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3. Baran, Z.J., and Cardenas, B.T., Modeling Lake Bonneville paleoshoreline erosion at Mars-like rates and durations: implications for the preservation of martian shorelines and viability as evidence for a martian ocean.
2. Li, J., Liu, H., Meng, X., Duan, D., Lu, H., Zhang, J., Zhang, F., Elsworth, D., Cardenas, B.T., Manga, M., Zhou, B., and Fang, G., Ancient ocean coastal deposits imaged on Mars.
1. Cardenas, B.T., Beer, A., Donohoe, P., Kanine, O., Dickson, J.L., and Lamb, M.P. Crater-wall degradation and bedrock-chute formation from dry rockfall erosion.
Published
2023
19. Cardenas, B.T., Stacey, K., and Baran, Z.J. Relationships between fluvial dune cross-set thickness, planview width, and trough geometry. Geology, v. 51, p. 1163-1167, https://doi.org/10.1130/G51540.1.
18. Cardenas, B.T., and Stacey, K. Landforms associated with the aspect-controlled exhumation of crater-filling alluvial stratigraphy on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 50, e2023GL103618, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103618.
17. Wu, C., Kim, W., Herring, R., Cardenas, B.T., Dong, T., Ma, H., Moodie, A., Tsai, F., Li, A., and Nittrouer, J. Pace of meandering and avulsion set river sinuosity near coast on Earth and Mars. Nature Geoscience, v. 16, p. 747-753, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01231-1.
16. Cardenas, B.T., Lamb, M.P., Jobe, Z.R., Mohrig, D., and Swartz, J.M., 2023, Morphodynamic preservation of fluvial channel belts. The Sedimentary Record, v. 21, https://doi.org/10.2110/001c.66285.
2022
15. Cardenas, B.T., Grotzinger, J.P., Lamb, M.P., Lewis, K., Fedo, C., Dietrich, W., Bryk, A., Stein, N., Turner, M., and Caravaca, G., 2022, Barform deposits of the Carolyn Shoemaker formation, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 92, p. 1071-1092, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.032.
14. Cardenas, B.T., Lamb, M.P., and Grotzinger, J.P., 2022, Martian landscapes of fluvial ridges carved from sedimentary basin fill. Nature Geoscience, v. 15, p. 871-877, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01058-2.
13. Cardenas, B.T. and Lamb, M.P., 2022, Paleogeographic reconstructions of an ocean margin on Mars based on deltaic sedimentology at Aeolis Dorsa. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, v. 127, e2022JE007390, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007390.
12. Swartz, J., Cardenas, B.T., Mohrig, D., and Passalacqua, P., 2022, Tributary channel networks formed by depositional processes. Nature Geoscience, v. 15, p. 216-221, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00900-x.
2021
11. Hayden, A.T., Lamb, M.P., Myrow, P., Mohrig, D., Williams, R.M.E., Cuevas Martinez, J.L., Cardenas, B.T., Findlay, C.P., Ewing, R.C., and McElroy, B.J., 2021, The Oligocene-Miocene Guadalope-Matarranya fan, Spain, as an analog for long-lived, ridge-bearing megafans on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, v. 126, e2021JE006993, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006993.
10. Zhao, F., Kim, W., and Cardenas, B.T., 2021, Controls of aeolian dune height on cross-strata architecture: White Sands, New Mexico, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 91, p. 1-12, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.138.
2020
9. Mason, J., Cardenas, B.T., Day, M.D., Daniller-Varghese, M., Brothers, S.C., Kocurek, G., and Mohrig, D., 2020, Pattern evolution and interactions in subaqueous dune fields: North Loup River, Nebraska, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 90, p. 1734-1746, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.066.
8. Cardenas, B.T., Mohrig, D., Goudge, T.A., Hughes, C.M., Levy, J.S., Swanson, T., Mason, J., and Zhao, F., 2020, The anatomy of exhumed river-channel belts: Bedform- and belt-scale kinematics of the Ruby Ranch Member, Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA. Sedimentology, v. 67, p. 3655-3682, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12765.
2019
7. Cardenas, B.T., Swanson, T., Goudge, T.A., Wagner, R.W., and Mohrig, D., 2019, The effect of remote sensing resolution limits on aeolian sandstone measurements and the reconstruction of ancient dune fields on Mars: Numerical experiment using the Page Sandstone, Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, v. 124, p. 3244-3256, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006191.
6. Swanson, T., Mohrig, D., Kocurek, G., Cardenas, B.T., Wolinsky, M.A., 2019, Preservation of autogenic processes and allogenic forcings within set-scale aeolian architecture I: numerical experiments. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 89, p. 728-740, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.42.
5. Cardenas, B.T., Kocurek, G., Mohrig, D., Swanson, T., Hughes, C.M., and Brothers, S.C., 2019, Preservation of autogenic processes and allogenic forcings in set-scale aeolian architecture II: the scour-fill dominated Jurassic Page Sandstone, Arizona, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 89, p. 741-760, https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.41.
4. Kocurek, G., Martindale, R.C., Day, M.D., Goudge, T.A., Kerans, C., Hassenruck-Gudipati, H.J., Mason, J., Cardenas, B.T., Petersen, E.I., Mohrig, D., Aylward, D.S., Hughes, C.M., and Nazworth, C.M., 2019, Antecedent aeolian dune topographic control on carbonate and evaporate facies: Jurassic Todilto Member, Wanakah Formation, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, USA. Sedimentology, v. 66, p. 808-837, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12518.
3. Hughes, C.M., Cardenas, B.T., Goudge, T.A., and Mohrig, D., 2019, Deltaic Deposits Indicative of a Paleo-Coastline at Aeolis Dorsa, Mars. Icarus, v. 317, p. 442-453, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.08.009.
2018
2. Goudge, T.A., Mohrig, D., Cardenas, B.T., Hughes, C.M., and Fassett, C.I., 2018, Stratigraphy and Paleohydrology of Delta Channel Deposits, Jezero Crater, Mars. Icarus, v. 301, p. 58-75, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.034.
1. Cardenas, B.T., Mohrig, D., and Goudge, T.A., 2018, Fluvial stratigraphy of valley fills at Aeolis Dorsa, Mars: Evidence for base-level fluctuations controlled by a downstream water body. GSA Bulletin, v. 130, p. 484-498, https://doi.org/10.1130/B31567.1.
Theses and Dissertations
2. Yurchak, A., 2024, Evidence for an exhumed submarine channel belt along a Martian continental shelf at Aeolis Dorsa. Undergraduate thesis.
1. Baran, Z., 2023, Numerical modelling of Lake Bonneville paleoshoreline erosion at Mars-like rates and durations. Undergraduate thesis.
Other Publications
Cardenas, B.T., 2019, The Accumulation and Preservation of Fluvial and Aeolian Strata. PhD Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin.
Cardenas, B.T., 2014, Evidence for coastline-controlled changes in base level from fluvial stratigraphy at Aeolis Dorsa, Mars. MS Thesis, University of Texas at Austin.