List of works - Ralph Milliken

A Field Guide to Finding Fossils on Mars

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article

A Late Amazonian alteration layer related to local volcanism on Mars

scientific article

A recent ice age on Mars: Evidence for climate oscillations from regional layering in mid-latitude mantling deposits

article

A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

scholarly article

An Atlas of Mars Sedimentary Rocks as seen by HIRISE

scientific article published in 2012

Ancient and recent clay formation on Mars as revealed from a global survey of hydrous minerals in crater central peaks

scientific article published in December 2015

Bed thickness distributions on Mars: An orbital perspective

CRISM multispectral summary products: Parameterizing mineral diversity on Mars from reflectance

scholarly article

Centimeter to decimeter hollow concretions and voids in Gale Crater sediments, Mars

scholarly article

Characterizing the Mineral Assemblages of Hot Spring Environments and Applications to Mars Orbital Data

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Chemical variations in Yellowknife Bay formation sedimentary rocks analyzed by ChemCam on board the Curiosity rover on Mars

article by Nicolas Mangold et al published March 2015 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Columbus crater and other possible groundwater-fed paleolakes of Terra Sirenum, Mars

scholarly article

Constraints on the origin and evolution of the layered mound in Gale Crater, Mars using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data

scientific article published in August 2011

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars

scholarly article

Direct evidence of surface exposed water ice in the lunar polar regions

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Discovery of alunite in Cross crater, Terra Sirenum, Mars: Evidence for acidic, sulfurous waters

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 101 no. 7, July 2016

Discovery of silica‐rich lacustrine and eolian sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published in 2016

Distinct Geologic Settings of Opal‐A and More Crystalline Hydrated Silica on Mars

scholarly article

Evidence for the origin of layered deposits in Candor Chasma, Mars, from mineral composition and hydrologic modeling

scholarly article

Geomorphological characterisation and interpretation of a mid-latitude glacier-like form: Hellas Planitia, Mars

scholarly article by Bryn Hubbard et al published January 2011 in Icarus

HiRISE imaging of impact megabreccia and sub-meter aqueous strata in Holden Crater, Mars

article

Hybridization of partial least squares and neural network models for quantifying lunar surface minerals

scientific article published in September 2012

Hydrated mineral stratigraphy of Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris

article

Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Hydration state of the Martian surface as seen by Mars Express OMEGA: 1. Analysis of the 3 μm hydration feature

scholarly article

Hydration state of the Martian surface as seen by Mars Express OMEGA: 2. H2O content of the surface

scientific article published in 2007

Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO-CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration

scholarly article

In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the martian surface

scientific article

Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the martian atmosphere

scientific article

Light-toned strata and inverted channels adjacent to Juventae and Ganges chasmata, Mars

article by C. M. Weitz et al published 8 October 2008 in Geophysical Research Letters

Local variations of bulk hydrogen and chlorine-equivalent neutron absorption content measured at the contact between the Sheepbed and Gillespie Lake units in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, using the DAN instrument onboard Curiosity

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MRO/CRISM Retrieval of Surface Lambert Albedos for Multispectral Mapping of Mars With DISORT-Based Radiative Transfer Modeling: Phase 1—Using Historical Climatology for Temperatures, Aerosol Optical Depths, and Atmospheric Pressures

Mars Odyssey neutron data: 2. Search for buried excess water ice deposits at nonpolar latitudes on Mars

scholarly article

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observations of light-toned layered deposits and associated fluvial landforms on the plateaus adjacent to Valles Marineris

article

Mars sedimentary geology: key concepts and outstanding questions

scientific article published on January 2011

Mineralogy of Juventae Chasma: Sulfates in the light-toned mounds, mafic minerals in the bedrock, and hydrated silica and hydroxylated ferric sulfate on the plateau

scholarly article

Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

scientific article

Most Mars minerals in a nutshell: Various alteration phases formed in a single environment in Noctis Labyrinthus

scholarly article

New Constraints on the Abundance and Composition of Organic Matter on Ceres

scholarly article

Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars

scholarly article by Ralph E. Milliken et al published 2008 in Geology

Orbital evidence for clay and acidic sulfate assemblages on Mars based on mineralogical analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain

article

Orbital evidence for more widespread carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars

article by James J. Wray et al published April 2016 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Orbital identification of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars

scientific article

Origin of acidic surface waters and the evolution of atmospheric chemistry on early Mars

scholarly article by Joel A. Hurowitz et al published 4 April 2010 in Nature Geoscience

Paleoclimate of Mars as captured by the stratigraphic record in Gale Crater

scientific article published in February 2010

Phase Functions of Typical Lunar Surface Minerals Derived for the Hapke Model and Implications for Visible to Near‐Infrared (VNIR) Spectral Unmixing

article by Yazhou Yang et al published 14 December 2018 in Journal of geophysical research. Planets

Phyllosilicate diversity and past aqueous activity revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars

scientific article

Quantifying absolute water content of minerals using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

scholarly article

Radiometric calibration of thermal emission data from the Asteroid and Lunar Environment Chamber (ALEC)

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Recent ice ages on Mars

scientific article (publication date: 18 December 2003)

Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars.

scientific article

Reflectance spectroscopy of insoluble organic matter (IOM) and carbonaceous meteorites

scholarly article

Remote detection of widespread indigenous water in lunar pyroclastic deposits

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Sedimentological evidence for a deltaic origin of the western fan deposit in Jezero crater, Mars and implications for future exploration ⬇️

scholarly article by Timothy Goudge et al published January 2017 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Shaler: in situ analysis of a fluvial sedimentary deposit on Mars

Silica deposits in the Nili Patera caldera on the Syrtis Major volcanic complex on Mars

Sublacustrine depositional fans in southwest Melas Chasma

article published in 2009

Temporal and spatial variability of lunar hydration as observed by the Deep Impact spacecraft

scientific article

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) during MRO’s Primary Science Phase (PSP)

article

The Sedimentary Record of Mars

The Surface Composition of Ceres

scholarly article

The geology and mineralogy of Ritchey crater, Mars: Evidence for post-Noachian clay formation

article

The stratigraphy and evolution of lower Mount Sharp from spectral, morphological, and thermophysical orbital data sets

scientific article

The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

scientific article

Thin-skinned deformation of sedimentary rocks in Valles Marineris, Mars

scholarly article

Uncertainties in the shock devolatilization of hydrated minerals: A nontronite case study

Updated Perspectives and Hypotheses on the Mineralogy of Lower Mt. Sharp, Mars, as Seen From Orbit

scientific article published in 2021

Viscous flow features on the surface of Mars: Observations from high-resolution Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images

scholarly article

Water on the surface of the Moon as seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper: Distribution, abundance, and origins

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Wind-blown sandstones cemented by sulfate and clay minerals in Gale Crater, Mars

scientific article published on 22 February 2014

List of works by Ralph Milliken

A Field Guide to Finding Fossils on Mars

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

A Late Amazonian alteration layer related to local volcanism on Mars

A recent ice age on Mars: Evidence for climate oscillations from regional layering in mid-latitude mantling deposits

A synthesis of Martian aqueous mineralogy after 1 Mars year of observations from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

An Atlas of Mars Sedimentary Rocks as seen by HIRISE

Ancient and recent clay formation on Mars as revealed from a global survey of hydrous minerals in crater central peaks

Bed thickness distributions on Mars: An orbital perspective

CRISM multispectral summary products: Parameterizing mineral diversity on Mars from reflectance

Centimeter to decimeter hollow concretions and voids in Gale Crater sediments, Mars

Characterizing the Mineral Assemblages of Hot Spring Environments and Applications to Mars Orbital Data

Chemical variations in Yellowknife Bay formation sedimentary rocks analyzed by ChemCam on board the Curiosity rover on Mars

Columbus crater and other possible groundwater-fed paleolakes of Terra Sirenum, Mars

Constraints on the origin and evolution of the layered mound in Gale Crater, Mars using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars

Direct evidence of surface exposed water ice in the lunar polar regions

Discovery of alunite in Cross crater, Terra Sirenum, Mars: Evidence for acidic, sulfurous waters

Discovery of silica‐rich lacustrine and eolian sedimentary rocks in Gale Crater, Mars

Distinct Geologic Settings of Opal‐A and More Crystalline Hydrated Silica on Mars

Evidence for the origin of layered deposits in Candor Chasma, Mars, from mineral composition and hydrologic modeling

Geomorphological characterisation and interpretation of a mid-latitude glacier-like form: Hellas Planitia, Mars

HiRISE imaging of impact megabreccia and sub-meter aqueous strata in Holden Crater, Mars

Hybridization of partial least squares and neural network models for quantifying lunar surface minerals

Hydrated mineral stratigraphy of Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris

Hydrated silicate minerals on Mars observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument

Hydration state of the Martian surface as seen by Mars Express OMEGA: 1. Analysis of the 3 μm hydration feature

Hydration state of the Martian surface as seen by Mars Express OMEGA: 2. H2O content of the surface

Identification of hydrated silicate minerals on Mars using MRO-CRISM: Geologic context near Nili Fossae and implications for aqueous alteration

In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the martian surface

Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO2 and H2O of the martian atmosphere

Light-toned strata and inverted channels adjacent to Juventae and Ganges chasmata, Mars

Local variations of bulk hydrogen and chlorine-equivalent neutron absorption content measured at the contact between the Sheepbed and Gillespie Lake units in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, using the DAN instrument onboard Curiosity

MRO/CRISM Retrieval of Surface Lambert Albedos for Multispectral Mapping of Mars With DISORT-Based Radiative Transfer Modeling: Phase 1—Using Historical Climatology for Temperatures, Aerosol Optical Depths, and Atmospheric Pressures

Mars Odyssey neutron data: 2. Search for buried excess water ice deposits at nonpolar latitudes on Mars

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observations of light-toned layered deposits and associated fluvial landforms on the plateaus adjacent to Valles Marineris

Mars sedimentary geology: key concepts and outstanding questions

Mineralogy of Juventae Chasma: Sulfates in the light-toned mounds, mafic minerals in the bedrock, and hydrated silica and hydroxylated ferric sulfate on the plateau

Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

Most Mars minerals in a nutshell: Various alteration phases formed in a single environment in Noctis Labyrinthus

New Constraints on the Abundance and Composition of Organic Matter on Ceres

Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars

Orbital evidence for clay and acidic sulfate assemblages on Mars based on mineralogical analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain

Orbital evidence for more widespread carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars

Orbital identification of carbonate-bearing rocks on Mars

Origin of acidic surface waters and the evolution of atmospheric chemistry on early Mars

Paleoclimate of Mars as captured by the stratigraphic record in Gale Crater

Phase Functions of Typical Lunar Surface Minerals Derived for the Hapke Model and Implications for Visible to Near‐Infrared (VNIR) Spectral Unmixing

Phyllosilicate diversity and past aqueous activity revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars

Quantifying absolute water content of minerals using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Radiometric calibration of thermal emission data from the Asteroid and Lunar Environment Chamber (ALEC)

Recent ice ages on Mars

Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars.

Reflectance spectroscopy of insoluble organic matter (IOM) and carbonaceous meteorites

Remote detection of widespread indigenous water in lunar pyroclastic deposits

Sedimentological evidence for a deltaic origin of the western fan deposit in Jezero crater, Mars and implications for future exploration ⬇️

Shaler: in situ analysis of a fluvial sedimentary deposit on Mars

Silica deposits in the Nili Patera caldera on the Syrtis Major volcanic complex on Mars

Sublacustrine depositional fans in southwest Melas Chasma

Temporal and spatial variability of lunar hydration as observed by the Deep Impact spacecraft

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) during MRO’s Primary Science Phase (PSP)

The Sedimentary Record of Mars

The Surface Composition of Ceres

The Surface Composition of Ceres

The geology and mineralogy of Ritchey crater, Mars: Evidence for post-Noachian clay formation

The stratigraphy and evolution of lower Mount Sharp from spectral, morphological, and thermophysical orbital data sets

The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy

Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Thin-skinned deformation of sedimentary rocks in Valles Marineris, Mars

Uncertainties in the shock devolatilization of hydrated minerals: A nontronite case study

Updated Perspectives and Hypotheses on the Mineralogy of Lower Mt. Sharp, Mars, as Seen From Orbit

Viscous flow features on the surface of Mars: Observations from high-resolution Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images

Water on the surface of the Moon as seen by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper: Distribution, abundance, and origins

Wind-blown sandstones cemented by sulfate and clay minerals in Gale Crater, Mars