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Morphology and migration data of protodunes and barchans on Mars and Earth

This dataset includes measurements of protodune and barchan height, length and migration on both Mars and Earth. Earth measurements were calculated from high resolution Terrestrial Laser Scans (TLS) of bedforms migrating through time in coastal and desert regions. Raw point cloud data can be found at Nield et al. (2023a; 2023b; 2025a; 2025b). Mars measurements were calculated from High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) imagery. Nield, J.M., Baddock, M.C., Wiggs, G.F.S. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Helga's Interdune Area, Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia on 13th September 2022. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/10203f53-7471-4b8e-8177-74aef66bb432 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C. (2023). Surface and Meteorological Data of Protodune Dynamics at Brancaster Beach, UK on 12th August 2016. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/26eacb3a-982b-4d5c-bb48-9bc4de4dfb40 Nield, J. M., Wiggs, G. F. S., Baddock, M. C., Nangolo, S. N., Huck, R. A., Rambert, C. (2025). Surface and meteorological data of protodune dynamics at Helga's interdune area (north), Gobabeb, Namib Desert, Namibia from September to December 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/d5675759-de19-4d47-ba5d-f8fb323bdc24 Nield, J.M., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baddock, M.C., Hipondoka, M.H.T., Delorme, P., Morgan, P.R., Mayaud, J.R., Huck, R.A., Wallum, N.S., Flores Aqueveque, V., Gillies, J.A. (2025) Surface and meteorological data of barchan and protodune dynamics at the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/f7d18a98-9cd5-4b35-b42d-ed9f5afd944d

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Date (Creation)
2025-06-03
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608424
Originator
  University of Southampton - Joanna Nield ( School of Geography and Environmental Science )
Highfield , Southampton , SO17 1BJ ,
Originator
  University of Oxford - Giles Wiggs ( School of Geography and the Environment )
South Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3QY ,
Originator
  University of Loughborough - Matthew Baddock ( Geography and Environment )
Loughborough , LE11 3TU ,
Originator
  University College London - Rebecca Warrilow ( Mullard Space Science Laboratory )
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maintenance and update frequency
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Mars
  • Aeolian
  • Coasts
  • Lasers
  • Citable Data
  • Deserts
  • Barchan
  • Earth (planet)
dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Citable Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
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Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
NAM

Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
NAMIBIA [id=665000]

Date (Creation)
1979

Geographic identifier
NORFOLK [id=158100]

Date (Creation)
1979

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Begin date
2014-09-01
End date
2025-05-31
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Warrilow, R., Nield, J. M., Diniega, S., Giles F.S. Wiggs, G. F. S., Baddock, M. C.. (2025). Morphology and migration data of protodunes and barchans on Mars and Earth. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/fe1cee16-e442-410f-8ffb-60b15e05d804

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dataset Dataset
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dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
No
Statement
Leica TLS was used to collect the topographic measurements of barchans and protodunes on Earth in coastal and desert regions. The processed bedform morphometrics are contained within this dataset. Mars bedform morphometry was derived HiRISE imagery containing a digital terrain model (DTM) or at least two overlapping images useable for high-resolution change detection. Protodune site selection criteria included having nearby barchan or barchanoid mature dune forms ; having a shape and pathway that did not appear to be inhibited by topography and visible ripples on the protodune surface. Morphometric parameters were digitised from imagery; length was measured as the maximum distance in the windward direction, perpendicular to the ripples. Bedform displacement, was the average lee advancement between the time differenced orthoimages.
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36e50347-bffa-6b4e-e063-3050940a5ffd XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608424
 
 

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