Peer-Reviewed Publications
[3]
Anoxic Atmospheres on Mars Driven by Volcanism: Implications for Past Environments and Life
2017. Steven Sholes, Megan Smith, Mark Claire, Kevin Zahnle, David Catling.
Icarus 290: pgs. 46-62, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.02.022
[5]
Quantitative High-Resolution Re-Examination of a Hypothesized Ocean Shoreline in Cydonia Mensae on Mars
2019. Steven Sholes, David Montgomery, David Catling.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124: pgs. 316-336, doi:10.1029/2018JE005837
[4]
A Maximum Subsurface Biomass on Mars from Untapped Free Energy: CO and H2 as Potential Antibiosignatures
2019. Steven Sholes, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, David Catling.
Astrobiology 19(5): pgs. 655-668, doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1835
[2]
Detecting Volcanism on Exoplanets using Transient Sulfate Aerosols
2015. Amit Misra, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Matthew Koehler, Steven Sholes.
Astrobiology 15(6): pgs. 462-477, doi:10.1089/ast.2014.1204
[1]
Time Scales of Erosion and Deposition Recorded in the Residual South Polar Cap of Mars
2013. Peter Thomas, Wendy Calvin, Peter Gierasch, Robert Haberle, Philip James, Steven Sholes.
Icarus 225(2): pgs. 923-932, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.038
[6]
Where are Mars' Hypothesized Ocean Shorelines? Large Lateral and Topographic Offsets Between Different Versions of Paleoshoreline Maps.
2020. Steven Sholes, Zachary Dickeson, David Montgomery, David Catling.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (in review)
Preprint: doi:10.1002/essoar.10502868.1
Publications In Preparation
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Global Investigation of Hypothesized Ocean Shoreline Sites on Mars
2020. Steven Sholes, David Montgomery, David Catling (drafted)
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The Martian Boulder Automatic Recognition System: MBARS
2020. Don Hood, Steven Sholes, Suniti Karunatillake, Caleb Fassett, J. Patrick Brothers (drafted)
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Conference Abstracts
[11]
Large-Scale Assessment of Polygon-Edge Boulder Clustering in the Martian Northern Lowlands
2020. Don Hood, Caleb Fassett, Suniti Karunatillake, Steven Sholes, and Ryan Ewing.
51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Abstract #2620
[10]
Reassessing Mars' Global Ocean Shorelines
2019. Steven Sholes, David Montgomery, David Catling.
9th International Conference on Mars: Abstract #6282
(talk)
[8]
Biomass Limits on Subsurface Martian Life from Atmospheric Gases
2019. Steven Sholes, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, David Catling.
Mars Extant Life: What's Next? (original): Abstract #5019
(invited talk)
cancelled
[6]
Boulder-Size Distributions as Indicators for Deposition Process on Earth and Mars
2017. Steven Sholes, Amit Mushkin, David Catling.
Geological Society of America Annual: Abstract #304037, doi:10.1130/abs/2017AM-304073
(talk)
[7]
Automated Boulder Detection and Measuring in HiRISE Images
2018. Don Hood, Suniti Karunatillake, Caleb Fassett, Steven Sholes.
49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Abstract #2437
(poster)
[9]
Verification of Automatically Measured Boulder Populations in HiRISE Images
2019. Don Hood, Suniti Karunatillake, Caleb Fassett, Steven Sholes.
50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Abstract #1893
(poster)
(poster)
cancelled
[5]
How Many Blue Whales on Mars? Obtaining a Maximum Extant Biomass Using CO Antibiosignatures
2017. Steven Sholes, Joshua Krissansen-Totton, David Catling.
Astrobiology Science Conference: Abstract #3189
(talk)
[4]
Quantified Identification of Paleo-Terraces Along a Proposed Martian Ocean Contact
2017. Steven Sholes, David Montgomery, David Catling.
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Abstract #1764
(talk)
[3]
An Anoxic Atmosphere on Early, Volcanically Active Mars and its Implications for Life
2015. Steven Sholes, Megan Smith, Mark Claire, Kevin Zahnle, David Catling.
Astrobiology Science Conference: Abstract #7455
(talk)
[1]
Object Based Image Analysis for Remote Sensing of Planetary Surfaces
2013. Steven Sholes, Vincent Chevrier, Jason Tullis.
44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Abstract #1527
(poster)
[2]
High-Resolution Examination of the Geomorphology of Proposed Ocean Shorelines on Mars
(poster)
2014. Steven Sholes, David Catling, Robert Pretlow, David Montgomery.
8th International Conference on Mars: Abstract #1014
Selected Acknowledged Work
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Protichnites eremita Unshelled? Experimental Model-Based Neoichnology and New Evidence for a Euthycarcinoid Affinity for this Ichnospecies
2012. Joseph Collette, Kenneth Gass, James Hagadorn.
Journal of Paleontology 86(3): pgs. 442-454, doi:10.1666/11-056.1
*provided published specimen photographs*
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Dune Casts Preserved by Partial Burial: The Dune Pits on Mars
2018. MacKenzie Day, David Catling.
Journal of Geophysical Research 123: pgs. 1431-1448, doi:10.1029/2018JE005613
*provided helpful discussions and software support*
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Abundance is Not Enough: Multiple Lines of Evidence in Testing for Ecological Stability in the Fossil Record
2013. Judith Nagel-Myers, Gregory Dietl, John Handley, Carlton Brett.
PLoS ONE 8(5): e603071, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063071
*provided field assistance and specimen collection*
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Debris Accumulations of CO2 Ice in the South Polar Residual Cap of Mars: Longevity and Processes
2020. Peter Thomas, Wendy Calvin, P.B. James.
Icarus 341: 113625, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113625
*collected data*