Water induced sediment levitation enhances downslope transport on Mars

Author(s): Jan Raack, Susan J. Conway, Clémence Herny, Matthew R. Balme, Sabrina Carpy, Manish R. Patel
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 8/1, 2017, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01213-z

Downslope sediment transport by boiling liquid water under Mars-like conditions: experiments and potential implications for Martian gullies

Author(s): Clémence Herny, Susan J. Conway, Jan Raack, Sabrina Carpy, Tanguy Colleu-Banse, Manish R. Patel
Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2018, Page(s) SP467.10, ISSN 0305-8719
Publisher: Geological Society Publishing House
DOI: 10.1144/sp467.10

In Situ Sampling of Relative Dust Devil Particle Loads and Their Vertical Grain Size Distributions

Author(s): Jan Raack, Dennis Reiss, Matthew R. Balme, Kamal Taj-Eddine, Gian Gabriele Ori
Published in: Astrobiology, 2016, ISSN 1531-1074
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2016.1544

Conference proceedings (14)

Unusual Sediment Transportation Processes Under Low Pressure Environments and Implications For Gullies and Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL)

Author(s): C. Herny, J. Raack, S.J. Conway, M.R. Balme, S. Carpy, M. Patel
Published in: AGU Fall Meeting 2017, Issue P52C-07, 2017
Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Boiling Water could Levitate Sediment on Mars – An Experimental Study

Author(s): J. Raack, S.J. Conway, C. Herny, M.R. Balme, S. Carpy, M.R. Patel
Published in: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, Issue 1445, 2018
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute

MARTIAN DUST DEVILS OBSERVED SIMULTANEOUSLY BY IMAGING AND BY METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS

Author(s): H. Kahanpää, M.T. Lemmon, D. Reiss, J. Raack, E. Mason, M. Battalio
Published in: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, Issue 1442, 2017
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute

In Situ Sampling of Terrestrial Dust Devils and Implications for Mars

Author(s): J. Raack, D. Reiss, M.R. Balme, K. Taj-Eddine, G.G. Ori
Published in: European Planetary Science Congress Vol. 11, Issue Vol. 11, EPSC2017-13, 2017
Publisher: EPSC Abstracts

BoilingWater could Levitate Sediment on Mars – An Experimental Study

Author(s): J. Raack, C. Herny, S.J. Conway, M.R. Balme, S. Carpy, M.R. Patel
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2018, Issue Vol. 20, EGU2018-16487, 2018
Publisher: European Geoscience Union

In Situ Sampling of Terrestrial Dust Devils and Implications for Mars

Author(s): J. Raack, D. Reiss, M.R. Balme, K. Taj-Eddine, G.G. Ori
Published in: Fifth International Planetary Dunes Workshop, Issue LPI Contribution Number 1961, 2017, Page(s) Lunar and Planetary Institute
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SAND TRANSPORT MECHANISMS BY BOILING LIQUID WATER UNDER MARS-LIKE CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR MARTIAN GULLIES AND RSL

Author(s): C. Herny, S.J. Conway, J. Raack, S. Carpy, T. Colleu-Banse, M.R. Patel
Published in: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, Issue 1860, 2018
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute

Terrestrial in situ sampling of dust devils (relative particle loads and vertical grain size distributions) as an equivalent for martian dust devils

Author(s): J. Raack, D. Reiss, M.R. Balme, K. Taj-Eddine, G.G. Ori
Published in: AGU Fall Meeting 2017, Issue P23D-2760, 2017
Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Unusual sediment transportation processes under low pressure environments and implications for gullies and recurring slope lineae

Author(s): J. Raack, S.J. Conway, C. Herny, M.R. Balme, S. Carpy, M.R. Patel
Published in: 1st British Planetary Science Congress, 2017
Publisher: Scottish Planetary Science Research Network

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESSURE DROP MAGNITUDES AND VERTICAL WIND SPEEDS IN DUST DEVILS

Author(s): D. Reiss, J. Raack
Published in: 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2018, Issue 1488, 2017
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute

In situ measurements of dust devil pressure drop magnitudes and vertical wind speeds

Author(s): D. Reiss, J. Raack
Published in: European Planetary Science Congress 2017, Issue Vol. 11, EPSC2017-451-3, 2017
Publisher: European Planetary Science Congress

Recent and present-day activity of martian gullies

Author(s): Jan Raack
Published in: Second International Workshop on Martian Gullies, 2016
Publisher: The Geological Society of London

Observed Present-Day Seasonal Gully Activity within Three Martian Years in a South Polar Pit (Sisyphi Cavi) on Mars.

Author(s): Jan Raack, Dennis Reiss, Thomas Appéré, Mathieu Vincendon, Ottaviano Ruesch, Harald Hiesinger
Published in: 11th International Conference on Permafrost, 2016
Publisher: Alfred-Wegner-Institute

Detailed In Situ Sampling of Two Dust Devils in Morocco

Author(s): J. Raack, D. Reiss, M.R. Balme, K. Taj-Eddine, G.G. Ori
Published in: 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2017, Issue 1046, 2017
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute