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| Working Group on Planetary Geomorphology |
Chair: Prof. Victor Baker
Tucson (USA)
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Coordinator: Dr. Mary Bourke
Tucson (USA)
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A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments
Edited by Mary Bourke and Heather Viles
Click on image for free download
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Meetings and sessions organized by members of the working group:
2007
- Spring AGU T 2007 Joint Assembly will be held May 21-25 in Acapulco, Mexico.
- P02:Analog Studies Related to Planetary Surface Processes Conveners: James R. Zimbelman, and Robert Craddock
- Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada conference, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, May 23-25, 2007
- Special Session 11 - Comparative planetary geology: Terrestrial analogues to Mars and the Moon in the Arctic Conveners: Gordon R. Osinski (Canadian Space Agency) and Pascal Lee (Mars Institute, SETI Institute, & NASA Ames Research Center)
Future meetings (still at planning stage):
2008
- Planetary Dunes Workshop, April 28th-May 2nd, 2008, White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA . Information at website.
2009
- A session at the International Geomorphological Congress, in Melbourne 2009 with field excursion
Link to list of other meetings relevant to Planetary Geomorphology
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Unprecedented high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution data from planet, moon, asteroid and comet surfaces in our solar system are being returned by satellites, landers and rovers. These data allow the identification of a range of active and relict geomorphic processes that include impact cratering, aeolian, fluvial, lacustrine, deltaic, mass wasting, rock breakdown, glacial, periglacial, and coastal. While the landforms appear similar to those on Earth, there are issues of equifinality in addition to important differences in denudation rates, landform scale and indeed geomorphic processes. In addition to experimental and modeling studies, Earth field analogs are often used to better understand geomorphic processes on other planets and stronger collaboration between the two communities is needed.
Much of the planetary data are available online, and indeed are free. The Planetary Geomorphology Working Group will collate information on available resources such as links to mission web sites, locations where data can be downloaded, recommended reading lists and image compilations that can be used in teaching planetary geomorphology (see our web site).
Our National members organize special sessions at national meetings to stimulate discussion of ideas and theories that will improve our understanding of geomorphic processes and the links between process and form on planetary surfaces. Information on the meeting proceedings along with special publications in Planetary Geomorphology will be made available on our web site.
National Representatives, Country:
- Chair: Vic Baker, (USA west)
- Coordinator: Mary Bourke, (USA and Ireland)
- Alberto Fairén, (Spain)
- Mikhail Ivanov, (Russia)
- Rolf Jaumann, (Germany)
- Goro Komatsu, (Italy)
- Nicholas Mangold, (France)
- John Murray, (UK)
- Takashi Oguchi, (Japan)
- Gordon Osinski, (Canada)
- Colin Pain, (Australia)
- Heather Viles, (UK)
- Jim Zimbelman, (USA east)
Visit the Website of the WG on Planetary Geomorphology
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