Publications

Publications

  • Vaz, D. A.; Silvestro, S.; Chojnacki, M.; Silva, D. C. A. (2023). Constraining the mechanisms of aeolian bedform formation on Mars through a global morphometric survey. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 614, 118196. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118196.
  • Cardinale, M.; Vaz, D. A.; D’Incecco, P.; Mari, N.; Filiberto, J.; Eggers, G. L.; Di Achille, G. (2023). Morphostructural mapping of Borealis Planitia, Mercury. Journal of Maps19(1), 222363. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2023.2223637.
  • Silvestro, S.; Pacifici, A.; Salese, F.; Vaz, D. A.; Neesemann, A.; Tirsch, D.; Popa, C.I.; Pajola, M.; Franzese, G.; Mongelluzzo, G.; Ruggeri, A.C.; Cozzolino, F.; Porto, C.; Esposito, F. (2021). Periodic Bedrock Ridges at the ExoMars 2022 Landing Site: Evidence for a Changing Wind Regime. Geophysical Research Letters 48(4), e2020GL091651. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091651.
  • Chojnacki, M.; Vaz, D. A.; Silvestro, S.; Silva, D. C. A. (2021). Widespread Megaripple Activity Across the North Polar Ergs of Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126(12), e2021JE006970. doi: 10.1029/2021JE006970.
  • Franzese, G.; Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D. A.; Popa, C.; Cozzolino, F.; Esposito, F.; Mongelluzzo, G.; Porto, C.; Ruggeri, A. C. (2021). Dust devils: Characteristics of the forward motion from a Saharan survey. Aeolian Research 50, 100678. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2021.100678.
  • Vaz, D. A.; Di Achille, G.; Hynek, B. M.; Nelson, W.; Williams, R. M. E. (2020). Martian fan deposits: Insights on depositional processes and origin from mass balance survey. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 533, 116049. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116049.
  • Silvestro, S.; Chojnacki, M.; Vaz, D. A.; Cardinale, M.; Yizhaq, H.; Esposito, F. (2020). Megaripple Migration on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125 (8), e2020JE006446. doi: 10.1029/2020je006446.
  • Urso, A.; Chojnacki, M.; Vaz, D.A. (2018). Dune-yardang interactions in Becquerel crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123(2), 353-368. doi: 10.1002/2017JE005465.
  • Alves, E. I.; Andrade, A.; Vaz, D. A. (2018). A Better View Over Titan Drainage Networks Through RGB Fusion of Cassini SAR Images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, PP (99), 1-5. doi: 10.1109/lgrs.2018.2791018.
  • Vaz, D. A.; Silvestro, S.; Sarmento, P. T. K.; Cardinale, M. (2017). Migrating meter-scale bedforms on Martian dark dunes: are terrestrial aeolian ripples good analogues? Aeolian Research, 26, 101-116. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2016.08.003.
  • Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D.A.; Yizhaq, H.; Esposito, F. (2016). Dune-like dynamic of Martian Aeolian Large Ripples. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), 8384-8389. doi: 10.1002/2016GL070014.
  • Cardinale, M.; Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D. A.; Michaels, T.; Komatsu, G.; Bourke, M.; Marinangeli, L. (2016). Present-Day Aeolian Activity in Herschel Crater, Mars. Icarus, 265, 139–148. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.022.
  • Vaz, D. A.; Sarmento, P. T. K.; Fenton, L. K.; Barata, M. T.; Michaels, T. I. (2015). Object-based dune analysis: automated dune mapping and pattern characterization for Ganges Chasma and Gale Crater, Mars. Geomorphology, 250, 128-139. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.08.021.
  • Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D. A.; Di Achille, G.; Popa, C.; Esposito, F. (2015). Evidence for different episodes of aeolian construction and a new type of wind streak in the 2016 ExoMars landing ellipse in Meridiani Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120, 760-774. doi: 10.1002/2014JE004756.
  • Vaz, D. A.; Spagnuolo, M. G.; Silvestro, S. (2014). Morphometric and geometric characterization of normal faults on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 401, 83-94. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.022.
  • Vaz, D.A.; Silvestro, S. (2014). Mapping and characterization of small-scale aeolian structures on Mars: an example from the MSL landing site in Gale Crater. Icarus 230, 151–161. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.08.007.
  • Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D.A.; Ewing, R.C.; Rossi, A.P.; Fenton, L.K.; Michaels, T.I.; Flahaut, J; Geissler, P.E. (2013). Pervasive aeolian activity along rover Curiosity’s traverse in Gale Crater, Mars. Geology, 41(4), 483-486, doi: 10.1130/G34162.1.
  • Vaz, D. A.; Di Achille, G.; Barata, M. T.; Alves, E.I., (2012). Tectonic lineament mapping of the Thaumasia Plateau, Mars: Comparing results from photointerpretation and a semi-automatic approach. Computers & Geosciences, 48, 162-172. doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.05.008.
  • Komatsu, G.; Gabriele Ori, G.; Cardinale, M.; Dohm, J.M.; Baker, V.R.; Vaz, D.A.; Ishimaru, R.; Namiki; N.,Matsui, T. (2011). Roles of methane and carbon dioxide in geological processes on Mars. Planetary and Space Science 59(2-3), 169-181. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.002.
  • Silvestro, S.; Vaz, D. A.; Fenton, L. K.; Geissler P. E. (2011). Active aeolian processes on Mars: A regional study in Arabia and Meridiani Terrae. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20201. doi: 10.1029/2011GL048955.
 
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