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Trokhimovskiy, A., Mège, D., Olsen, K.S., Fedorova, A.F., Korablev, O., Guerlet, S., Taysum, B., Tesson, P.A., Luginin, M., Montmessin, F., Vlasov, P., Grigoriev, A., Alday, J., Beliaev, D., Ignatiev, N., Patrakeev, A., Kokonkov, N., Ivanov, Y., J. Gurgurewicz, Pommerol, A., Cremonese, G., Thomas, N. Enigmatic HCl detections as a potential signature of igneous activity on Mars. In revision, Science Advances.

Choe, H., Dyment, J., Mège, D. Magnetic Signatures of Active Hydrothermal Systems in a Volcanic-Evaporitic Environment in the Danakil Depression. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 130, e2025JB032816. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB032816 PDF

Kozakiewicz, J., Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., Olszewski, R., Błęcka, M. I., Choromański, K., Czechowski, L., Czernic, P., Frodyma, N., Kania, M., Łosiak, A., Mol, S., Orlanducci, C., Pieterek, B., Poppe, S., Sobucki, M., Szczęch, M., Tesson, P.-A., Wrona, F. G., Zalewska, N., 2025. Planetologia w Polsce – wybrane badania ciał planetarnych wewnętrznego Układu Słonecznego. In revision, Science Advances. Przegląd Geologiczny 73, 11, 974–993. https://doi.org/10.7306/2025.107 PDF

Kereszturi, A., Ori, G.G, Marques, N.K.D., Grandjean, P., Allemand, P., Steinmann, V., Alberti, G., Mastrogiuseppe, M., Gurgurewicz, J., Kofman, W., Mège, D., Orlanducci, C., Tesson, P.-A., Kokin, O., Augier, S., 2025. FlyRadar – planned radar characteristics and targets for future drone based GPR survey on Mars. Acta Astronautica 229, 113–127. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.012 PDF

Zambrowska, A., Mège, D., and Poppe, S. 2024. Geology of the polyphase Olympica – Jovis Fossae channel system. Journal of Maps 20, 2419467. doi:10.1080/17445647.2024.2419467 PDF

Morand, A., Poppe, S., Harnett, C., Cornillon, A., Heap, M., and Mège, D., 2024. Fracturing and dome-shaped surface displacements above laccolith intrusions: Insights from Discrete Element Method modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 129, e2023JB027423. doi:10.1029/2023JB027423 PDF

Mège, D., Hauber, E., Dyment, J., Allemand, P., Moors, H., De Craen, M., and Choe, H., 2023. Tectonic and hydrothermal activity at the Yellow Lake fissure in response to the 2004 Dallol dyke intrusion event in Afar. Frontiers in Earth Science 11, 1250702. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1250702 PDF

Mège, D., Gurgurewicz, J. Massironi, M., Pozzobon, R., Tognon, G., Pajola, M., Tornabene, L.L., Lucchetti, A., Baschetti, B., Davis, J., Hauber, E., De Toffoli, B., Douté, S., Keszthelyi, L., Marinangeli, L., Perry, J., Pommerol, A., Pompilio, L., Rossi, A. P., Seelos, F., Sauro, G., Ziethe, R., Cremonese, G., and Thomas, N., 2023. Hydrothermal alteration of ultramafic rocks in Ladon basin, Mars – Insights from CaSSIS, HiRISE, CRISM and CTX. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, 1, e2022JE007223. doi:10.1029/2022JE007223 PDF

Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., Schmidt, F., Douté, S., and Langlais, B., 2022. Megashears and hydrothermalism at the Martian crustal dichotomy in Valles Marineris. Communications Earth & Environment 3, 282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00612-5 PDF

Pommerol, A., Thomas, A., Almeida, M., Read, M., Becerra, P., Cesar, C., Valantinas, A., Simioni, E., McEwen, A.S., Perry, J., Marrineri, C., Munaretto, G., Pajola, M., Tornabene, L., Mège, D., Da Deppo, V., Re, C., and Cremonese, G., 2022. In–flight radiometric calibration of the ExoMars TGO Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System. Planetary and Space Science 223, 105580. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2022.105580 PDF

Re, C., Fennema, A., Simioni, E., Sutton, Mège, D., Gwinner, K., Józefowicz, M., Munaretto, G., Petrella, A., Pommerol, A., Cremonese, G., and Thomas, N., 2022. CaSSIS–based stereo products for Mars after three years in orbit. Planetary and Space Science 219, 105515. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2022.105515 PDF

Wiśniewski, Ł., Grygorczuk, J., Zajko, P., Przerwa, M., Wasilewski, G., Gurgurewicz, J., and Mège, D., 2021. Energy dissipation during surface interaction of underactuated robot for planetary exploration. Energies 14, 4282. doi:10.3390/en14144282 PDF

Liuzzi, G., Villanueva, G.L., Viscardy, S., Mège, D., Crismani, M.M.J., Aoki, S., Gurgurewicz, J., Tesson, P.A., Mumma, M.J., Smith, M.D., Faggi, S., Kofman, V., Knutsen, E., Daerden, F., Neary, L., Schmidt, F., Trompet, L., Erwin, J.T., Robert, S., Thomas, I.R., Ristic, B., Bellucci, G., Lopez–Moreno, J.J., Patel, M.R., and Vandaele, A.C., 2021. Probing the atmospheric Cl isotopic ratio on Mars: implications for planetary evolution and atmospheric chemistry. Geophysical Research Letters 48, e2021GL092650, doi:10.1029/2021GL092650 PDF

Villanueva, G.L., Liuzzi, G., Crismani, M. M. J., Aoki, S., Vandaele, A.C., Daerden, F., Smith, Mumma, M.D., Knutsen, E.W., Neary, E.L., Viscardy, S., Thomas, I.R., Lopez–Valverde, M.A., Ristic, B., Patel, M.R., Holmes, J.A. Bellucci, G. Lopez–Moreno, J.J., NOMAD Science Team, 2021. Water heavily fractionated as it ascends on Mars as revealed by ExoMars/NOMAD. Science Advances 7, 7. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc8843 PDF

Tesson, P.–A., Conway, S., Mangold, N., Ciazela, J., Lewis, S., and Mège, D., 2020. Evidence for thermal fatigue on Mars from rockfall patterns on impact crater slopes. Icarus 342, 113503. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113503 PDF

Aoki, S., et al. (75 co–authors), 2019. Water vapor profiles on Mars in dust storms observed by TGO/NOMAD. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124, 3482–3497. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006109 PDF

Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., Skiścim, M., and Pers, J., 2019. Nanotopographic characterization of microfractures in rocks by Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of Structural Geology 124, 70-80, doi:0.1016/j.jsg.2019.04.010 PDF

Kromuszczynska, O., Mège, D., Lucas, A., Dębniak, K., Gurgurewicz, J., and Makowska, M, 2019. Deep-seated gravitational deformation scaling on Earth and Mars: implications for paraglacial slope stability and driving forces, Earth Surface Dynamics 7, 116. doi: 10.5194/esurf-7-1-2019 PDF

Borykov, T., Mège, D., Mangeney, A., Richard, P., Gurgurewicz, J., and Lucas, A., 2019. Empirical investigation of friction weakening of terrestrial and Martian landslides using discrete element models. Landslides 16, 1121–1140. doi: 10.1007/s10346-019-01140-8 PDF

Hauber, E., Mège, D., Platz, T., and Broz, P., 2018. Endogenic Processes. In Rossi, A.P., and van Gasselt, S. (eds) Planetary Geology, Springer, 147-183. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-65179-8_8 PDF

Rooney, T., Krans, S., Mège, D., Arnaud, N., Korme, T., Kappelman, J., and Yirgu, G., 2018. Constraining the magmatic plumbing system in a zoned continental flood basalt province. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19, 3917–3944. doi:10.1029/2018GC007724 PDF

Debniak, K., Mège, D., and Gurgurewicz, J., 2017. Geomorphologic map of Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars. Journal of Maps 13, 260-269, doi:10.1080/17445647.2017.1296790 PDF

Castaldo, L., Mège, D., Gurgurewicz, J., Orosei, R., and Alberti, G., 2017. Global permittivity mapping of the Martian surface using SHARAD, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 462, 55-56, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.01.012 PDF

Peng, P., Ernst, R.E., Hou, G., Söderlund, U., Zhang, S., Hamilton, M., Xu, Y., Denyszyn, S., Mège, D., Pisarevsky, S., Srivastava, R., and Kusky, T.M., 2016. Dyke Swarms: Keys to Paleogeographic Reconstructions. Science Bulletin 61, 16691671. doi:10.1007/s11434-016-1184-x PDF

Kromuszczynska, O., Mège, D., Castaldo, L., Gurgurewicz, J., Makowska, M., Debniak, K., Jelínek, R., 2016. Evaluation of the EGNOS service for topographic profiling in field geosciences. Geomorphology 268, 253-265. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.026 PDF

Makowska, M., Mège, D., Gueydan, F., and Chéry. J., 2016. Mechanical conditions for deep-seated gravitational spreading in Valles Marineris, Mars. Geomorphology 268, 246-252. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.06.011 PDF

Mège, D., Gurgurewicz, J., Grygorczuk, J., Wisniewski, L, and Thornell, G., 2016. The Highland Terrain Hopper (HOPTER): concept and examples of use of a new locomotion system for the exploration of low gravity Solar System bodies. Invited Paper, Acta Astronautica 121, 200-220. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.12.042 PDF.

Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., Carrère, V., Cornen, G., Gaudin A., Kostylew, J., Morizet, Y., Purcell, P.G., and Le Deit, L., 2015. Inferring alteration conditions on Mars: insights from near-infrared spectra of basalts from the arid hot Ogaden and arid cold Udokan volcanic fields: Planetary and Space Science 119, 137-154, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.09.002 PDF

Séjourné, A., Costard, F., Fedorov, A., Gargani, J., Skorve, J., Massé, M., and Mège, D., 2015. D. Evolution of the banks of thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Central Siberia) due to retrogressive thaw slump activity controlled by insolation. Geomorphology 241, 31-40, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.033 PDF

Mège, D., Purcell, P., Bézos, A., Jourdan, F., and La, C., 2015. A major dyke swarm in the Ogaden region south of Afar and the early evolution of the Afar Triple Junction. In Wright, T., et al. (eds) Magmatic Rifting and Active Volcanism. Geological Socety, London, Special Publication 420, doi:10.1144/SP420.7 PDF

Mège, D., Purcell, P., Pochat, S., Guidat, T., 2015. The landscape and landforms of the Ogaden, Southeast Ethiopia. In Billi, P. (Ed.) Landscapes and landforms of Ethiopia. Springer, Chapter 19, 323-348. doi:10.1007/978–94–017–8026–1_19 PDF

Gourronc, M., Bourgeois, O., Mège, D., Pochat, S., Bultel, B., Massé, M., Le Deit, L., Le Mouélic, S., and Mercier, D. 2013. One million cubic kilometers of fossil ice in Valles Marineris: relicts of a 3.5 Gy old glacial landsystem along the Martian equator. Geomorphology 204, 235-255, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.009 PDF

Mège, D., Le Deit, L., Rango, T., and Korme, T., 2013. Gravity tectonics of topographic ridges: halokinesis and gravitational spreading in the western Ogaden, Ethiopia. Geomorphology 193, 1-13. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.03.014 PDF

Le Deit, L., Flahaut, J., Quantin, C., Hauber, E., Mège, D., Bourgeois, O., Gurgurewicz, J., Massé, M., Jaumann, R., 2012. Extensive surface pedogenic alteration of the Martian Noachian crust evidenced by plateau phyllosilicates around Valles Marineris, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 117, E00J05, doi:10.1029/2011JE003983 PDF

Lucas, A., Mangeney, A., Mège, D., Bouchut, F., 2011. Scar geometry influence on landslide dynamics and deposit from granular modeling of Martian landslides: J. Geophys. Res. 116, E10001, doi:10.1029/2011JE003803 PDF

Mège, D., and Bourgeois, O., 2011. Equatorial glaciations on Mars revealed by gravitational collapse of Valles Marineris wallslopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 310, 182-191. 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.030 PDF

Le Deit, L., Bourgeois, O., Mège, D., Hauber, E., Le Mouélic, S., Massé, M., Jaumann, R., and Bibring, J.-P., 2010. Geological history of a layered formation covering the plateaus around Valles Marineris, Mars. Icarus 208, 684-703, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.012. PDF.

Mège, D., and Rango, T., 2010. Permanent groundwater storage in basaltic dyke fractures and termite mound viability. Journal of African Earth Sciences 57, 127-142, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.07.014 PDF

Schultz, R.A., Soliva, R., Okubo, C., and Mège, D., 2010. Fault populations. In R.A. Schultz and T.R. Watters (Eds), Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press, 456-509, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511691645.011 PDF

Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., Carrère, V., Cornen, G., Gaudin, A., Morizet, Y., and Purcell, P.G., 2009. Analysis of volcanic rock samples collected in March 2008 in eastern Ogaden Basin, Ethiopia. Pexco Exploration (East Africa) N.V./ University of Nantes, 37 p.

Mège, D., 2009. Using Palsar imagery for characterizing natural properties of volcanic fissures in the Ethiopian volcanic province. ESA/JAXA, ALOS PI Symposium 2008, ESA SP-664, 9 p. PDF

Mège, D., Gaudin, A., and Morizet, Y., 2008. Geology of Ogaden blocks 18-19-21, Ethiopia (Pexco concession), observations and preliminary results. Pexco Exploration (East Africa) N.V./ University of Nantes, 66 p.

Schultz, R.A., Mège, D., and Diot, H., 2008. Emplacement conditions of igneous dikes in Ethiopian Traps. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 178, 683-692, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.08.012 PDF

Le Deit, L., Le Mouélic, S., Mège, D., Bourgeois, O., Combe, J.-P., Sotin, C., Gendrin, A., Hauber, E., Mangold, N., and Bibring, J.-P., 2008. Ferric oxides in East Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris (Mars) inferred from analysis of OMEGA/Mars Express data: identification and geological interpretation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 113, E07001, doi:10.1029/2007JE002950 PDF

Lucas, A., Mangeney, A., Bouchut, F., Bristeau, M.O., Mège, D., 2007. Benchmark exercises for granular flows. International Forum on Landslide Disaster Management 2, Ho and Li (Eds.), 967–986. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.13572 PDF

Schultz, R.A., Moore, J.M., Grosfils, E.B., Tanaka, K.L., and Mège, D., 2007. The Canyonlands model for planetary grabens: revised physical basis and implications. In M.G. Chapman and I.P. Skilling (Eds), The Geology of Mars: Evidence from Earth-Based Analogues. Cambridge University Press, 371-399. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511536014.016 PDF

Mège, D., and Korme T., 2004. Dyke swarms in the Ethiopian Large Igneous Province: not only a matter of stress. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 132, 283-310, doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00318-4 PDF

Mège, D., and Korme T., 2004. Fissure eruption of flood basalts from statistical analysis of dyke fracture length. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 131, 77-92. doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00317-2 PDF

Mège, D., Cook, A. C., Lagabrielle, Y., Garel, E., and Cormier, M.-H., 2003, Volcanic rifting at Martian grabens. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 108, E5, doi:10.1029/2002JE001852 PDF

Callot, J.-P., Geoffroy, L., Aubourg, C., Pozzi, J.P., and Mège, D., 2001, Magma flow in shallow dykes from the E-Greenland margin inferred from magnetic fabric studies. Tectonophysics, 334, 313-329. doi:10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00060–9 PDF

Ernst, R. E., Grosfils, E. B., and Mège, D., 2001, Giant Dyke Swarms on Earth, Venus and Mars. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences 29, 489-534. doi:10.1146/annurev.earth.29.1.489 PDF

Mège, D., 2001, Uniformitarian plume tectonics: the post-Archean Earth and Mars. In R. E. Ernst and K. L. Buchan (Eds), Mantle plumes: Their identification through time. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 352, 141-164. doi:10.1130/0-8137-2352-3.141 PDF

Mège, D., and Ernst, R. E., 2001, Contractional effects of mantle plumes on Earth, Mars and Venus. In R. E. Ernst and K. L. Buchan (Eds), Mantle plumes: Their identification through time. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 352, 103-140. doi:10.1130/0-8137-2352-3.103 PDF

Mège, D., and Reidel, S. P., 2001, A method for estimating 2D wrinkle ridge strain from fault displacement scaling applied to the Yakima folds, Washington. Geophysical Research Letters 28, 18, 3545-3548. doi:10.1029/2001GL012934 PDF

Peulvast, J.-P., D. Mège, J. Chiciak, F. Costard, and P. Masson, 2001, Morphology, evolution, and tectonics of Valles Marineris wallslopes (Mars). Geomorphology 37, 3-4, 329-352. doi:10.1016/S0169–555X(00)00085–4 PDF

Mège, D., and Masson, P., 1996, Amounts of stretching in Valles Marineris. Planetary and Space Science 44, 8, 749-782. doi:10.1016/0032-0633(96)00013-X PDF

Mège, D., and Masson, P., 1996, A plume tectonics model for the Tharsis province, Mars. Planetary and Space Science 44, 12, 1499-1546. doi:10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00113-4 PDF

Mège, D., and Masson, P., 1996, Stress models for Tharsis formation, Mars. Planetary and Space Science 44, 12, 1471-1497. doi:10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00112-2 PDF

Costard, F.M., Chaffaut, F.X., Masson, P., Mège, D., and Peulvast, 1991, Landing site selection for the Mars 94 mission - A preliminary study. In The Environmental Model of Mars, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 55 -58. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-040787-6.50012-4 PDF

Datasets


Gurgurewicz, J., Mège, D., 2016. SSHADE/SOSYPOL: SOlar SYstem analogues database POLand. SSHADE (OSUG Data Center). doi:10.26302/SSHADE/SOSYPOL

Mège, D., Nna–Mvondo, D., Singh, S., Chevrier, V., 2013. NIR reflectance spectra of mixtures of AMES tholins with liquid and solid CH4, C2H6 and CH3CN at several temperatures. SSHADE/SOSYPOL (OSUG Data Center). Dataset/Spectral Data. doi:10.26302/SSHADE/EXPERIMENT_DM_20131017_001

Mège, D., Nna–Mvondo, D., Singh, S., Chevrier, V., 2013. NIR reflectance spectra of AMES tholins covering Spectralon in various proportions. SSHADE/SOSYPOL (OSUG Data Center). Dataset/Spectral Data. doi:10.26302/SSHADE/ EXPERIMENT_DM_20131025_003

Mège, D., Nna–Mvondo, D., Singh, S., Chevrier, V., 2014. NIR and MIR reflectance spectra of mixtures of UARK tholins with liquid and solid CH4, C2H6 and CH3CN at several temperatures. SSHADE/SOSYPOL (OSUG Data Center). Dataset/Spectral Data. doi:10.26302/ SSHADE/ EXPERIMENT_DM_20141115_002

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