Publications on Mars

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

50.           Hasan, F.A., Haq, M. and Sears, D.W.G. (1986a)  Thermoluminescence and the shock and reheating history of meteorites - III: The shergottites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 50, 1031-1038.

116.        Sears D. W. G. and Kral T. A. (1998)  Martian "microfossils" in lunar meteorites?  Meteorit. Planet. Sci.  33, 791-794.

138.        McKeever, S.W.S., Banerjee D., Blair M., Clifford S.M., Clowdsley M.S., Kim S.S., Lamothe M., Lepper K., Leuschen M., McKeever K.J., Prather M., Rowland A., Reust D., Sears D.W.G., Wilson J.W. (2003)  Concepts and approaches to in situ luminescence dating of martian sediments.  Radiat. Meas. 37, 527-534.

147.        Sears, Derek W. G.; Chittenden, Julie D. (2005)  On laboratory simulation and the temperature dependence of the evaporation rate of brine on Mars.  Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 23, CiteID L23203

148.        Sears, Derek W. G.; Moore, Shauntae R. (2005)  On laboratory simulation and the evaporation rate of water on Mars.  Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 16, CiteID L16202

149.        Moore S. R. and Sears D. W. G. (2006)  On laboratory simulation and the effect of small temperature oscillations about the freezing point and ice formation on the evaporation rate of water on Mars.  Astrobiology 6, 644-650.

150.        Chevrier, V., Sears, D. W. G., Chittenden, J. D., Roe, L. A., Ulrich, R., Bryson, K., Billingsley, L., and Hanley J. (2007)  Sublimation rate of ice under simulated Mars conditions and the effect of layers of mock regolith JSC Mars-1.  Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L02203, doi:10.1029/2006GL028401, 2007

 

Abstracts and Extended Abstracts

A142.   Akridge G. and Sears D.W.G. (1996)  Gaseous debris flow modelling of martian fluidized ejecta blankets.  Lunar Planet. Sci. XXVII, 3-4.

A187     Sears D. W. G., Lepper K. and McKeever S. W. S. (1999)  Luminescence dating:  A tool for martian eolian geochronology.  Presented at the 30th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (not on CD-ROM, abstract available on request).

A185.   Schneider D.M.,Hartmann W.K., Benoit P.H., and Sears D.W.G. (2000) Fusion crust simulation and the search for Martian sediments on earth. Lunar Planet. Sci. XXXI, CD-ROM #1388.

A200.   Kareev M.S., Sears D.W.G., and Benoit P.H. (2002 Simulation of the weathering processes on Mars. 65th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Socity, Los Angeles, CA., Meteoritics and Planetary Science, suppli., 37, A74.

A214     Kral T.A., Sears D.W.G., Benoit P., and Kareev M. (2002) Growth of methanogens under conditions approaching a simulated martian environment.  European Geophysical Union Conference.

A213.   Thompson, J.; Sears, D. W. G.; Benoit, P. H.; Kareev, M. S. (2003).  Martian Gullies and the Stability of Water in the Martian Environment.  34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, Abstract #1035, Lunar and Planetary Institute (CD-ROM).

A224.   Sears, D. W. G.; Farmer, C. B.; Kareev, M. S.; Moore, S. R. (2003).  Laboratory studies of the behavior of water under martian atmospheric conditions.  Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 34, 925.

A222.   Sears, D. W. G.; Chittenden, J.; Moore, S. R.; Meier, A.; Kareev, M.; Farmer, C. B. (2004)  Evaporation Rates of Brine on Mars.  35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 2004, League City, Texas, abstract no.2159

A223.   Sears, D. W. G.; Moore, S. R.; Meier, A.; Chittenden, J.; Kareev, M.; Farmer, C. B. (2004)  Evaporation Rates for Liquid Water and Ice Under Current Martian Conditions.  35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-19, 2004, League City, Texas, abstract no.2112

A226.   Chittenden, J. D.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005)  Simulation Studies of Evaporation of Water on Mars.  American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #37, #32.22

A227.   Craig, J.; Sears, D. W. G. (2005)  Albedo Study of the Depositional Fans Associated with Martian Gullies.  36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1198

A221a  Sears, D. W. G.; Moore, S. R. (2004)  Stability of water on Mars.  American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #36, #45.09

A235.   Sears, D. W. G.; Roe, L. A.; Moore, S. (2005)  Stability of Water and Gully Formation on Mars.  36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1496

 

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