Publications

Peer reviewed publications

2024

36. Banham, S.G., A.L. Roberts, S. Gupta, J.M. Davis, L.M. Thompson, D.M. Rubin, G. Paar, K.L. Siebach, W.E. Dietrich, A.A. Fraeman, A.R. Vasavada (2024), Ice? Salt? Pressure? Sediment deformation structures as evidence of late-stage shallow groundwater in Gale crater, Mars, Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G51849.1, in press.

35. Fawdon, P. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2024) The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission, Journal of Maps, 20,  230236, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361.

2023

34. Gwizd, S. et al. (including J.M. Davis), (2023) Evolution of a lake margin recorded in the Sutton Island member of the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 129, e2023JE007919, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007919.

33. Favaro, E.A., M.R. Balme, J.D. McNeil, P. Fawdon, J.M. Davis, P.M. Grindrod, S.R. Lewis (2023), Periodic Bedrock Ridges at Oxia Planum and Chryse Planitia, Mars: Evidence for widespread erosion of clay-bearing terrains by regional paleo-winds, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 626, 118522, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118522.

32. Butcher, F.E.G., et al. (including J.M. Davis) The Internal Structure of a Debris-Covered Glacier on Mars Revealed by Gully Incision, Icarus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115717, (in press).

31. Zaki, A. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2023) Prolonged Record of Hydroclimatic Changes at Antoniadi Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 128, e2022JE007606, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007606.

30. Mege D. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2023), Hydrothermal alteration of ultramafic rocks in Ladon basin, Mars - Insights from CaSSIS, HiRISE, CRISM and CTX, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 28, e2022JE007223, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007223.

29. Davis, J.M., M. Balme, P.Fawdon P.M. Grindrod, E.A. Favaro, S.G. Banham, & N. Thomas (2023). Ancient alluvial plains at Oxia Planum, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 601, 117904 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117904.

2022

28. Dickeson, Z.I., P.M. Grindrod, J.M. Davis, I.A. Crawford, M. Balme (2022), Hydrological history of a palaeolake and valley system on the planetary dichotomy in Arabia Terra, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 127, e2021JE007152, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007152.

27. Davis, J.M., P. Fawdon, F.E.G. Butcher, & S.G. Banham (2022), Determining morphostratigraphy of planetary surfaces: illustrated with examples from Mars. In Deciphering Earth History: the practice of stratigraphy (Editor: Angela L. Coe), Geological Society of London, London, UK, https://doi.org/10.11.44/GIP1-2022-39

26. Woodley S.Z., F.E.G. Butcher, P. Fawdon, C.D. Clark, F.S.L. Ng, J.M. Davis, C. Gallagher (2022), Multiple sites of recent wet-based glaciation identified from eskers in western Tempe Terra, Mars, Icarus, 386, 115147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115147.

25. Zaki, A, J.M. Davis et al., Fluvial Depositional Systems of the African Humid Period, Eastern Sahara: Implications for Wet to Arid Transitions on Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007087 (in press).

24. Davis J.M., L. Aranos, Z.I. Dickeson, P. Fawdon (2022) The evolution of ancient fluvial systems in Memnonia Sucli, Mars: impact crater damming, aggradation, and a large, inner sea on the dichotomy? Journal of Geophysical Research Planets (in press), https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007021.

23. Fawdon, P., M.R. Balme, J.M. Davis, J.C. Bridges, S. Gupta, C. Quantin-Nataf (2022), Rivers and lakes in Western Arabia Terra: The fluvial catchment of ExoMars rover landing site, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets (in press), https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007045.

2021

22. Grindrod, P.M., J.M. Davis, S.J. Conway, T. de Hass, Active Boulder Falls in Terra Sirenum, Mars: Constraints on Timing and Causes, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094817, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094817.

21. Fawdon, P. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2021), The geography of Oxia Planum, Mars, Journal of Maps, 17(2), 621-637, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1982035.

20. Guimpier, A. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2021), Dynamics of recent landslides (<20 My) on Mars insights from high resolution topography on Earth and Mars and numerical modelling, Planetary and Space Science, 206, 105303, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2021.105303.

19. Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S.G. Banham, N.H. Warner, S.J. Conway, S.J. Boazman, & S. Gupta (2021), A Record of Syn-Tectonic Sedimentation Recorded by Perched Alluvial Fan Deposits in Valles Marineris, Mars, Geology (in press) (https://doi.org/10.1130/G48971.1).

18. Boazman, S.J., J.M. Davis, P.M. Grindrod, M. Balme, P. Vermeesch, T. Baird, Measuring ripple and dune migration in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris: a source to sink aeolian system on Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 126, 2020JE006608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006608.

17. Favaro, E.A., M.R. Balme, J.M. Davis, P.M. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, A.M. Barrett, and S.R. Lewis (2021), The Aeolian Environment of the Landing Site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover in Oxia Planum, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 126, 2020JE006723, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006723.

16. Quantin, C. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2021), Oxia Planum – the landing site for the 2020 ExoMars “Rosalind Franklin” rover missions: geological context and pre-landing interpretation, Astrobiology, 21, 345-366. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2019.2191

15. Butcher, F.E.G, M.R. Balme, S.J. Conway, C. Gallagher, N.S. Arnold, R.D Storrar, S.R. Lewis, A. Hagermann, & J.M. Davis (2021), Sinuous ridges in Chukhung crater, Tempe Terra, Mars: Implications for fluvial, glacial, and glaciofluvial activity, Icarus, 357, 114131, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114131.

2020

14. Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S.G. Banham, S.J. Boazman, M.R. Balme, & C.S. Bristow (2020), Morphology, development, and sediment dynamics of elongating linear dunes on Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088456, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088456.

13. Dickeson, Z.I. & J.M. Davis (2020), Ancient oceans on Mars: Current morphological observations and future questions, Astronomy and Geophysics. 61, 3.11-3.17, https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/ataa038.

12. Salese, F., W.J. McMahon, M.R. Balme, V. Ansan, J.M. Davis, & M.G. Kleinhans (2020), Evidence of sustained Noachian river deposition in the martian sedimentary record, Nature Communications, 11:2067, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15622-0.

11. Balme, M.R., S. Gupta, J.M. Davis, P. Fawdon, P.M. Grindrod, J.C. Bridges, E. Sefton-Nash, & R.M.E Williams (2020), Aram Dorsum: an extensive Noachian-age fluvial depositional system in Arabia Terra, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 125, e2019JE006244. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006244

10. Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S.J. Boazman, P. Vermeesch, & T. Baird (2020), Quantified aeolian dune changes on Mars derived from repeat Context Camera images, Earth and Space Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000874.

2019

9. Davis, J.M., S. Gupta, M. Balme, P.M. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, Z.I. Dickeson, & R.M.E. Williams (2019) A diverse array of fluvial depositional systems in Arabia Terra: evidence for mid-Noachian to early Hesperian rivers on Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE005976.

8. Kite, E.S., D.P. Mayer, S.A. Wilson, J.M. Davis, A.S. Lucas, & G. Stucky de Quay (2019), Persistence of intense, climate-driven runoff late in Mars history, Science Advances, 5, eaav7710 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav7710.

7. Balme, M.R., et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2019), The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Rover Investigation (MURFI), Planetary and Space Science, 165, 31-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2018.12.003.

6. Adler, J., J.F. Bell, P. Fawdon, J.M Davis, N. Warner, E. Sefton-Nash, & T. Harrison (2019), Hypotheses for the Origin of the Hypanis Fan-Shaped Deposit at the Edge of the Chryse Escarpment, Mars: Is it a Delta? Icarus, 319, 885-908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.021.

2018

5. Fawdon P, S. Gupta, J.M. Davis, N.H. Warner, J.B. Adler, M.R. Balme, J.F. Bell, P.M. Grindrod, & E. Sefton-Nash (2018), The Hypanis Valles delta: The last highstand of a sea on early Mars?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500, 225-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.040

4. Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, R.M.E. Williams, S. Gupta, & M.R. Balme (2018), Episodic and declining Hesperian fluvial processes in Southwest Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 123, 2527-2549, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005710.

3. Conway, S.J., F. Butcher, T. de Haas, A.J. Deijns, P.M. Grindrod, & J.M. Davis (2018), Glacial and gully erosion on Mars: A terrestrial perspective, Geomorphology, 318, 26- 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.05.019.

2016

2. Davis, J.M., M. Balme, P.M. Grindrod, R.M.E. Williams, & S. Gupta (2016), Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in Arabia Terra: implications for early martian climate, Geology, 44, 847-850, https://doi.org/10.1130/G38247.1.

1. Brough, S., B. Hubbard, C. Souness, P.M. Grindrod, & J.M. Davis (2016), Landscapes of polyphase glaciation: eastern Hellas Planitia, Mars, Journal of Maps, 12, 530-542, https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2015.1047907.

Conference proceedings

2020

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, N.H. Warner, S. Gupta, & S. Banham (2020), Syn-tectonic sedimentation in Valles Marineris: A punctuated decline of water on Mars? LPSC 51, Abstract 1920.

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, & S.J. Boazman (2020), Morphology and sediment dynamics of elongating linear dunes at Hellespontus Montes, Mars, LPSC 51, Abstract 1884.

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, N.H. Warner, S. Gupta, & S. Banham (2020), Syn-tectonic sedimentation in Valles Marineris: A punctuated decline of water on Mars? 2nd BPSC, Oxford UK.

2019

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S. Gupta, & S. Banham (2019), Distribution of alluvial fans and syn-tectonic sedimentation in Valles Marineris, Mars, AGU 2019, EP21E-2201.

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S.J. Boazman, P. Vermeesch, & T. Baird (2019), Quantifying Dune Migration and Sand Fluxes on Mars with Repeat CTX Images, British Society for Geomorphology AGM.

Davis, J.M., M. Balme., S. Gupta, P.M. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, & R.M.E. Williams (2019), Diversity and downslope transitions of exhumed fluvial systems in Arabia Terra, Mars, LPSC 50, abstract 1513.

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, S. Boazman, P. Vermeesch, & T. Baird (2019), Ten (Earth) years of CTX observations of dune movement at Nili Patera, Mars: a comparison with HiRISE, LPSC 50, abstract 1516.

Dickeson, Z.I., P.M. Grindrod, I. Crawford, M.R. Balme, S. Gupta, & J.M. Davis (2019), Hydrological history of a complex lake and valley system in western Arabia Terra, Mars, LPSC 50, abstract 1559.

Grindrod, P.M., J.M. Davis, S.J. Conway, & T. de Haas (2019), Significant boulder movement on crater slopes in Terra Sirenum, Mars, LPSC 50, abstract 1405.

Boazman, S.J., P.M. Grindrod, M.R. Balme, P. Vermeesch, J.M. Davis, & T. Baird (2019), Do large dunes on Mars migrate? Ripple and dune movement in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris, LPSC 50, abstract 1533.

Fawdon, P., M.R. Balme, J. Bridges, J.M. Davis, S. Gupta, & C. Quantin-Nataf (2019), The ancient fluvial catchment of Oxia Planum: the ExoMars 2020 landing site, LPSC 50, abstract 2356.

2018

Dickeson, Z.I., P.M. Grindrod, I. Crawford, M.R. Balme, S. Gupta, & J.M. Davis (2019), Hydrological history of a complex lake and valley system in western Arabia Terra, Mars, ESPC2018-703.

Boazman, S.J., P.M. Grindrod, M.R. Balme, P. Vermeesch, J.M. Davis, & T. Baird (2019), Aeolian transport in Coprates Chasma, Valles Mariners, ESPC2018-257.

Davis, J.M., P. Fawdon, M. Balme, R. Barnes, S. Banham, M. Mirino, & P.M. Grindrod (2018), The formation of inverted fluvial channels in Green River and Hanksville, Utah as an analogue for Arabia Terra, Mars, LPSC 49, Abstract 1901.

Davis, J.M., M. Balme, P.M. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, & S. Gupta (2018), Inverted palaeolakes in Arabia Terra, Mars: Evidence for fluctuating erosion and deposition in the Noachian, LPSC 49, Abstract 1902.

Fawdon, P., S. Gupta, J.M. Davis, N.H. Warner, E. Sefton-Nash, J.B. Adler, M.R. Balme, J.F. Bell, P.M. Grindrod (2018), Hypanis Valles delta: The last highstand of a sea on early Mars? LPSC 49, abstract 2839.

Bridges, J.C., et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2018), ExoMars 2020 landing site selection and characterisation, LPSC 49, 2177.

2017

Davis, J.M., M. Balme, P.M. Grindrod, R.M.E. Williams, & S. Gupta (2017), The depositional system of Arabia Terra, Mars: inverted channels, palaeolakes, and regional sediment transport, 1st BPSC, Glasgow, UK.

Davis, J.M., P.M. Grindrod, R.M.E., Williams, P. Fawdon, S. Gupta, & M.R. Balme (2017), Fluvial mapping and stratigraphy of the south-western Melas basin and plateau, Valles Marineris, Mars: episodic fluvial phases and implications for climate, LPSC 48, Abstract 1991.

Davis, J.M., Williams, R.M.E, C.M. Weitz, C. Quantin, G. Dromart, & P.M. Grindrod (2017), The southwest Melas basin: In situ exploration of a deltaic-lacustrine system and candidate Mars 2020 landing site, LPSC 48, Abstract 1873.

Fawdon, P., Grindrod, P., E. Sefton-Nash, J.C. Bridges, J.M. Davis, M. Balme, & S. Gupta (2017), ExoMars 2020 landing site characterisation: slopes and slope traps, LPSC 48, Abstract 2109.

Bridges, J.C., et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2017), Selection and characterisation of the ExoMars 2020 rover landing sites, LPSC 48, Abstract 2378.

Balme, M.R., et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2017), UK Space Agency “Mars Utah Field Investigation 2016 (MURFI 2016): overview of mission, aims and progress, LPSC 48, Abstract 1837.

Grindrod, P.M., P. Fawdon, J.M. Davis, J.C. Bridges, S. Gupta, M.R. Balme & the MURFI Science Team (2017), UK Space Agency “Mars Utah Field Investigation 2016 (MURFI 2016): preliminary landing site analysis, LPSC 48, Abstract 1902.

L.J. Preston, J.M. Davis, et al. (2017), UK Space Agency “Mars Utah Field Investigation 2016 (MURFI 2016): targeting, localisation, and in-situ science operations, LPSC 48, Abstract 1957.

2016

Grindrod, P.M., Davis, J.M., M. Balme, R.M.E. Williams, & S. Gupta (2016), Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in Arabia Terra: implications for early martian climate, AGU 2016, P23E-03.

Adler, J., J.F. Bell, N.H. Warner, P. Fawdon, S. Gupta, E. Sefton-Nash, P.M. Grindrod, & J. Davis (2016), Geologic stratigraphy, delta morphology, and regional history of Hypanis delta, Mars, AGU 2016, P11E-03.

Balme, M., P.M. Grindrod, E. Sefton-Nash, J. Davis, S. Gupta, & P. Fawdon (2016), Aram Dorsum, candidate ExoMars rover landing site: a Noachian inverted fluvial channel system in Arabia Terra Mars, EGU2016-14030.

Davis, J. M., M. Balme, P.M. Grindrod, R.M.E. Williams & S. Gupta, (2016), Inverted channels in Arabia Terra: Remnants of an ancient drainage network, LPSC 47, Abstract 1982.

Chuang, F. C., R. M. E. Williams, D. C. Berman, J. M. Davis, M. R. Balme, & P. M. Grindrod (2016), Mapping of fine-scale valley networks and candidate paleolakes in greater Meridiani Planum, Mars: Understanding past surface aqueous activity, LPSC 47, Abstract 1490.

Balme, M., P.M. Grindrod, E. Sefton-Nash, J. M. Davis, S. Gupta, & P. Fawdon (2016), Aram Dorsum: A Noachian inverted fluvial channel system in Arabia Terra, Mars (and candidate ExoMars 2018 rover landing site), LPSC 47, Abstract 2633.

Quantin, C., et al. (including J. M. Davis ) (2016), Oxia Planum: The landing site for ExoMars 2018, LPSC 47, Abstract 2863.

Souness, C.J., S. Brough, J. Woodward, B. Hubbard, J. Davis, & P.M. Grindrod (2016), Radar-based observations of variable thickness debris cover on martian ice masses: evidence of debris transfer by flowing ice on Mars, LPSC 47, Abstract 2215.

2015

Sefton-Nash, E., S. Gupta, M. Balme, P. Grindrod, P. Fawdon, J. Davis, P. Sidiropoulos, V. Yershov, & J-P. Muller (2015), ExoMars 2018 Rover Candidate Landing Sites: Aram Dorsum and the Hypanis Vallis Delta, ESPC 2015.

Ciarletti, V., Y. Hervé, S. Dorizon, A. Le Gall, C. Quantin, J. Broyer, J. Davis, & P. Grindrod (2015), Modelling the performances of the WISDOM radar on the Oxia Planum potential landing site for ExoMars, EPSC 2015.

Davis, J., P.M. Grindrod, R. Williams, S. Gupta, & M. Balme (2015), Statigraphic evidence of episodic fluvial activity in the South Melas Chasma basin, Valles Marineris, Mars, LPSC 46, 1932.

Sefton-Nash, E., P. Fawdon, S. Gupta, M. Balme, J. Davis, P.M. Grindrod, P. Sidiropoulos, V. Yershov, & J-P. Muller (2015), The Hypanis fluvial deltaic system in Xanthe Terra: A candidate ExoMars 2018 Rover landing site, LPSC 46, 1414.

Balme, M., P.M. Grindrod, E. Sefton-Nash, J. Davis, S. Gupta, P. Fawdon, P. Sidiropoulos, V. Yershov, & J-P. Muller (2015), Aram Dorsum: A Noachian inverted fluvial channel system and candidate ExoMars 2018 Rover landing site, LPSC 46, 1321.

2014

Davis, J. & Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. (2014) Mapping the distribution of global carbonate cover from 0 to 100 Ma by modelling the carbonate compensation depth, AGU 2014 PP41C-1408.

Davis, J., Brough, S., Grindrod, P., & Hubbard, B. (2014) Then and now: a look at how our view of Mars has changed, GRSG 2014.

Brough, S., Davis, J., Hubbard, B., & Souness, C. (2014) Geomorphological interpretation of glacial landforms in eastern Hellas Planitia, Mars, GRSG 2014.

Davis, J., & P.M. Grindrod (2014), Stratigraphic evidence of past fluvial activity in Southern Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars, EGU GA 2014.

Davis, J. & Lithgow-Bertelloni, C. (2014), Reconstructing the carbonate compensation depth from 0 to 100 Ma using ocean ion concentrations and bathymetry models, EGU 2014

Workshops

Quantin-Nataf, C. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2018), Oxia Planum: probing ancient alteration and subaqueous activity, 5th ExoMars Landing Site Meeting, Leicester, UK.

Balme, M. et al. (including J.M. Davis) (2017), Aram Dorsum: An inverted channel and floodplain system in Arabia Terra, 4th ExoMars Landing Site Meeting, ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands.

Davis, J.M., Williams, R.M.E, C.M. Weitz, C. Quantin, G. Dromart, & P.M. Grindrod (2017), Selecting the sweet spot: sampling strategies at southwestern Melas basin, 3rd Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, Monrovia, CA.

Sefton-Nash, E. et al. (including J.M Davis) (2016), Welcome to Hypanis Valles, Xanthe Terra, Mars, 3rd  ExoMars Landing Site Meeting, ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands.

Williams, R.M.E, C.M. Weitz, P.M. Grindrod, J. Davis, C. Quantin, & G. Dromart (2015), Accessible Regions of Interest within Southwestern Melas Basin for Exploration and Sample Collection by the 2020 Mars Rovers, 2nd Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, Arcadia, CA.

Williams, R.M.E, C.M. Weitz, P.M. Grindrod, J. Davis, C. Quantin, & G. Dromart (2014), In situ investigation of the Southwestern Melas Basin, 1st Mars 2020 Landing Site Workshop, Crystal City, VA.