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Amazonian‐aged fluvial valley systems in a climatic microenvironment on Mars: Melting of ice deposits on the interior of Lyot Crater by Dickson, J. L., Fassett, C. I., Head, J. W.

“…Valley networks, regional drainage patterns suggesting liquid water stability at the surface, are confined to early in the history of Mars (the…”
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The Global Context Camera (CTX) Mosaic of Mars: A Product of Information‐Preserving Image Data Processing by Dickson, J. L., Ehlmann, B. L., Kerber, L., Fassett, C. I.

“…The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its Context Camera (CTX) have acquired more than 100,000 separate panchromatic images that capture nearly the entire…”
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Mineralogy of the Nili Fossae region with OMEGA/Mars Express data: 1. Ancient impact melt in the Isidis Basin and implications for the transition from the Noachian to Hesperian by Mustard, J. F., Poulet, F., Head, J. W., Mangold, N., Bibring, J.-P., Pelkey, S. M., Fassett, C. I., Langevin, Y., Neukum, G.

“…The Nili Fossae region located on the northwestern quadrant of the Isidis Basin, Mars, displays superb exposures of bedrock outcrops that reveal mineralogy and…”
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The Martian Boulder Automatic Recognition System, MBARS by Hood, Don R., Sholes, S. F., Karunatillake, S., Fassett, C. I., Ewing, R. C., Levy, J.

“…Boulder‐sized clasts are common on the surface of Mars, and many are sufficiently large to be resolved by the high resolution imaging science experiment…”
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The Role of Breccia Lenses in Regolith Generation From the Formation of Small, Simple Craters: Application to the Apollo 15 Landing Site by Hirabayashi, M., Howl, B. A., Fassett, C. I., Soderblom, J. M., Minton, D. A., Melosh, H. J.

“…Impact cratering is likely a primary agent of regolith generation on airless bodies. Regolith production via impact cratering has long been a key topic of…”
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Gullies on Mars could have formed by melting of water ice during periods of high obliquity by Dickson, J L, Palumbo, A M, Head, J W, Kerber, L, Fassett, C I, Kreslavsky, M A

“…Gullies on Mars resemble water-carved channels on Earth, but they are mostly at elevations where liquid water is not expected under current climate conditions…”
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Paleolake Inlet Valley Formation: Factors Controlling Which Craters Breached on Early Mars by Bamber, Emily R., Goudge, T. A., Fassett, C. I., Osinski, G. R., Stucky de Quay, G.

“…The ancient surface of Mars is dominated by degraded impact craters with reduced or eliminated rim relief. Some degraded craters have an inlet valley, while…”
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Lunar impact basins: Stratigraphy, sequence and ages from superposed impact crater populations measured from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data by Fassett, C. I., Head, J. W., Kadish, S. J., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G. A., Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T.

“…Impact basin formation is a fundamental process in the evolution of the Moon and records the history of impactors in the early solar system. In order to assess…”
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The LCROSS Impact Crater as Seen by ShadowCam and Mini‐RF: Size, Context, and Excavation of Copernican Volatiles by Fassett, C. I., Robinson, M. S., Patterson, G. W., Denevi, B. W., Mahanti, P., Mazarico, E., Rivera‐Valentín, E. G., Turner, F. S., Manheim, M. R., Colaprete, A.

“…The Lunar CRater Observations and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impacted a Centaur rocket stage into a permanently shadowed region (PSR) in Cabeus crater,…”
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Survival of Ancient Lunar Water Affected by Topographic Degradation of Old, Large Complex Craters by Talkington, C. L., Hirabayashi, M., Montalvo, P. E., Deutsch, A. N., Fassett, C. I., Siegler, M. A., Shepherd, S. L., King, D. T.

“…Lunar water is redistributed by various processes. Topographic diffusion affects the transport of water and contributes to its preservation in subsurface…”
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The age of lunar south circumpolar craters Haworth, Shoemaker, Faustini, and Shackleton: Implications for regional geology, surface processes, and volatile sequestration by Tye, A.R., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Mazarico, E., Basilevsky, A.T., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T.

“…•High resolution LOLA data is useful for crater counting in polar shadowed regions.•Shoemaker, Faustini, and Haworth are Pre-Nectarian; Shackleton is Late…”
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The Sustainability of Habitability on Terrestrial Planets: Insights, Questions, and Needed Measurements from Mars for Understanding the Evolution of Earth-Like Worlds by Ehlmann, B. L., Anderson, F. S., Andrews-Hanna, J., Catling, D. C., Christensen, P. R., Cohen, B. A., Dressing, C. D., Edwards, C. S., Elkins-Tanton, L. T., Farley, K. A., Fassett, C. I., Mahaffy, Paul, McCubbin, F. M., Niles, P. B., Zahnle, K. J.

“…What allows a planet to be both within a potentially habitable zone and sustain habitability over long geologic time? With the advent of exoplanetary astronomy…”
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Identification of gully debris flow deposits in Protonilus Mensae, Mars: Characterization of a water-bearing, energetic gully-forming process by Levy, J.S., Head, J.W., Dickson, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Morgan, G.A., Schon, S.C.

“…Gullies are a class of geologically recent landform on Mars that show evidence of downslope transport of sedimentary material from recessed alcoves, through…”
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Extensive valley glacier deposits in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars: Evidence for Late Amazonian obliquity-driven climate change by Head, J.W., Marchant, D.R., Agnew, M.C., Fassett, C.I., Kreslavsky, M.A.

“…Understanding spin orbital parameter-driven climate change on Mars prior to ∼ 20 Ma ago requires geological evidence because numerical solutions for that…”
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Distribution and Characteristics of Boulder Halos at High Latitudes on Mars: Ground Ice and Surface Processes Drive Surface Reworking by Levy, J. S., Fassett, C. I., Rader, L. X., King, I. R., Chaffey, P. M., Wagoner, C. M., Hanlon, A. E., Watters, J. L., Kreslavsky, M. A., Holt, J. W., Russell, A. T., Dyar, M. D.

“…Boulder halos are circular arrangements of clasts present at Martian middle to high latitudes. Boulder halos are thought to result from impacts into a…”
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History of tectonic deformation in the interior plains of the Caloris basin, mercury by Basilevsky, A. T., Head, J. W., Fassett, C. I., Michael, G.

“…Analysis of images from the Messenger MDIS narrow angle camera imply that at least part of the radial graben of the Pantheon Fossae structure, and probably the…”
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Valley network-fed, open-basin lakes on Mars: Distribution and implications for Noachian surface and subsurface hydrology by Fassett, Caleb I., Head, James W.

“…A new catalog of 210 open-basin lakes (lakes with outlet valleys) fed by valley networks shows that they are widely distributed in the Noachian uplands of…”
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The timing of martian valley network activity: Constraints from buffered crater counting by Fassett, Caleb I., Head, James W.

“…Valley networks, concentrations of dendritic channels that often suggest widespread pluvial and fluvial activity, have been cited as indicators that the…”
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The role of breccia lenses in regolith generation from the formation of small, simple craters: Application to the Apollo 15 landing site by Hirabayashi, M, Howl, B. A, Fassett, C. I, Soderblom, J. M, Minton, D. A, Melosh, H. J

“…Impact cratering is likely a primary agent of regolith generation on airless bodies. Regolith production via impact cratering has long been a key topic of…”
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Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the first MESSENGER flyby for extrusive and explosive activity and the volcanic origin of plains by Head, James W., Murchie, Scott L., Prockter, Louise M., Solomon, Sean C., Chapman, Clark R., Strom, Robert G., Watters, Thomas R., Blewett, David T., Gillis-Davis, Jeffrey J., Fassett, Caleb I., Dickson, James L., Morgan, Gareth A., Kerber, Laura

“…The first MESSENGER flyby of Mercury obtained images of 21% of the surface not seen by Mariner 10, including the center and western half of the Caloris basin…”
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