Wind, water and dust on Mars
- Submission status
- Open
Conditions at the surface of Mars are enigmatic and complex and have varied substantially over the course of the planet’s history. The roles of erosion, transport and chemical weathering in shaping the Martian surface are critical to understanding this story. Similarly, the composition of the rocks and minerals we can observe offer insights into the geochemistry and reactions that take place at and below the surface. Water in particular is a key agent in many of these processes, along with the influence of weather and sediments.
In this Collection, we bring together recent work, and invite further contributions, on the nature and characteristics of the Martian surface, the processes at play, and the environmental conditions both in the present-day and in the distant past.
Editors
-
Claire Nichols, PhD
University of Oxford, UK
Communications Earth & Environment is edited by both in-house professional editors and academic Editorial Board Members.
Nature Astronomy is edited by in-house professional editors.
Nature Communications is edited by in-house professional editors.
Nature Geoscience is edited by in-house professional editors.
Scientific Reports is managed by in-house professional editors and edited by a team of external academic editors.
Our editors work closely together to ensure the quality of our published papers and consistency in author experience.
Claire Nichols, PhD
University of Oxford, UK
Dr Claire Nichols is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. Her research focusses on using high resolution microscopy and paleomagnetism to investigate meteorites, Apollo samples and Archean terrestrial samples to understand more about how planets generate magnetic fields, and the implications for deep Earth dynamics and surface habitability. Claire completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and then continued at Cambridge for her PhD investigating the nanoscale magnetic properties of meteorites. She then spent some time in the US as a Simons Foundation postdoctoral fellow at MIT working on recovering ancient magnetic field signals from rocks in Isua, Southwest Greenland before moving to Oxford. Dr Nichols is an Editorial Board Member for Communiations Earth & Environment.
