Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-149-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-149-2023
Research article
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06 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2023

Exploring the transition between water- and wind-dominated landscapes in Deep Springs, California, as an analog for transitioning landscapes on Mars

Taylor Dorn and Mackenzie Day

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-1040', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Dec 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-1040', Elena Favaro, 11 Jan 2023
  • AC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2022-1040 for both reviewers', Taylor Dorn, 03 Feb 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on AC1', Taylor Dorn, 03 Feb 2023
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Short summary
Planetary surfaces are shaped by both wind and water, and their resulting surface features are commonly observed by aerial images. Deep Springs playa, CA, provides a comparable wet-to-dry-transitioning landscape as experienced in Mars' past. Our results, made through collected weather data and drone footage, show that some features, when observed solely by aerial imagery, might be interpreted as being formed by wind when in fact other processes were more influential in their formation.