Dr. Mary Bourke
| Senior Scientist Planetary Science Institute mbourke |
Projects | Publications | Presentations
Research Interests:
- Mars aeolian studies:
- Transverse dune characteristics & topographically generated airflow structures on Mars
- Niveo-aeolian deposits on Mars
- Morphodynamics of sand dunes on Mars
- Classification of sand dunes on Mars
- Mars fluvial studies:
- Pseudokarst on Mars: the evolution of the Hephaestus Fossae and Hebrus Vallis Systems, Utopia Basin.
- Fissure-related flow channels and mound springs: An analog for Martian groundwater-fed channels
- Mars rock breakdown studies:
- Mars glacial studies:
- Rock Glaciers on Mars
- Earth aeolian studies:
- Aeolian-fluvial interaction in central Australia
- Aeolian-fluvial interaction at Mohawk dunes, Arizona
- Dunes in Victoria Valley Antarctica
- Dune form and migration in the Cunene Sand Sea, Namibia
- Earth fluvial studies:
- Paleofloods in central Australia
- Semi-arid channels and floodplains, Australia
- 2000 Floods on the Finke River central Australia
- Landforms and evolution of the Finke river gorge, central Australia
- Ichnologic signatures of fluvial systems in Dryland settings
- The Homeb silts in the Namib Desert, Namibia
- The effects of Hurricane Charley on the Cloghoge River, Ireland
- Earth mass wasting studies:
Field Locations:
- Africa
- Australia
- Mars
- Ireland
- USA
Dr. Bourke is also a Senior Research Associate with the Oxford University Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford.
