[hal-01078380] Dunes on Titan at the Beginning of the Cassini Solstice Mission

Dunes on Titan a dominant land- form comprising 12-20% of the surface represent the end product of many surface processes acting in for- eign conditions Winds in a nitrogen-rich atmosphere with Earth-like pressure transport sand that is likely to have been derived from complex organics produced in the atmosphere These sands then accumulate into large linear dunes in planet-encircling sand seas con- centrated near the equator



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