Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands
- Written by Lauren Berger, Ph.D. Student in Geology, Texas A&M University
The author did some of her fieldwork at the Algodones Dunes in California.Ryan EwingOur two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove 30 minutes in our rented truck from Yuma, Arizona, to the Algodones Dunes, a sandy field bordering California,...