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Dr. Mary Bourke
Associate Professor, Geography

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mc Keown, L.E., Diniega, S., Bourke, M.C. and Schwamb, M.E.,, Morphometric trends and implications for the formation of araneiform clusters, Eartha and Planetary Science Letters, 607, (118049), 2023, phttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl Journal Article, 2023 URL

Raska, P., N. Bezak, C. S. S. Ferreira, Z. Kalantari, K. Banasik, M. Bertola, M. C. Bourke, A. Cerdà, P. Davids, M. M. de Brito, R. Evans, D. Finger, R. Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, M. Housh, A. Hysa, J. Jakubínský, M. K. Kapović Solomun, M. Kaufmann, S. Keesstra, E. Keles, S. Kohnová, M. Pezzagno, K. Potočki, S. Rufat, S. Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, A. Schindelegger, M. raj, G. Stankunavicius, J. Stolte, R. Stričevic, J. Szolgay, V. Zupanc, L. Slavíková and T. Hartmann, Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: an interdisciplinary overview using the expert community approach, Journal of Environmental Management, 310, 2022, p44739- Journal Article, 2022 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Islam, M. T., Bradley, A. V., Sowter, A., Andersen, R., Marshall, C., Long, M., Bourke, M. C., Connolly, J., and Large, D. J., , Use of APSIS-InSAR measures of the range of vertical surface motion to improve hazard assessment of peat landslides, Mires and Peat, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Shore Platforms in, Devoy, R. J., Cummins, V., Brunt, B., Bartlett, D. J., and Kandrot, S. , The Coastal Atlas of Ireland, Cork University Press, 2021, pp205 - 207, [Cullen, N., and Bourke, M. C.] Book Chapter, 2021

Mc Keown L., McElwaine J.N., Bourke M.C., Sylvest M.E., Patel M.R., The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under martian atmospheric pressure, Scientific Reports, 11, (1), 2021 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Farrell, E., Bourke, M. C., Henry, T., Kindermann, G., Lynch, K., Morley, T., O'Dwyer, B., O'Sullivan, J., and Turner, J., From Source to Sink: Responses of a Coastal Catchment to Large-scale Changes (Golden Strand Catchment, Achill Island, County Mayo), 376, EPA, 2021, 102 Report, 2021 URL

Verma, Ankit Kumar; Bourke, Mary C.; Viles, Heather A.; Osinski Gordon R; Rodriguez-Blanco, Juan Diego, The effect of impact-generated heterogeneities and discontinuities on the subsequent weathering of impactites: insights from laboratory experiments, Earth and Space Science Open Archive, 2020, p10.1002/essoar.10505291.1 Journal Article, 2020 DOI URL

Collier, M.J.; Bourke, M.C., The case for mainstreaming nature-based solutions into integrated catchment management in Ireland, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 102B, (2), 2020, p107 - 113 Journal Article, 2020 DOI TARA - Full Text URL URL

Verma, A. K. and M. C. Bourke , A method based on structure-from-motion photogrammetry to generate sub-millimetre-resolution digital elevation models for investigating rock breakdown features, Earth Surface Dynamics, 7, (1), 2019, p45 - 66 Journal Article, 2019

Planetary Aeolian Geomorphology in, editor(s)Livingstone, I, Warren, A. , Aeolian geomorphology a new introduction., Wiley, 2019, pp261 - 286, [Bourke, M.C., Balme, M.R., Lewis, S.R., Lorenz, R., Parteli, E.J.R.,] Book Chapter, 2019 TARA - Full Text

Danielle Cullen, N., Kumar Verma, A., Carol Bourke, M., A comparison of structure from motion photogrammetry and the traversing micro-erosion meter for measuring erosion on shore platforms, Earth Surface Dynamics, 6, (4), 2018, p1023-1039 Journal Article, 2018

Cullen, N.D., Bourke, M.C., Clast abrasion of a rock shore platform on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43, (12), 2018, p2627-2641 Journal Article, 2018

Viles, H.A., Messenzehl, K., Mayaud, J., Coombes, M., Bourke, M.C., , Stress histories control rock breakdown trajectories in arid environments, Geology, 46, (5), 2018, p419 - 422 Journal Article, 2018

Cornwall, C., Jackson, D.W.T., Bourke, M.C., Beyers, M., Cooper, J.A.G., Seasonal Variations in Airflow Over the Namib Dune, Gale Crater, Mars: Implications for Dune Dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, (18), 2018, p9498-9507 Journal Article, 2018

Cornwall, C., D. W. T. Jackson, M. C. Bourke & J. A. G. Cooper, Morphometric analysis of slipface processes of an aeolian dune: Implications for grain-flow dynamics, Sedimentology, 65, 2018, p2034 - 2054 Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text URL

Cornwall, C., Bourke, M.C., Jackson, D.W.T., Cooper, J.A.G., Aeolian slipface dynamics and grainflow morphologies on Earth and Mars, Icarus, 314, 2018, p311-326 Journal Article, 2018

Mc Keown, L., Bourke, M.C and McElwaine, J., Experiments on Carbon Dioxide Ice Sublimation and Implications For Contemporary Surface Processes On Mars, Scientific Reports , 7, (1), 2017, p1 - 15 Journal Article, 2017 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Mc Keown, L.E., Bourke, M.C., McElwaine, J.N., Experiments On Sublimating Carbon Dioxide Ice And Implications For Contemporary Surface Processes On Mars, Scientific Reports, 7, (1), 2017 Journal Article, 2017

Bourke, M.C. and Viles, H.E.A., Valley-floor aeolianite in an equatorial pit crater on Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, p10.1002/2016GL071467 Journal Article, 2017 URL DOI

Cardinale, Marco, Silvestro, Simone, Vaz, David A., Michaels, Timothy, Bourke, Mary C., Komatsu, Goro, Marinangeli, Lucia, Present-day aeolian activity in Herschel Crater, Mars, Icarus, 265, 2016, p139-148 Journal Article, 2016

Jackson D., Bourke M., Smyth T., The dune effect on sand-transporting winds on Mars, Nature Communications, 6, 2015 Journal Article, 2015 DOI TARA - Full Text

Parteli, E.J.R., Duran, O., Bourke, M.C., Tsoar, H., Poschel, T., Herrmann, H.J, Origins of barchan dune asymmetry: Insights from numerical simulationstion, Aeolian Research, 12, 2014, p121 - 133 Journal Article, 2014

Hansen, C. J., Byrne, S., Portyankina, S., Bourke, M.C., Dundas, C., McEwen, A., Mellon, M., Pommerol, A., and Thomas, N., Observations of the Northern Seasonal Polar Cap on Mars I. Spring Sublimation Activity and Processes: , Icarus, 225, (2), 2013, p881-897 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Zimbelman, J.R., Bourke, M.C., Lorenz, R.D, Recent developments in planetary Aeolian studies and their terrestrial analogs, Aeolian Research, 11, 2013, p109 - 126 Journal Article, 2013 URL TARA - Full Text

Geissler, PE, Stantzos, NW, Bridges, NT, Bourke, MC, Silvestro, S, Fenton, LK, Shifting sands on Mars: insights from tropical intra-crater dunes, EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 38, (4), 2013, p407-412 Journal Article, 2013 DOI

Diniega, S., Hansen, C.J., McElwaine, J.N., Hugenholtz, C.H., Dundas, C.M., McEwen, A.S., Bourke, M.C., A new dry hypothesis for the formation of Martian linear gullies., Icarus., 225, (1), 2013, p526-537 Journal Article, 2013

Bridges, NT, Bourke, MC, Geissler, PE, Banks, ME, Colon, C, Diniega, S, Golombek, MP, Hansen, CJ, Mattson, S, McEwen, AS, Mellon, MT, Stantzos, N, Thomson, BJ, Planet-wide sand motion on Mars, GEOLOGY, 40, (1), 2012, p31-34 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Rodriguez, A.P., Bourke, M., Tanaka, K.L., Miyamoto, H., Kargel, J., Baker, V., Fairen, A.G., Davies, R.J., Bridget, L., Santiago, R.L., Hernandez, M.Z. and Berman, D.C , Infiltration of Martian outflow floodwaters into lowland cavernous systems. , Geophysical Research Letters, 39, (22), 2012 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Hansen, C., Bourke, M.C, Bridges, N.T., Byrne, S., Colon, C., Diniega, S., Dundas, C.M., Herkenhoff, K., McEwen, A., Mellon, M.T., Portyankina, G. and Thomas, N. , Seasonal Erosion and Restoration of Mars' Northern Polar Dunes. , Science, 331, (575), 2011 Journal Article, 2011 URL

Travertine and tufa from Dalhousie Springs (Australia)- Implications for recognizing Martian springs in, editor(s)W.B. Garry, J.E. Bleacher , Analogs for Planetary Exploration, Geological Society of America, 2011, pp231 - 247, [Clarke, J., Bourke, M.C] Book Chapter, 2011

Aeolian Research, Amsterdam, Elsevier, [Associate Editor], 2011-2014 Editorial Board, 2011

Gardin, E, Bourke, MC, Allemand, P, Quantin, C, High albedo dune features suggest past dune migration and possible geochemical cementation of aeolian sediments on Mars, ICARUS, 212, (2), 2011, p590-596 Journal Article, 2011 DOI

Fenton, L.K., Bishop, M.A., Bourke, M.C., Bristow, C.S., Hayward, R.K., Horgan, B.H., Lancaster, N., Michaels, T.I., Tirsch, D., Titus, T.N., Valdez, A., Summary of the Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs - Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, May 18-21, 2010, Aeolian Research, 2, (2-3), 2010, p173-178 Journal Article, 2010

Bourke, MC, Barchan dune asymmetry: Observations from Mars and Earth, ICARUS, 205, (1), 2010, p183-197 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Viles, H., A., Ehlmann, B.L., Wilson, C., Cebula, T., Page, M. and Bourke, M.C., Simulating weathering of basalt on Mars and Earth by thermal cycling., Geophysical Research Letters, 37, (18), 2010 Journal Article, 2010 URL

Lori K. Fenton, Mark A. Bishop, Mary C. Bourke, Charles S. Bristow, Rosalyn K. Hayward, Briony H. Horgan, Nicholas Lancaster, Timothy I. Michaels, Daniela Tirsch, Timothy N. Titus, Andrew Valdez, Summary of the Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs " Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, May 18"21, 2010, Aeolian Research, 2, (2-3), 2010, p173--178 Journal Article, 2010

Bourke, MC, Lancaster, N, Fenton, LK, Parteli, EJR, Zimbelman, JR, Radebaugh, J, Extraterrestrial dunes: An introduction to the special issue on planetary dune systems, Geomophology, 121, (1-2), 2010, p1-14 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Titus, T.N., Hayward, R.K. and Bourke, M.C,, Interdisciplinary research produces results in the understanding of planetary dunes., Transactions American Geophysical Union, 91, (32), 2010, p281 - 281 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Timothy N. Titus, Rosalyn Kay Hayward, Mary C. Bourke, Interdisciplinary Research Produces Results in the Understanding of Planetary Dunes: Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs-Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data; Alamosa, Colorado, 18-21 May 2010, Eos Trans. AGU, 91, (32), 2010, p281--281 Journal Article, 2010 URL

Ewing, R., Peyret, A., Kocurek, G. and Bourke, M.C., Dune-field pattern formation and recent transporting winds in the Olympia Undae Dune Field, North Polar Region of Mars., Journal of Geophysical Research, 15, (E8), 2010 Journal Article, 2010 URL

Hobbs, SW, Paull, DJ, Bourke, MC, Aeolian processes and dune morphology in Gale Crater, ICARUS, 210, (1), 2010, p102-115 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

GEOMORPHOLOGY, 121, 1-2, (2010), 1 - 132p, Bourke, M., [Managing Guest Editor], 2008-2010 Journal, 2010 URL

Fenton, L.K., Bishop, M.A., Bourke, M.C., Bristow, C.S., Hayward, R.K., Horgan, B.H., Lancaster, N., Michaels, T.I., Tirsch, D., Titus, T.N., Valdez, A, Summary of the Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Planetary Analogs -- Integrating Models, Remote Sensing, and Field Data, Aeolian Research, 2, (2-3), 2010, p173 - 178 Journal Article, 2010

Bourke, MC, Ewing, RC, Finnegan, D, McGowan, HA, Sand dune movement in the Victoria Valley, Antarctica, Geomophology, 109, (3-4), 2009, p148-160 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Bourke, MC, Goudie, AS, Varieties of barchan form in the Namib Desert and on Mars, Aeolian Research, 1, (1-2), 2009, p45-54 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text DOI

Balme, M, Berman, DC, Bourke, MC, Zimbelman, JR, Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars, GEOMORPHOLOGY, 101, (4), 2008, p703-720 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Tanaka, Kenneth L., Rodriguez, J. Alexis P., Skinner, James A., Jr., Bourke, Mary C., Fortezzo, Corey M., Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Kolb, Eric J., Okubo, Chris H., North polar region of Mars: Advances in stratigraphy, structure, and erosional modification, Icarus, 196, (2), 2008, p318-358 Journal Article, 2008

Feldman, W. C., Bourke, M.C, Elphic, R. C., Maurice, S., Bandfield, J., Prettyman, T. H., Diez, B., and Lawrence, D. J., Hydrogen Content of Sand Dunes within Olympia , Icarus, 196, (2), 2008, p422-432 Journal Article, 2008 URL

Bourke, M.C, Viles, H. A., Nicoli, J., Lyew-Ayee, P., Ghent, R. and Holmlund, J. , Innovative applications of laser scanning and rapid prototype printing to rock breakdown experiments., Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, (10), 2008, p1614 - 1621 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Titus, T. N., Lancaster, N., Hayward, R., Fenton, L., and Bourke, M.C , Priorities for future research on planetary dunes., Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 89, (45), 2008, p447 - 448 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Timothy N. Titus, Nick Lancaster, Rose Hayward, Lori Fenton, Mary Bourke, Priorities for Future Research on Planetary Dunes Planetary Dunes: Workshop: A Record of Climate Change; Alamogordo, New Mexico, 28 April to 2 May 2008, Eos Trans. AGU, 89, (45), 2008, p447--448 Journal Article, 2008

Bourke, MC, Edgett, KS, Cantor, BA, Recent aeolian dune change on Mars, GEOMORPHOLOGY, 94, (1-2), 2008, p247-255 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Ehlmann, BL, Viles, HA, Bourke, MC, Quantitative morphologic analysis of boulder shape and surface texture to infer environmental history: A case study of rock breakdown at the Ephrata Fan, Channeled Scabland, Washington, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE, 113, (F2), 2008, Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Tanaka, K. L., Rodriguez, J.A.P., Skinner, J.A., Bourke, M.C, Fortezzo, C.A., Herkenhoff, K.E., Kolbe, E.J., Okubo, C., North polar region of Mars: Advances in stratigraphy, structure, and erosional modification and possible correlations with south polar stratigraphy., Icarus, 196, 2008, p318 - 358 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Fluvial Features in, editor(s)Bourke, M.C. and Viles, H.A. , A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments, Tucson, Arizona, Planetary Science Institute, 2007, pp23 - 47, [Bourke, M.C., Haas, R., Brearley, J.A., Viles, H., A.,] Book Chapter, 2007

Rodriguez, J.A.P., Tanaka, K., Langevin, Y., Bourke, M.C, Kargel, J., Christensen, P., Sasaki, S., Recent aeolian erosion and deposition in the north polar plateau of Mars., Mars: The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, 3, 2007, p29 - 41 Journal Article, 2007 DOI TARA - Full Text

Aeolian Features in, editor(s)Bourke, M.C and Viles, H.A. , A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments, Tucson, Arizona, Planetary Science Institute, 2007, pp6 - 22, [Viles, H.A., Bourke, M.C] Book Chapter, 2007

Viles, Heather, Ehlmann, Bethany, Cebula, Tomasz, Wilson, Colin, Mol, Lisa, Bourke, Mary, Simulating physical weathering of basalt on Earth and Mars, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, (15), 2007, pA1068 Journal Article, 2007

Bourke, M.C. and Viles, H.A., A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments, Tucson, Arizona, Planetary Science Institute, 2007, 1 - 75pp Book, 2007

Weathering Features in, editor(s)Bourke, M.C. and Viles, H.A. , A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments, Tucson, Arizona, Planetary Science Institute, 2007, pp48 - 74, [Viles, H.A., Bourke, M.C] Book Chapter, 2007

Hayward, RK, Mullins, KF, Fenton, LK, Hare, TM, Titus, TN, Bourke, MC, Colaprete, A, Christensen, PR, Mars global digital dune database and initial science results, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 112, (E11), 2007 Journal Article, 2007 DOI TARA - Full Text

Introduction in, editor(s)Bourke, M.C. and Viles, H.A. , A Photographic Atlas of Rock Breakdown Features in Geomorphic Environments, Tucson, Arizona, Planetary Science Institute, 2007, pp1 - 5, [Bourke, M.C.] Book Chapter, 2007

Bourke, MC, Balme, M, Beyer, RA, Williams, KK, Zimbelman, J, A comparison of methods used to estimate the height of sand dunes on Mars, Geomorphology, 81, (3-4), 2006, p440-452 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Weitz, CM, Irwin, RP, Chuang, FC, Bourke, MC, Crown, DA, Formation of a terraced fan deposit in Coprates Catena, Mars, ICARUS, 184, (2), 2006, p436-451 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Hasiotis, S.T. and Bourke, M.C , Continental trace fossils and museum exhibits: displaying organism behavior frozen in time., The Geological Curator, 8, (5), 2006, p211 - 226 Journal Article, 2006

Morrison, Z., Bourke, M.C., & Kelley, C. , Stop making it such a big issue: Gender inequality, denial and the experiences and perceptions of under-graduates at a British University, Women's Studies International Forum, 28, (2-3), 2005, p150 - 162 Journal Article, 2005

Bourke, M.C, and Thorp, M. , Irish Geography, Rainfall-triggered slope failures in eastern Ireland, 38, (1), 2005 Journal Article, 2005

Bhattacharya, J.P., Payenberg, T.H.D., Lang, S.C. and Bourke, M.C, Dynamic river channel suggests a long-lived Noachian crater lake on Mars., Geophysical Research Letters, 32, (10), 2005 Journal Article, 2005 TARA - Full Text DOI

Bourke, M.C., Thorp, M., Rainfall-triggered slope failures in eastern Ireland, Irish Geography, 38, (1), 2005, p1-22 Journal Article, 2005

Zoë Morrison, Mary Bourke, Caroline Kelley, `Stop making it such a big issue": Perceptions and experiences of gender inequality by undergraduates at a British University, Women's Studies International Forum, 28, (2-3), 2005, p150--162 Journal Article, 2005

Bourke, MC, Bullard, JE, Barnouin-Jha, OS, Aeolian sediment transport pathways and aerodynamics at troughs on Mars, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 109, (E7), 2004 Journal Article, 2004 DOI TARA - Full Text

Scabland; Channeled Scabland, A.S.Goudie, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology, London, Routledge, 2004, pp912 - 914, [Bourke, M.C] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2004

Miyamoto, H., Dohm, J. M., Baker, V.R., Beyer, R.A. and Bourke, M.C, Dynamics of unusual debris flows on Martian sand dunes, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, (13), 2004 Journal Article, 2004 DOI TARA - Full Text

M.C. Bourke, A Small-Scale Throughflow Outburst in a Heterolithic Ephemeral Channel, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 73, (1), 2003, p2--4 Journal Article, 2003

Bourke, MC, A small-scale throughflow outburst in a heterolithic ephemeral channel, Journal of sedimentary research, 73, (1), 2003, p2-4 Journal Article, 2003

Bourke, M.C. Child, A. and Stokes, S., Optical age estimates for hyper-arid fluvial silts at Homeb, Namibia., Quaternary Science Reviews, 31, (10 - 13), 2003, p1099 - 1103 Journal Article, 2003

Bulmer, M.H., Barnouin-Jha, O.S., Peiterson, M.N. and Bourke, M.C, An Empirical Approach to Studying Debris Flows - Implications for Planetary Modeling Studies., Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, (E5), 2002 Journal Article, 2002 TARA - Full Text

Bulmer, MH, Barnouin-Jha, OS, Peitersen, MN, Bourke, M, An empirical approach to studying debris flows: Implications for planetary modeling studies, Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, 107, (E5), 2002 Journal Article, 2002

Paleoflood reconstruction on arid floodplains using geophysical survey data and hydraulic modeling. in, editor(s)P.K. House, R.H. Webb, V.R. Baker, and D.R. Levish , Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology. , Washington DC, American Geophysical Union, 2002, pp47 - 60, [Pickup, G., Marks, A. and Bourke, M.C] Book Chapter, 2002

Bourke, M.C., Suspended sediment concentrations and geomorphic effect of sub-bankfull flow in a central Australian stream. , International Journal of Hydrological Sciences, 276, 2002, p315 - 324 Journal Article, 2002

Fluvial form variablity in arid central Australia in, editor(s)Miller, A. Gupta, A. , Varieties of Fluvial Form, Wiley, 1999, pp249 - 271, [Bourke, M.C., Pickup, G.] Book Chapter, 1999 URL

Bourke, M.C, Channel adjustment to extreme floods in arid central Australia. , 2nd joint conference of the Institute of Australian Geographers and the New Zealand Geographical Society, Hobart, Australia, January 28-31, 1997, edited by Bliss, E. , New Zealand Geographical Society, 1998 Conference Paper, 1998 TARA - Full Text

Bourke, M.C., The Age of Two Human Occupation Sites in the Eastern MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia, Australian Archaeology, 45, 1997, p55 - 57 Journal Article, 1997 URL

Bourke, M.C., Cyclical construction and destruction of flood dominated floodplains in semiarid central Australia, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 224, 1994, p113 - 123 Journal Article, 1994 TARA - Full Text URL

BOURKE, MC, Olive, LJ, Loughran, RJ, Kesby, JA, CYCLICAL CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF FLOOD DOMINATED FLOOD PLAINS IN SEMIARID AUSTRALIA, Variability in Stream Erosion and Sediment Transport, 1994, p113-123 Journal Article, 1994

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

J. Byrne, J. Connelly, J. Su, V. Krylov, M. Bourke, D. Moloney & R. Dahyot, Trinity College Dublin Drone Survey Dataset, 2017, School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, 2017 Dataset, 2017 TARA - Full Text URL

Bourke, M.C., Flood, R., Goffo, F., Cullen, N, Nash, C. Naylor, L., Investigation of Ireland's Shore Platforms: Location, type and coastal protection., Geological Survey of Ireland, 2016 Report, 2016

Bourke, M.C. and Pilla, F., Nash, C., Cullen, N., Innovative approaches to coastal landslide identification and mapping, Geological Survey of Ireland, 2016 Report, 2016

Bourke, M.C., Dynamic aeolian sediment transport, 45th Annual Binghampton Symposium on Planetary Geomorphology, USA, 2014, University of Tennassee Invited Talk, 2014

Bourke, M.C., Seasonal changes on aeolian dunes: the role of cryo-aeolian processes, Geological Society of America, USA, 2014, GSA Invited Talk, 2014

Bourke, M.C. Pila, F. , Inventory of landslides in County Kerry and County Mayo, Ireland, Geological Survey of Ireland, 2014, p1 - 61 Report, 2014

Pila, F. Bourke, M.C., Guidat, T., GIS landslide susceptibility model of County Kerry and County Mayo, Ireland, Geological Survey of Ireland, 2014, 1, 74 Report, 2014

Bourke, M.C., Blows and flows on Martian dunes: An untold story of sediment transport, Fermore Meeting on Comparative Planetology, London, 2014, Geological Society of London Invited Talk, 2014

Bourke, M.C., Sand furrows: a new geomorphic feature on Martian Dunes, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 2013, EGU Invited Talk, 2013

Bourke, M.C., Human exploration field activities, Concepts for Activities in the Field for Exploration Experts meeting, Royal Astronomical Society, London, 2012, European Space Agency Invited Talk, 2012

Bourke, M.C., Progress in planetary dune studies, Second International Planetary dunes Workshop, 2011, NASA Invited Talk, 2011

Bourke, M.C., Disappearing and shrinking dunes on Mars, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, 2007, EGU Invited Talk, 2007

Hayward, R. K., Mullins, Fenton, L. K., K.F. Hare, T.M., Titus, T. N., Bourke, M.C, Colprete, A., Christensen, P. R., Mars Digital Dune Database: MC2-MC29., USA, U.S. Geological Survey, 2007, (USGS Open-File Report 2007-1158) Report, 2007

Bourke, M.C., Women are from Mars, Venus, Titan........ , Women in Science and Technology: Making a difference, Ireland, 2005, British Association for the Advancement of Science Invited Talk, 2005

Bourke, M.C., Water on Mars, Ireland, 2005, British Association for the Advancement of Science Invited Talk, 2005

Bourke, M.C., Niveo-aeolian and denivation deposits on Mars, American Geophysical Union, USA, 2004, AGU Invited Talk, 2004

Bourke, M.C., New directions and perspectives in Geomorphology: The Geomorphology of Mars. , Association of American Geographers, USA, 2003 Invited Talk, 2003

Bourke, M.C., Australian desert floods during the late Pleistocene and Holocene, Cosmos Club, Washington DC., USA, 1999, Geological Society of Washington Invited Talk, 1999

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • Carbon dioxide levitation: A new geomorphic process
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2014
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    • 2017
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    • Recent change in Martian Polar dunes
  • Funding Agency
    • EU
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    • 2013
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    • 2017
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    • Inventory of landslides in Co. Mayo and Kerry, Ireland
  • Funding Agency
    • Geological Survey of Ireland
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    • 2013
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    • 2013
  • Title
    • Wind Regime, Sediment Transport and the Age of Dune Fields in the North Polar Sand Seas on Mars
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2010
  • Date To
    • 2014
  • Title
    • Rock breakdown on Earth and Mars: Further investigations using a combined field and experimental approach.
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2008
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    • 2012
  • Title
    • Volatile-rich aeolian deposits: A field-based analogue study
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2008
  • Date To
    • 2012
  • Title
    • The geomorphology and evolution of the North Polar Sand Seas on Mars.
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2007
  • Date To
    • 2011
  • Title
    • Fissure-related channels in Australia: An analog for Martian groundwater-fed outflow channels
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2005
  • Date To
    • 2009
  • Title
    • Pseudokarst on Mars: The Evolution of the Hebrus Vallis and Haphaestus Fossae Systems in Utopia Planitia
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2005
  • Date To
    • 2009
  • Title
    • Rock breakdown on Earth and Mars: A Combined Field and Experimental Approach
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2005
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    • 2008
  • Title
    • Transverse Dune Characteristics and Topographically Generated Airflow on Mars
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2004
  • Date To
    • 2007
  • Title
    • The Modification of Martian depositional surfaces
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 2001
  • Date To
    • 2003
  • Title
    • Aeolian-fluvial interaction in central Australia
  • Funding Agency
    • Smithsonian Institution
  • Date From
    • 2000
  • Date To
    • 2003
  • Title
    • Using Earth Analogs to test the paleoflood hypothesis on Mars
  • Funding Agency
    • NASA
  • Date From
    • 1999
  • Date To
    • 2002
  • Title
    • Field studies in central Australia
  • Funding Agency
    • Smithsonian Institution
  • Date From
    • 1999
  • Date To
    • 2002

Keywords

; Aeolian; Coastal Morphological Changes, Defense Mechanisms; Deserts; Earth Observation; Earth Science; Fluvial; Geochronology; Geographic information systems; GEOMORPHOLOGY; Landslides; Mars; Natural Hazards; Planetary Geomorphology; Rock Breakdown; Sedimentology

Recognition

Representations

President of the Geomorphological Association of Ireland (GAI) 2023

National representative to International Association of Geomorphologists 2013

National Representative to European Geoscience Union (Geomorphology Group) 2013

Institute of Geologists of Ireland (Geomorphology representative) 2015

Geographical Society of Ireland National Committee Member 2019

Royal Irish Academy Geography and Geosciences Committee 2019

National member to the Land4Flood COST action 2018

President (acting) Irish Geomorphology group 2020

Member of the EPA Hydromorphology Working Group 2019

President(founding) of the Irish Geomorphology Group 2013

Chair (founder) of the Planetary Geomorphology Working Group of the International Association of Geomorphology 2007

Executive Committee of the Irish Geomorphology Group 2013

Executive Committee of the British Society for Geomorphology 2001

Managing guest editor for special issue on Geomorphology of Ireland, In Journal of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2014

Associate Editor of the Journal Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) 2013

Editorial Advisory Board for Journal of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2008

Associate Editor Journal of Aeolian Research 2011

Managing guest editor for special issue on Planetary Dunefields, in Journal of Geomorphology 2009

Invited to serve on NASA review panel: Solar System Working Program(USA) 2017

NASA review panel: Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE) 2016

NASA review panel: Mars Data Analysis 2016

European Science Foundation Europlanet research infrastructure program panel. 2016

NASA research panel Scout Mission to Mars 2010

Chair, NASA Mars Data Analysis Geology Panel 2005

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship; NASA Solar system workings; Executive government agency of National Science Center, Poland 2017

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO); NASA Solar System Workings; National Geographic; Executive government agency of National Science Center, Poland. 2016

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Cassini Data Analysis program; Aurora (UK. 2015

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Solar System Workings; National Geographic; NASA Cassini Data Analysis program; Aurora (UK). 2014

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Cassini Data Analysis program; Aurora (UK) 2013

Invited as Expert external reviewer: NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program 2011

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Planetary geology and geophysics; French Research Agency; NASA Mars Fundamental Research. 2010

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Planetary geology and geophysics; NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (Participating Scientist) 2009

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Mars Data Analysis 2007

Invited as Expert external reviewer by the following international programs: NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics. 2006

Invited as Expert external reviewer for the NASA Mars Data Analysis Program 2004

Awards and Honours

Excellence in Research Student Supervision Award 2023

Trinity Innovation Award: Societal Impact. Presented to the Academic whose research has had a significant impact for Trinity, society and industry 2021

Knowledge Transfer Ireland: Industry Engagement Impact Award (Finalist) 2021

Trinity Innovation Awards: Societal Impact (Finalist) 2019

Favourite Woman in Science (Nomination by TCD Science Students) 2019

Favourite Woman in Science (Nomination by TCD Science Students) 2018

Favourite Woman in Science (Nomination by TCD Science Students) 2017

Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin 2016

Master in Arts (jure officii) 2016

Elsevier 'Top Cited Author's in Geomorphology (2006-2011) 2011

Visiting Senior Research Associate, School of Geography, University of Oxford 2003-2014

Adjunct Associate Professor, UCD 2012-2016

International Research Fellowship, University New South Wales, Canberra, Australia 2007

Academic Research Award, University of Oxford 2002

Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian 2000-2004

Best graduate paper, Australian New Zealand Geography Conference. 1997

Robert Hill Memorial Prize for 'Outstanding and Innovative Research in the Earth Sciences', Australian National University. 1995

J.M. Bowler award for best graduate paper, Australian Quaternary Association. 1994

Memberships

ISROC (Inundation Signatures on Rocky Coastlines, National Science Foundation) 2021 – Present

International Association of Geomorphologists 1990 – Present

European Geosciences Union 2009 – Present

Geomorphological Association of Ireland 2013 – Present

American Geophysical Union 1998 – Present

Geomorphology Association of Ireland 2012 – Present

British Society for Geomorphology 1990 – Present

Geographical Society of Ireland 2013 – Present

Irish Quaternary Association 2012 – Present

International Association of Hydrogeologists 2019 – 2021