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2018

Belet

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Linear Dune Morphometrics In Titan’S Belet Sand Sea And A Comparison With The Namib Sand Sea, Corbin Robert Lewis Jan 2018

Linear Dune Morphometrics In Titan’S Belet Sand Sea And A Comparison With The Namib Sand Sea, Corbin Robert Lewis

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Despite atmospheric and compositional differences on Titan and Earth, the similarity in the shape and spacing of linear dunes of the Belet Sand Sea of Titan and the Namib Sand Sea of Earth suggests that comparisons will yield a better understanding of the dictating factors of duneforming processes. We present a methodology for the collection of dune width and spacing measurements representative of the Namib and Belet sand seas. 94,304 locations in Belet from Cassini SAR images and 5,563 locations in the Namib from IKONOS images are used for measurements. The average width and spacing of linear dunes in Belet …