MARIA BANKS Planetary Science Institute 411 W 50th Street, Apt. 1D, New York, NY 10019 [email protected]

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND ABSTRACTS

Banks, M. E., X. Zhiyong, S. E. Braden, S. Marchi, C. R. Chapman, N. G. Barlow C. I. Fassett, 2016, Revised age constraints on absolute age limits for Mercury’s Kuiperian and Mansurian systems, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #2943, also submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.

Banks, M.E., L. K. Fenton, N. T. Bridges, P. E. Geissler, M. Chojnacki, S. Silvestro, J. R. Zimbelman 2016, Mobility in middle and high southern latitude dune fields, Geological Society of America, abstract # 287342.

Byrne, P. K., C. I. Fassett, C. Klimczak, L. R. Ostrach, C. R. Chapman, B. W. Denevi, A. M. Celâl Şengör, S. A. Hauck, II, A. J. Evans, M. E. Banks, T. R. Watters, J. W. Head, S. C. Solomon, 2016, The interplay between volcanism and tectonics on Mercury, Icarus, in press.

Williams, N. R., J. F. Bell, M. Shirzaei, T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, K. Daud, R. A. French, 2016, Evidence for active tectonism at the lunar surface, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #1227, also submitted to Icarus.

Fairen, A. G., J. M. Dohm, J. A. P. Rodriguez, E. R. Uceda, J. Kargel, R. Soare, H. J. Cleaves, D. Orhler, D. Schulze-Makuch, E. Essefi, M. E. Banks, G. Komatsu, W. Fink, S. Robbins, J. Yan, H. Miyamoto, S. Maruyama, V. R. Baker, 2016, The Argyre region as a prime target for in situ astrobiological exploration of Mars. Astrobiology, 143-158, doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1396.

Marusiak, A. G., N. C. Schmerr, M. E. Banks, I. J. Daubar, 2016, Terrestrial single-station analog for the detection of the martian core, Lunar Planet. Sci, 47, abstract #2010.

Banks, Maria E., Xiao, Zhiyong, Watters, Thomas R., Strom, Robert G., Braden, Sarah E., Chapman, Clark R., Solomon, Sean C., Klimczak, Christian, and Paul K. Byrne, 2015, Duration of Activity on Lobate-Scarp Thrust Faults on Mercury, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, 1751–1762, doi:10.1002/2015JE004828.

Banks, M. E., X. Zhiyong, S. E. Braden, S. S. Marchi, N. G. Barlow, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, 2015, Revised age constraints on absolute age limits for Mercury’s Kuiperian and Mansurian systems, 47th Annual Meeting for the Division for Planetary Sciences.

Banks, M. E., N. Barlow, C. Klimczak, Z. Xiao, T. R. Watters, C. R. Chapman, 2015, Duration of activity on lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury. Planetary Crater Consortium.

Banks, M. E., P. E. Geissler, N. T. Bridges, P. Russell, S. Silvestro, M. Chojnacki, J. R. Zimbelman, and W. A. Delamere, 2015, Emerging global trends in aeolian beform mobility on Mars, Fourth International Planetary Dunes Workshop, abstract #8036.

Stern, S. A., et al. 2015. The Pluto System: Initial Results from Its Exploration by New Horizons. Science, 350(6258), doi:10.1126/science.aad1815.

Walsh, L. S., T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, S. C. Solomon, 2015, Wrinkle ridges on Mercury and the Moon: a morphometric comparison of length-relief relations with implications for tectonic evolution, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2937.

Banks, M. E., I. J. Daubar, N. C. Schmerr, M. P. Golombek, 2015, Predicted seismic signatures of recent dated Martian impact events: implications for the InSight lander, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2679.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, G. C. Collins, M. E. Banks, K. Daud, N. R. Williams, M. M. Selvans, 2015, Global thrust faulting on the Moon and the influence of tidal stresses, Geology, 43, 10, 851-854, doi:10.1130/G37120.1.

Watters, T. R., M. M. Selvans, M. E. Banks, S. A. Hauck II, K. J. Becker, M. S. Robinson, 2015, Distribution of large-scale contractional tectonic landforms on Mercury: Implications for the origin of global stresses, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 3755–3763, doi:10.1002/2015GL063570.

Dohm, J. M., T. M. Hare, S. J. Robbins, J. –P. Williams, R. J. Soare, M. R. El-Maarry, S. J. Conway, D. L. Buczkowski, J. S. Kargel, M. E. Banks, A. G. Fairen, et al., 2015, Geological and hydrological histories of the Argyre province, Mars, Icarus, 253, 66-98.

Watters, T. R., Solomon, S. C., Daud, K. E., Banks, M. E., Selvans, M. M., Robinson, M. S., Murchie, S. L., Chabot, N. L., Denevi, B. W., Ernst, et al., 2015, Small thrust fault scarps on Mercury revealed in Low-Altitude MESSENGER Images, Lunar Planet. Sci, 46, abstract #2240.

Banks, M. E., Geissler, P. E., Bridges, N. T., Silvestro, S. Zimbelman, J. R., 2014, Preliminary Global Trends in Aeolian Bedform Mobility on Mars, Lunar Planet. Sci, 45, abstract #2857.

Banks, M. E., Klimczak, C., Xiao, Z. Watters, T. R., Strom, R. G. et al., 2014, Duration of Activity on Lobate-Scarp Thrust Faults on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 45, abstract #2722.

Schmerr, N. C., Ashley, J. W., Banks, M. E., Daubar, I., Golombek, M. P., McEwen, A. S., 2014, Modeled seismic effects of recent meteoroid impacts on Mars: Predictions for the InSight lander, Geological Society of America, paper no. 244389.

Watters, T. R., Solomon, S. C., Daud, K. E., Banks, M. E., Selvans, M. M., Robinson, M. S., Murchie, S. L., Chabot, N. L., Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Chapman, C. R., Fassett, C. I., Klimczak, C., Byrne, P. K., Blewett, D. T., 2014, Small Fault Scarps on Mercury Detected in Low-Altitude MESSENGER Images, American Geophysical Union, abstract P21C-3942

Bridges, N. T., Banks, M. E., Ayoub, F., Silvestro, S., Chojnacki, M. F., Geissler, P. E., Hansen, C. J., Mattson, S. S., Runyon, K. D., Russell P. S., 2014, Windy Mars: A record of bedform migration and sand activity, Eighth International Conference on Mars, abstract #1297.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, L. S. Walsh, K. Daud, C. Klimczak, K. Burns, S. Mattson, L. Ojha, and N. Gizzi, 2013, Displacement-length relationship of thrust faults associated with lobate scarps on the moon, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #3042.

Bridges, N. T., Geissler, P., Silvestro, S., Banks, M. E., 2013, Bedform migration on Mars: current results and future plans, Aeolian Research, 9, 133-151.

Klimczak, C., P. K. Byrne, S. C. Solomon, F. Nimmo, T. R. Watters, B. W. Denevi, C. M. Ernst, M. E. Banks, 2013, The role of thrust faults as conduits for volatiles on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #1719.

Williams, N. R., T. R. Watters, M. E. Pritchard, M. E. Banks, J. F. Bell III, 2013, Fault dislocation modeled structure of lobate scarps from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera digital terrain models, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 118, 224–233, doi:10.1002/jgre.20051.

Watters, T. R., S. C. Solomon, C. Klimczak, M. Selvans, L. S. Walsh, M. E. Banks, P. K. Byrne, C. M. Ernst, S. L. Murchie, J. Oberst, F. Preusker, S. A. Hauck, II, M. T. Zuber, and R. J. Phillips, 2013, Distribution of prominent lobate scarps on Mercury: contribution to global radial contraction, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract #2213.

Nelson, D. M., T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, K.Daud, and W. A. von Dassow, 2013, Mapping lobate scarps on the Moon, Lunar Planet. Sci, 44, abstract # 2777.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, L. L. Tornabene, T. Tran, L. Ojha, 2012, Morphometric analysis of small-scale lobate scarps on the Moon using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 117, E00H11, doi:10.1029/2011JE003907.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, R. G. Strom, S. C. Solomon, S. E. Braden, C. R. Chapman, Z. Xiao, and N. G. Barlow, 2012, Stratigraphic relationships between lobate scarps and young impact craters: implications for the duration of lobate scarp formation, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #2684.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Williams, 2012, Updating the Displacement- Length Relationship of Thrust Faults Associated with Lobate Scarps on the Moon: Preliminary Results, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P53A-2040.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, M. E. Banks, T. Tran, B. W. Denevi, 2012, Recent Extensional faulting on the Moon revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Nature Geosciences, doi:10.1038/ngeo1387.

Strom, R. G., Z. Xiao, D. T. Blewett, C. R. Chapman, B. W. Denevi, J. W. Head, C. I. Fassett, S. E. Braden, S. C. Solomon, T. R. Watters, and M. E. Banks, 2012, Impact Crater Populations on Mercury, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1115.

Williams, N. R., J. F. Bell III, T. R. Watters, M. E. Banks, M. S. Robinson, 2012, Tectonic mapping of Mare Frigoris using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera images, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #2708 van der Bogert, C. H., H. Hiesinger, M. E. Banks, T. R. Watters, and M. S. Robinson, 2012, Derivation of Absolute Model Ages for Lunar Scarps, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1847.

Stickle, A. M., M. E. Banks, S. D. Benecchi, B.K. Bradley, C. J. Budney, G.B. Clark, B. A. Corbin, P. B. James, K. Kumar, R. C. O’Brien, et al., 2012, VULCAN: A concept study for a New Frontiers class Venus lander, Lunar Planet. Sci, 43, abstract #1939.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, J. F. Bell III, M. E. Pritchard, N. R. Williams, K. Daud, 2011, The search for lunar lobate scarps using images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Planet. Sci., 42, abstract # 2736.

Banks, M. E., T. R. Watters, M. S. Robinson, L. L. Tornabene, T. Tran, L. Ojha, 2011, Morphological analysis of lunar lobate scarps using LROC NAC and LOLA data, European Planetary Science Conference.

Martínez-Alonso, S., Mellon. M. T., Banks, M. E., Keszthelyi, L. P., McEwen, A. S., and The HiRISE Team, 2011, Evidence of volcano-ice interaction in Acidalia Planitia, Mars, Icarus, 212, 597–621.

Strom, R. G., M. E Banks, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, J. A. Forde, J. W. Head, W. J. Merline, L. M. Prockter, S. C. Solomon, 2011, Mercury crater statistics from MESSENGER flybys: Implications for the stratigraphy and resurfacing history, Planetary and Space Science, 59, 15, 1827-1828.

Bridges, N. T., M.C. Bourke, P.E. Geissler, M.E. Banks, C. Colon, S. Diniega, M.P. Golombek, C.J. Hansen, S. Mattson, A.S. McEwen, M.T. Mellon, N. Stantzos, & B.J. Thomson, 2011, Planet-wide sand motion on Mars, Geology, doi:10.1130/G32373.1.

Watters, T. R., M. S. Robinson, R. A. Beyer, M. E. Banks, J. F. Bell III, M. E. Pritchard, H. Hiesinger, C. van der Bogert, P. C. Thomas, E. P. Turtle, N. R. Williams, 2010, New evidence of recent thrust faulting on the Moon revealed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, Science, 329, 936.

McEwen, S., M. E. Banks, N. Baugh, K. Becker, A. Boyd, J. W. Bergstrom, R. A. Beyer, E. Bortolini, N. T. Bridges, S. Byrne, et al., 2010, The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) during MRO’s Primary Science Phase (PSP), Icarus, 205, 1, 2-37.

Lawrence, S. J., B. L. Jolliff, B. W. Denevi, M. Robinson, J. D. Stopar, M. E. Banks, W. B. Garry, H. Sato, V. J. Bray, and the LROC Team, 2010, LROC Views the Constellation Regions Of Interest: Example Science and Exploration Observations, LEAG Meeting.

Bridges, N. T., M.E. Banks, R.A. Beyer, F.C. Chuang, E.Z. Noe Dobrea, K.E. Herkenhoff, L.P. Keszthelyi, K.E. Fishbaugh, A.S. McEwen, T.I. Michaels, B.J. Thomson, J.J. Wray, 2010, Aeolian bedforms, yardangs, and indurated surfaces in the Tharsis Montes as seen by the HiRISE Camera: Evidence for dust aggregates, Icarus, 205, 1, 165-182, ISSN 0019-1035, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.017.

Banks, M. E., Bryne, S., Galla, K. G., McEwen, A. S., Bray, V. J., Fishbaugh, K. E., Dundas, C. M., Herkenhoff, K. E., Murray, B. C., and the HiRISE Team, 2010, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 115, E08006, doi:10.1029/2009JE003523.

Herkenhoff, K. E., P. S. Russell, S. Byrne, M. E. Banks, C. J. Hansen, and the HiRISE Team, 2010, HiRISE Monitoring of Ongoing Activity in the North Polar Region, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P53F-02.

Banks, M. E., N. P. Lang, J. S. Kargel, A. S. McEwen, V. R. Baker, J. A. Grant, J. D. Pelletier, and R. G. Strom, 2009, An analysis of sinuous ridges in the southern Argyre Planitia, Mars using HiRISE and CTX images and MOLA data, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 114, E09003, doi:10.1029/2008JE003244.

Byrne, S., M. E. Banks, C. M. Dundas, S. Mattson, P. S. Russell, K. E. Herkenhoff, A. S. McEwen, 2010, North polar ice accumulation modeled from impact crater statistics, Lunar Planet. Sci, 41, abstract #1697.

Banks, M. E. 2009, Glacial processes and morphologies in the southern hemisphere of Mars, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Banks, M. E., Galla, K. G. Bryne, S., Murray, B. C., McEwen, A. S., and the HiRISE Team, 2009, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Cap, Lunar Planet. Sci, 40, abstract # 2441.

Banks, M. E., Galla, K. G., Bryne, S. McEwen, A. S., Bray, V. J., Fishbaugh, K. E., Herkenhoff, K. E., Murray, B. C., and the HiRISE Team, 2009, Crater Population and Resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits, Geological Society of America, paper No. 135-4.

Strom, R. G., M. E. Banks, C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins III, J. W. Head, W. E. McClintock, S. L. Merline, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis-Davis, S. C. Solomon, and the Messenger Team, 2008, The Size Distribution of Impact Craters on Mercury: a Perspective After the First Messenger Flyby, Lunar Planet. Sci, 39, abstract # 1219.

Banks, M. E., McEwen, A.S., Kargel, J.S., Baker, V.R., Strom, R.G., Gulick, V.C., Keszthelyi, L., Grant, J.A., Jaeger, W.L., Pelletier, J.D., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, HiRISE Observations of Glacial Morphologies in Argyre Planitia, Mars, AGU, abstract #P41A-1353.

Banks, M. E., McEwen, A. S., Kargel, J. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Mellon, M. T., Pelletier, J. D., Gulick, V. C., Keszthelyi, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., Jaeger, W. L., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) observations of glacial and periglacial morphologies in the circum-Argyre Planitia highlands, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 113, E12015, doi:10.1029/2007JE002994.

Banks, M.E., and Pelletier, J., 2008, Forward Modeling of Ice Topography on Mars to Infer Basal Shear Stress Conditions, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 113, E01001, doi:10.1029/2007JE002895.

Banks, M. E., Lang, N. P., Kargel, J. S., McEwen, A. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Grant, J. A., Pelletier, J. D., and the HiRISE Team, 2008, An Analysis of the Sinuous Ridges in the Southern Argyre Planitia, Mars using HiRISE Images and MOLA Data, 2008, Lunar Planet. Sci, 39, abstract # 2480.

Lang, N. P. and Banks, M. E., 2007, Evidence for Ice-Related Processes in Southern Argyre Planitia, Mars, Geological Society of America¸ paper # 131775.

Banks, M. E., Lang, N. P., Kargel, J. S., McEwen, A. S., Baker, V. R., Strom, R. G., Grant, J. A., and the HiRISE Team, 2007. Analysis of the Argyre Planitia (Mars) Sinuous Ridges Using Early MRO Images, American Geophysical Union, abstract #P31B-0438.

Banks, M., McEwen, A. S., Mellon, M. T., Kargel, J. S., Gulick, V. C., Jaeger, W. L., Keszthelyi, L., Herkenhoff, K. E., and the HiRISE Team, 2007. Glacial Morphologies in the Western Charitum Montes, Argyre Basin Rim, Lunar Planet. Sci, 38, abstract # 2164.

McEwen, A., C. Hansen, A. Delamere, E. Eliason, K. Herkenhoff, L. Keszthelyi, V. Gulick, R. Kirk, M. Mellon, J. Grant, J., et al., 2007, A Closer Look at Water-Related Geologic Activity on Mars, Science, 317 (5845), 1706, doi:10.1126/science.1143987.

Banks, M., and Pelletier, J., 2006, Forward Modeling of the Topography and Flow of Ice on Mars to Infer Basal Shear Stress Conditions. American Geophysical Union, abstract #P31A-0114.

Banks, M., Strom, R. G., and Kring, D. A., 2006, Evaluating the Duration of the Lunar Cataclysm. GeoDaze, University of Arizona, Geosciences Department.

Banks, M., Bridges, N. T., and Benzit, M. 2005, Measurements of the Coefficient of Restitution of Quartz Sand on Basalt: Implications for Abrasion Rates on Earth and Mars. Lunar Planet. Sci, 36, abstract #2116.

- Over 10 additional 1st author abstracts - Over 20 additional coauthor abstracts and manuscripts

- Four first author manuscripts in preparation for submission in 2016 to early 2017: “Mobility in high southern latitude dune fields,” “Estimated model ages for lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury,” “Global trends in aeolian bedform mobility on Mars,” and “Displacement-length relationship of thrust faults associated with lunar lobate scarps.”