Devon Burr's Research
Ground-Ice Features on Mars
At least some of the vast amount of water that carved Mars' fluvial and flood morphologies is still present in the form of ground ice. One of the most intriguing forms of ground ice is the pingo, a type of massive ice-cored mound found in periglacial and previously glacial terrains on Earth. This work involves investigations into pingo-like mounds on Mars using terrestrial pingos as analogs. Mapping pings and deducing their type and timing can aid in constraining the history of water on Mars.
Related Publications
- Burr, D.M., K.L. Tanaka, and K. Yoshikawa (2009) Pingos on Mars: morphology and distribution. Planet. Space Sci. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.003.
- Burr, D.M., B.C. Bruno, P.D. Lanagan, L.S. Glaze, W.L. Jaeger, R.J. Soare, J.-M. Wan Bun Tseung, J.A. Skinner, S.M. Baloga (2009) Mesoscale raised rim depression (MRRDs) on Earth: A review of the characteristics, processes, and spatial distributions of analogs for Mars. Planetary and Space Science, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.011.
- Bruno, B.C., S.A. Fagents, C.W. Hamilton,* D.M. Burr, and S.M. Baloga (2006) Identification of volcanic rootless cones and ice mounds on Earth and Mars: using spatial distribution as a remote sensing tool. J. Geophys. Res. 111(E6), E06017, doi: 10.1029/2005JE002510.
- Burr, D.M., R.J. Soare, J.-M. Wan Bun Tseung and J.P. Emery (2005) Young (late Amazonian), near surface, ground ice features near the equator, Athabasca Valles, Mars. Icarus 178, 56-73.
- R. J. Soare, D. M. Burr, and J.-M. Wan Bun Tseung* (2005) Possible pingos and a periglacial landscape in northwest Utopia Planitia. Icarus 174, 373-382.