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Science 1 March 1974:
Vol. 183. no. 4127, pp. 847 - 849
DOI: 10.1126/science.183.4127.847
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Wind Tunnel Simulations of Light and Dark Streaks on Mars

Ronald Greeley 1, James D. Iversen 2, James B. Pollack 3, Nancy Udovich 4, and Bruce White 5

1 Physics Department, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California 95053
2 Iowa State University, Ames 50010
3 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 95035
4 University of Santa Clara
5 Iowa State University

Wind tunnel experiments have revealed a characteristic flow field pattern over raised-rim craters which causes distinctive zones of aeolian erosion and deposition. Comparisons of the results with Mariner 9 images of Mars show that some crater-associated dark zones result from wind erosion and that some crater-associated light streaks are depositional.


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