First-authored Papers:
- Fassett, C.I., 2016. Analysis of Impact Crater Populations and the Geochronology of Planetary Surfaces in the Inner Solar System, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121, 1900–1926, doi: 10.1002/2016JE005094. Link
- Fassett, C.I., 2016. Ames Stereo Pipeline-derived Digital Terrain Models of Mercury from MESSENGER Stereo Imaging, Planetary and Space Science, 134, 19–28, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.001. Link to Article Link to Preprint Link to Data
- Fassett, C.I., Thomson, B.J., 2014. Crater degradation on the lunar maria: Topographic diffusion and the rate of erosion on the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 2255-2271, 10.1002/2014JE004698. Link
- Fassett, C.I., Levy, J.S., Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., 2014. An extended period of episodic northern mid-latitude glaciation on Mars during the Middle to Late Amazonian: Implications for long-term obliquity history, Geology, 42, 763-766, 10.1130/G35798.1. Link
- Fassett, C.I., Minton, D.A., 2013. “Impact Bombardment of the Terrestrial Planets and the Early History of the Solar System”, Nature Geoscience, 6, 520-524. Link
- Fassett, C.I. and 13 co-authors, 2012. “Large impact basins on Mercury: Global distribution, characteristics, and modification history from MESSENGER orbital data”, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 117, E00L08. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Kadish, S.J., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G.A, Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., 2012. “Lunar Impact Basins: Stratigraphy, Sequence and Ages from Superposed Impact Crater Populations Measured from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Data”, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 117, E00H06. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.A., 2011. “Thickness of proximal ejecta from the Orientale Basin from Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data: Implications for multi-ring basin formation”, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L17201. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Head, J.W., Strom, R.G, 2011. “The global population of large craters on Mercury and comparison with the Moon,” Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L10202. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2010. “Sequence and Timing of Conditions on Early Mars.” Icarus, 211, 1204-1214. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., Levy, J.S, Marchant, D.R., 2010. “Supraglacial and proglacial valleys on Amazonian Mars.” Icarus, 208, 86-100. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Blewett, D.T., Chapman, C.R., Dickson, J.L., Murchie, S.L., Solomon, S.C., Watters, T.R., 2009. “Caloris Impact Basin: Exterior Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Morphometry, Radial Sculpture, and Smooth Plains Deposits.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 297-308. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2008. “Valley network-fed, open-basin lakes on Mars: Distribution and implications for Noachian surface and subsurface hydrology.” Icarus, 198, 37-56. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2008. “The Timing of Martian Valley Network Activity: Constraints from Buffered Crater Counting.” Icarus, 195, 61-89. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J. W., 2007. “Valley formation on Martian volcanoes in the Hesperian: Evidence for melting of summit snowpack, caldera lake formation, drainage and erosion on Ceraunius Tholus.” Icarus, 189, 118-135. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2007. “Layered mantling deposits in northeast Arabia Terra, Mars: Noachian-Hesperian sedimentation, erosion, and terrain inversion.” Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 112, E08002. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2006. “Valleys on Hecates Tholus, Mars: origin by basal melting of summit snowpack.” Planetary and Space Science, 54, 370-378. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2005. “Fluvial sedimentary deposits on Mars: Ancient deltas in a crater lake in the Nili Fossae region.” Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L14201. Link PDF
- Fassett, C.I., Graham, J.A., 2000. “Age, Evolution, and Dispersion of the Loose Groups of Blue Stars in the North East Radio Lobe of Centaurus A.” Astrophysical Journal, 538, 594-607. Link PDF
Co-authored Papers:
- Hirabayashi, M., Minton, D.A., Fassett, C.I., 2017. An analytical model of crater count equilibrium, Icarus, in press, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.12.032. Link
- Buhler, P.B., Ingersoll, A.P., Ehlmann, B.L., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2017. How the Martian Residual South Polar Cap Develops Quasi-Circular and Heart-Shaped Pits, Troughs, and Moats. Icarus, in press.
- Goudge, T.A., Milliken, R.E., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F., Fassett, C.I., 2017. Sedimentological evidence for a deltaic origin of the western fan deposit in Jezero crater, Mars and implications for future exploration, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 458, 357–365, 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.056. Link
- Levy, J.S., Goudge, T.A., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2016. Candidate Volcanic and Impact-Induced Ice Depressions on Mars, Icarus, in press, 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.021. Link
- Ehlmann, B.L., and 46-co-authors, 2016. The Sustainability of Habitability on Terrestrial Planets: Insights, Questions, and Needed Measurements from Mars for Understanding the Evolution of Earth‐like Worlds, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 121, 1927–1961, 10.1002/2016JE005134. Link
- Dyar, M.D., Fassett, C.I., Giguere, S., Lepore, K., Byrne, S., Boucher, T., Carey, C.J., Mahadevan, S., 2016. Comparison of univariate and multivariate models for prediction of major and minor elements from laser-induced breakdown spectra with and without masking, Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 123, 93-104, 10.1016/j.sab.2016.07.010. Link
- Byrne, P.K., Ostrach, L.R., Fassett, C.I., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Evans, A.J., Klimczak, C., Banks, M.E., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., 2016. Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely ended by about 3.5 Ga, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 7408-7416, 10.1002/2016GL069412. Link
- Goudge, T.A., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F., Aureli, K.L., 2016. Insights into Surface Runoff on Early Mars from Paleolake Basin Morphology and Stratigraphy, Geology, 44, 419-422, 10.1130/G37734.1. Link
- Levy, J.S., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2016. Enhanced erosion rates on Mars during Amazonian glaciation, Icarus, 264, 213-219, 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.037. Link
- Goudge, T.A., Aureli, K.L., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Mustard, J.F., 2015. Classification and analysis of candidate impact crater-hosted closed-basin lakes on Mars, Icarus, 260, 346-367, 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.07.026. Link
- Ostrach, L.R., Robinson, M.S., Whitten, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Strom, R.G., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., 2015. Extent, age, and resurfacing history of the northern smooth plains on Mercury from MESSENGER observations, Icarus, 250, 602-622, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.010. Link
- Tye, A.R., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Mazarico, E., Basilevsky, A.T., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., 2015. The age of lunar south circumpolar craters Haworth, Shoemaker, Faustini, and Shackleton: Implications for regional geology, surface processes, and volatile sequestration, Icarus, 255, 70-77, 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.016. Link
- Goudge, T.A., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Wiseman, S.M., 2015. Assessing the Mineralogy of the Watershed and Fan Deposits of the Jezero Crater Paleolake System, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120, 10.1002/2014JE004782. Link
- Minton, D.A., Richardson, J.E, Fassett, C.I., 2014. Re-examining the main asteroid belt as the primary source of ancient lunar craters., Icarus, 247, 172-190, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.018. Link
- Jawin, E., Kiefer, W., Fassett, C., Bussey, D., Cahill, J., Dyar, M., Lawrence, S., Spudis, P., 2014. The relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic features, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 2331-2348, 10.1002/2014JE004668. Link
- Levy, J., Fassett, C., Head, J. , Schwartz, C., Waters, J., 2014. Sequestered glacial ice contribution to the global martian water budget: geometric constraints on the volume of remnant, mid-latitude debris covered glaciers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 10.1002/2014JE004685. Link
- Buhler, P.B., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Lamb, M.P., 2014. Timescales of Fluvial Activity and Intermittency in Milna Crater, Mars, Icarus, 241, 130-147, 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.028. Link PDF
- Giacomini, L., Massironi, M., Marchi, S., Fassett, C.I., Di Achille, G., Cremonese, G., 2014. Age dating of an extensive thrust system on Mercury: implications for the planet’s thermal evolution, in Volcanism and Tectonism Across the Inner Solar System, Geological Society of London Special Publication, 401, 10.1144/SP401.21. Link
- Robbins, S.J., and 10 co-authors, 2014. The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts, Icarus, 234, 109-131. Link
- Marchi, S., Chapman, C.R., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Bottke, W.F., Strom, R.G., 2013. “A Late Heavy Bombardment Age for the Oldest Surfaces on Mercury”, Nature, 49, 59-61. Link PDF
- Kite, E.S., Lucas, A., Fassett, C.I., 2013. “Pacing Early Mars river activity: Embedded craters in the Aeolis Dorsa region imply river activity spanned ≥(1-20) Myr”, Icarus, 225, 850-865. Link
- Peel, S.E., Fassett, C.I., 2013. “Valleys in Pit Craters on Mars: Characteristics, Distribution, and Formation Mechanisms”, Icarus, 225, 272–282. Link
- Penido, J.C., Fassett, C.I., Som, S.J., 2012. “Scaling Relationships and Concavity of Small Valley Networks on Mars”, Planetary and Space Science, 75, 105-116. Link
- Goudge, T.A., Mustard, J.F., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. “Constraints on the history of open-basin lakes on Mars from the composition and timing of volcanic resurfacing”, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 117, E00J21. Link PDF
- Zuber, M.T., Head, J.W., Smith, D.E., Neumann, G.A., Mazarico, E., Torrence, M.H., Aharonson, O., Tye, A.R., Fassett, C.I., Rosenburg, M.A., Melosh, H.J., 2012. “Constraints on the volatile distribution within Shackleton crater at the lunar South Pole”, Nature, 486, 378-381. Link
- Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. “Recent high-latitude resurfacing by a climate-related latitude-dependent mantle: Constraining age of emplacement from counts of small craters”, Planetary and Space Science, 69, 49-61. Link PDF
- Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. “An overfilled lacustrine system and progradational delta in Jezero crater, Mars: Implications for Noachian climate”, Planetary and Space Science, 67, 28-45. Link PDF
- Dickson, J.L., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2012. “Patterns of Accumulation and Flow of Ice in the Mid-Latitudes of Mars During the Late Amazonian”, Icarus, 219, 723-732. Link PDF
- Goudge, T.A., Head, J.W., Mustard, J.F.., Fassett, C.I., 2012. “An analysis of open-basin lake deposits on Mars: Evidence for the nature of associated lacustrine deposits and post-lacustrine modification processes”, Icarus, 219, 211-229. Link PDF
- Blewett, D.T. and 17 co-authors., 2011. “Hollows on Mercury: MESSENGER Evidence for Geologically Recent Volatile-Related Activity,” Science, 333, 1856-1859. Link
- Head, J.W. and 25 co-authors, 2011. “Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER”, Science, 333, 1853-1856. Link
- Strom, R.G., Banks, M.E., Chapman, C.R., Fassett, C.I., Forde, J.A., Head, J.W., Merline, W.J., Prockter, L.M., Solomon, S.C., 2011. “Mercury crater statistics from MESSENGER flybys: Implications for stratigraphy and resurfacing history,” Planetary and Space Sciences, 59, 1960-1967. Link PDF
- Baker, D.M.H., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.E., 2011. “The Transition from Complex Crater to Peak-ring Basin on the Moon: New Observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Instrument,” Icarus, 214, 377-393. Link PDF
- Buhler, P.B., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Lamb, M.P., 2011. “Evidence for Paleolakes in Erythraea Fossa, Mars: Implications for an Ancient Hydrological Cycle”, Icarus, 213, 104-115. Link PDF
- Huffman, J., Forsberg, A., Loomis, A., Head, J., Dickson, J., Fassett, C., 2011. “Integrating advanced visualization technology into the planetary Geoscience workflow,” Planetary and Space Science, 59, 1273-1279. Link PDF
- Basilevsky, A.T., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Michael, G., 2011. “History of Tectonic Deformation in the Interior Plains of the Caloris Basin, Mercury,” Solar System Research, 45, 471-497. Link PDF
- Hurwitz, D.M., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Wilson, L., 2010. “Formation of an Eroded Lava Channel within an Elysium Planitia Impact Crater: Distinguishing Between a Mechanical and Thermal Origin,” Icarus, 210, 626-634. Link PDF
- Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Kadish, S.J., Smith, D.E., Zuber, M.T., Neumann, G.A., Mazarico, E., 2010. “The Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor Populations,” Science, 329, 1504-1507. Link
- Prockter, L.M., Ernst, C.M., Denevi, B.W., Chapman, C.R., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., Merline, W.J., Solomon, S.C., Watters, T.R., Strom, R.G., Cremonese, G., Marchi, S., Massironi, M., 2010. “Evidence for Young Volcanism on Mercury from the Third MESSENGER Flyby”, Science, 329, 668-671. Link
- Levy, J.S., Head, J.W., Dickson, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Morgan, G.A., Schon, S.C., 2010. “Identification of gully debris flow deposits in Protonilus Mensae, Mars: Characterization of a water-bearing, energetic gully-forming process.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 294, 368-377. Link PDF
- Watters, T.R., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., Robinson, M.S., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Fassett, C.I., Murchie, S.L., Strom, R.G., 2009. “The Evolution and Tectonics of the Rembrandt Basin on Mercury.” Science, 324, 618-621. Link
- Dickson, J.L., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., 2009. “Amazonian-Aged Fluvial Valley Systems in a Climatic Micro-environment on Mars: Melting of Ice Deposits on the Interior of Lyot Crater.” Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L08201. Link PDF
- Head, J.W., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Solomon, S.C, Chapman, C.R., Strom, R.G, Watters, T.R., Blewett, D.T., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Morgan, G.A., Kerber, L., 2009. “Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the First MESSENGER Flyby for Extrusive and Explosive Activity and the Volcanic Origin of Plains.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 227–242. Link PDF
- Head, J.W., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Solomon, S.C., Strom, R.G., Chapman, C.R., Watters, T.R., Blewett, D.T., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Fassett, C.I., Dickson, J.L., Hurwitz, D.M., Ostrach, L.R., 2009. “Evidence for Intrusive Activity on Mercury from the First MESSENGER Flyby.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285, 251–262. Link PDF
- Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Fassett, C.I., 2008. Unique Chronostratigraphic Marker in Depositional Fan Stratigraphy on Mars: Evidence for ~1.25 Ma Old Gully Activity and Surficial Meltwater Origin.” Geology, 37, 207-210. Link PDF
- Ehlmann, B.L., Mustard, J.F., Fassett, C.I., Schon, S.C., Head, J.W., Des Marais, D.J., Grant, J.A., Murchie, S.L., and the CRISM team, 2008. “Fluvially transported clays and potential for organic matter preservation on Mars, Jezero Crater Lake.” Nature Geoscience, 1, 355-358. Link PDF
- Mangold, N., Poulet, F., Mustard, J.F., Bibring, J-P., Gondet, B., Langevin, Y., Ansan, V., Masson, P., Fassett, C.I., Head, J.W., Hoffmann, H., Neukum, G., 2007. “Mineralogy of the Nili Fossae region with OMEGA/Mars Express data: 2. Aqueous alteration of the crust.” Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 112, E08S04. Link PDF
- Mustard, J.F., Poulet, F., Head, J.W., Mangold, N., Bibring, J-P., Pelkey, S.M., Fassett, C.I., Langevin, Y., Neukum, G., 2007. “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.” Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 112, E08S03. Link PDF
- Head, J.W., Marchant, D.R., Agnew, M.C., Fassett, C.I., Kreslavsky, M.A., 2006. “Extensive valley glacier deposits in the northern mid-latitudes of Mars: Evidence for Late Amazonian obliquity-driven climate change.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 241, 663-671. Link PDF
- Forsberg, A., Prabhat, Haley, G., Bragdon, A., Levy, J., Fassett, C.I., Shean, D., Head, J.W., Milkovich, S., Duchaineau, M., 2006. “Adviser: Immersive Field Work for Planetary Geoscientists.” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 26, 46-54. Link PDF
- Graham, J.A., Fassett, C.I., 2002. “Star Formation Associated with the X-Ray Jet in Centaurus A.” Astrophysical Journal, 575, 712-720. Link PDF
- Gibson, B.K. and 16 co-authors, 2000. “The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XXV. A Recalibration of Cepheid Distances to Type Ia Supernovae and the Value of the Hubble Constant.” Astrophysical Journal, 529, 723-744. Link PDF