Dr. Mary Bourke Senior Scientist Planetary Science Institute mbourke @psi.edu

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:
  • Rock breakdown on Earth and Mars: A combined field and experimental approach
• 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:
  • Rainfall-triggered landslides in upland glaciated valleys, Ireland

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.