Research

The BRIGHT group actively conducts research on Mars, Titan, Venus, Earth, Mercury, and the Moon. To learn more about the research conducted on each body click on the group member’s name that studies the body.

Mars     

• Fluvial: Mars fluvial geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleohydrology, paleodischarge (Robert)
• Tectonics: wrinkle ridges (Rose)
• Volcanism: Flood lava emplacement, magma source, lava flow modeling (Keenan)
• Craters: Formation and modification (Samantha)
• Lacustrine: Paleolakes (Samantha)

 

Titan

• Fluvial: sedimentological processes, spatial analysis (Tony)
• Aeolian: Transport mechanics (Stephen)

 

 

Venus

• Volcanism (Cole)

 

 

 

Earth

• Fluvial: Terrestrial analogues for Mars (Quinn River, Nevada, USA and the Atacama Desert, Chile) (Robert)
• Aeolian: Fluid transport mechanisms (Stephen)

 

Mercury

• Volcanism: Flood lava emplacement, magma source, lava flow modeling (Keenan)

 

 

The Moon

• Impact Craters (Cole)