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. 2022 Jul 30:44:108494.
doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108494. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Geospatial data from a global survey of martian fan-shaped sedimentary landforms

Alexander M Morgan  1   2 , Sharon A Wilson  2 , Alan D Howard  1
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Geospatial data from a global survey of martian fan-shaped sedimentary landforms

Alexander M Morgan et al. Data Brief. .

Abstract

Data in this article are related to the research article "The global distribution and morphologic characteristics of fan-shaped sedimentary landforms on Mars". We used globally available image and topographic data to document the location of every fan-shaped sedimentary landform on the surface of Mars. We mapped fan outlines and associated drainage basins and collected a number of morphologic metrics. These data can be used as a boundary condition for studies of global scale studies of Mars, including climate and hydrologic modeling. Data files publicly available on Figshare include point shapefile of fan apices, and polygon shapefiles of fan outlines and drainage basins.

Keywords: Alluvial fan; Fluvial geomorphology; Fluvial processes; Geoscience; Mars; Planetary surface processes; River delta.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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