Publications by Nathaniel Putzig
as of 2010 June 19

Peer-reviewed

First author

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Campbell, B. A., Foss II, F. J., 2010. Imaging the Subsurface Structure of Planum Boreum with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar. Proc. 13th Intl. Conf. Ground Penetrating Radar. Paper presented in Lecce, Italy, 2010 June 22.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Campbell, B. A., Holt, J. W., Plaut, J. J., Carter, L. M., Egan, A. F., Bernardini, F., Safaeinili, A., Seu, R., 2009. Subsurface structure of Planum Boreum from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar soundings. Icarus 204, 443-457, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.034.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2007. Apparent thermal inertia and the surface heterogeneity of Mars. Icarus 191, 68-94, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.013.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2007. Thermal behavior of horizontally mixed surfaces on Mars. Icarus 191, 52-67, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.022.

Putzig, N. E., 2006. Thermal inertia and surface heterogeneity on Mars. Ph. D. dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder. Defended 2006 August 29. [195-page PDF;  ProQuest entry].

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Kretke, K. A., Arvidson, R. E., 2005. Global thermal inertia and surface properties of Mars from the MGS mapping mission. Icarus 173, 325-341, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.08.017.

Putzig, N. E., 1988. Modeling wide-angle seismic data from the central California margin. Master of Arts Thesis, Rice University Department of Geology and Geophysics, Houston, Texas, 104 pp. Defended 1988 April 15. [summary;  ProQuest entry].

Co-authored

Holt, J. W., Fishbaugh, K. E., Byrne, S., Christian, K., Tanaka, K., Russell, P. S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Safaeinili, A., Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., 2010. The Construction of Chasma Boreale on Mars. Nature 465, 446-449, doi: 10.1038/nature09050.

Carter, L. M., Campbell, B. A., Holt, J. W., Phillips, R. J., Putzig, N. E., Mattei, S., Seu, R., Okubo, C. H., Egan, A. F., 2009. Dielectric properties of lava flows west of Ascraeus Mons, Mars. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L23204, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041234.

Boisson, J., Heggy, E., Clifford, S. M., Frigeri, A., Plaut, J. J., Farrell, W. M., Putzig, N. E., Picardi, G., Orosei, R., Lognonné, P., Gurnett, D. A., 2009. Sounding the Subsurface of Athabasca Valles Using MARSIS Radar Data: Exploring the Volcanic and Fluvial Hypotheses for the Origin of the Rafted-Plate Terrain. J. Geoph. Res. 114, E8, E08003, doi: 10.1029/2008JE003299.

Carter, L. M., Campbell, B. A., Watters, T. R., Phillips, R. J., Putzig, N. E., Plaut, J. J., Safaeinili, A., Okubo, C. H., Egan, A. F., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Orosei, R., 2009. Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Sounding Observations of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars. Icarus 199, 295-302, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.007.

Plaut, J. J., Safaeinili, A., Holt, J. W., Phillips, R. J., Head, J. W., Seu, R., Putzig, N. E., Frigeri, A., 2009. Radar evidence for ice in lobate debris aprons in the mid-northern latitudes of Mars. Geoph. Res. Lett. 36, L2203, doi: 10.1029/2008GL036379.

Campbell, B., Carter, L., Phillips, R., Plaut, J., Putzig, N., Safaeinili, A., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Egan, A., Orosei, R., 2008. SHARAD Radar Sounding of the Vastitas Borealis Formation in Amazonis Planitia. J. Geoph. Res. 113, E12010, doi: 10.1029/2008JE003177.

Holt, J. W., Safaeinili, A., Plaut, J. J., Head, J. W., Phillips, R. J., Seu, R., Kempf, S. D., Choudhary, P., Young, D. A., Putzig, N. E., Biccari, D., Gim, Y., 2008. Radar sounding evidence for buried glaciers in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars. Science 322, 1235-1238, doi: 10.1126/science.1164246.

Mellon, M. T., Boynton, W. V., Feldman, W. C., Arvidson, R. E., Titus, T. N., Bandfield, J. L., Putzig, N., and Sizemore, H., 2008. A Pre-Landing Assessment of the Ice-Table Depth and Ground-Ice Characteristics in Martian Permafrost at the Phoenix Landing Site. J. Geophys. Res. 113, E00A25, doi: 10.1029/2007JE003067.

Mellon, M. T., Fergason, R. L., Putzig, N. E., 2008. The thermal inertia of the surface of Mars, Ch. 18 in Bell III, J. F., ed., 2008, The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521866989.

Golombek, M. P., Haldemann, A. F. C., Simpson, R. A., Fergason, R. L., Putzig, N. E., Arvidson, R. E., Bell III, J. F., Mellon, M. T., 2008. Martian Surface Properties from Joint Analysis of Orbital, Earth-based, and Surface Observations, Ch. 21 in Bell III, J. F., ed., 2008, The Martian Surface: Composition, Mineralogy, and Physical Properties, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521866989.

Phillips, R. J., Zuber, M. T., Smrekar, S. E., Mellon, M. T, Head, J. W, Tanaka, K. L., Putzig, N. E., Milkovich, S. M., Campbell, B. A., Plaut, J. J., Safaeinili, A., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Carter, L. M., Picardi, G., Orosei, R., Mohit, P. S., Heggy, E., Zurek, R. W., Egan, A. F., Giacomoni, E., Russo, F., Cutigni, M., Pettinelli, E., Holt, J. W., Leuschen, C. J., Marinangeli, L., 2008. Mars North Polar Deposits: Stratigraphy, Age, and Geodynamical Response. Science 320, 1182-1185, doi: 10.1126/science.1157546.

Seu, R., Phillips, R. J., Alberti, G., Biccari, D., Bonaventura, F., Bortone, M., Calabrese, D., Campbell, B. A., Cartacci, M., Carter, L. M., Catallo, C., Croce, A., Croci, R., Cutigni, M., Di Placido, A., Dinardo, S., Federico, C., Flamini, E., Fois, F., Frigeri, A., Fuga, O., Giacomoni, E., Gim, Y., Guelfi, M., Holt, J. W., Kofman, W., Leuschen, C. J., Marinangeli, L., Marras, P., Masdea, A., Mattei, S., Mecozzi, R., Milkovich, S. M., Morlupi, A., Mouginot, J., Orosei, R., Papa, C., Paternò, T., Persi del Marmo, P., Pettinelli, E., Pica, G., Picardi, G., Plaut, J. J., Provenziani, M., Putzig, N. E., Russo, F., Safaeinili, A., Salzillo, G., Santovito, M. R., Smrekar, S. E., Tattarletti, B., Vicari, D., 2007. Accumulation and Erosion of Mars' South Polar Layered Deposits. Science 317, 1715, doi: 10.1126/science.1144120, 4 pp.

Murphy, N. W., Jakosky, B. M., Rafkin, S. C., Larsen, K. W., Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2007. Thermophysical properties of the Isidis basin, Mars. J. Geophys. Res. 112, E05004, doi: 10.1029/2005JE002586.

Jakosky, B. M., Hynek, B. M., Pelkey, S. M., Mellon, M. T., Martínez-Alonso, S., Putzig, N. E., Murphy, N., Christensen, P. R., 2006. Thermophysical Properties of the MER and Beagle II Landing Site Regions on Mars, J. Geophys. Res. 111, E08008, doi: 10.1029/2004JE002320, 20 pp.

Martínez-Alonso, S., Jakosky, B. M., Mellon, M. T., Putzig, N. E., 2005. A volcanic interpretation of Gusev Crater surface materials from thermophysical, spectral, and morphological evidence, J. Geophys. Res. 110, E01003, doi: 10.1029/2004JE002327, 20 pp.

Selected conference abstracts

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Herkenhoff, K. E., Phillips, R. J., Davis, B. J., Ewer, K. J., 2010. Thermal Anomaly in Martian North Polar Erg likely due to near-surface ice. Second International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Analogs -- Integrating Models, Remote Sensing and Field Data. Held May 18-21, 2010 in Alamosa Colorado. LPI Contribution No. 1552, p. 50-51, Abstract 2037. Presented 2010 May 18.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Herkenhoff, K. E., Phillips, R. J., Davis, B. J., Ewer, K. J., 2010. Near-surface Ice Likely Cause of Thermal Anomaly in Martian North Polar Erg. LPSC XLI, Abstract 2495. Poster presented at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, 2010 March 1-5.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Plaut, J. J., Mellon, M. T., Head, J. W., Campbell, B. A., Carter, L. M., Egan, A. F., Seu, R., 2009. Shallow Radar Soundings of the Southern Highlands of Mars. Abstract P13B-1280. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 2009 December 14.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Head, J. W., Mellon, M. T., Campbell, B. A., Egan, A. F., Plaut, J. J., Carter, L. M., Seu, R., 2009. Shallow Radar Soundings of the Northern Lowlands of Mars. Geol. Soc. Amer., Abstract 20-13. Presented by N. E. Putzig at the 2009 GSA Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, 2009 October 18.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Head, J. W., Mellon, M. T., Campbell, B. A., Egan, A. F., Plaut, J. J., Carter, L. M., and the SHARAD Team, 2009. Do Shallow Radar Soundings Reveal Possible Near-surface Layering Throughout the Northern Lowlands of Mars? LPSC XL, Abstract 2477. Poster presented at the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, 2009 March 24.

Phillips, R. J., Putzig, N. E., Head, J. W., Egan, A. F., Plaut, J. J., Safaeinili, A., Smrekar, S. E., Milkovich, S. M., Nunes, D. C., Campbell, B. A., Carter, L. M., Holt, J. W., Seu, R., Orosei, R., 2009. Subsurface Structure of the South Polar Layered Deposits, Mars. LPSC XL, Abstract 2007. Presented by N. E. Putzig at the 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, 2009 March 24.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Safaeinili, A., Holt, J. W., Plaut, J. J., Egan, A. F., and the SHARAD Team, 2008. Subsurface Structure of Planum Boreum on Mars from Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Soundings, Eos Trans. AGU, 89 (53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P41B-1374. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 2008 December 18.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Herkenhoff, K. E., Phillips, R. J., 2008. Thermophysical analysis of the North Polar Erg on Mars. Planetary Dunes Workshop: A Record of Climate Change. Held April 29-May 2, 2008 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. LPI Contribution No. 1403, p.54-55, Abstract 7032. Presented 2008 May 1.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Holt, J. W., Safaeinili, A., Plaut, J. J., Smrekar, S. E., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Campbell, B. A., Carter, L. M., Egan, A. F., Giacomoni, E., Russo, F., Cutigni, M., Fuga, O., and the SHARAD Team, 2008. Stratigraphic mapping of the North Polar Layered Deposits on Mars from radar soundings, LPSC XXXIX, Abstract 2355. Presented by N. E. Putzig at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2008 March 11.

Putzig, N. E., Holt, J. W., Phillips, R. J., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Campbell, B. A., Carter, L. M., Safaeinili, A., Egan, A. F., 2007. Internal Structure of the North Polar Layered Deposits on Mars from SHARAD Observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P11B-0544. Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 2007 December 10.

Putzig, N. E., Phillips, R. J., Seu, R., Safaeinili, A., Plaut, J. J., Biccari, D., Campbell, B. A., Carter, L. M., Holt, J. W., Leuschen, C. J., Byrne, S., Orosei, R., Picardi, G., Smrekar, S. E., Fois, F., Egan, A. F., Bernardini, F., Nunes, D. C., and the SHARAD Team, 2007. Internal Structure of the North Polar Layered Deposits from Radar Sounding, 7th Int. Mars Con., Abstract 3295. Poster presented at the 7th International Mars Conference in Pasadena, California, 2007 July 9-13.

Mellon, M. T., Putzig, N.E, 2007. The apparent thermal inertia of layered surfaces on Mars, LPSC XXXVIII, Abstract 2184. Poster presented at the 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2007 March 12.

Phillips, R. J., Seu, R., Biccari, D., Campbell, B. A., Plaut, J. J., Zuber, M. T., Murchie, S., Byrne, S., Safaeinili, A., Orosei, R., Marinangeli, L., Masdea, A., Picardi, G., Smrekar, S. E., Carter, L. M., Putzig, N. E., Nunes, D. C., and the SHARAD Team, 2007. North polar deposits on Mars: New insights from MARSIS, SHARAD and other MRO instruments, LPSC XXXVIII, Abstract 1925. Presented by R. J. Phillips at the 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2007 March 12.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2006. Effects of surface heterogeneity on the apparent thermal inertia of Mars, LPSC XXXVII, Abstract 2316. Poster presented at the 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2006 March 16.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Golombek, M. P., Arvidson, R. E., 2006. Thermophysical properties of the Phoenix Mars landing site study regions, LPSC XXXVII, Abstract 2426. Poster presented at the 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2006 March 14.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2005. Mars Surface Heterogeneity From Variations in Apparent Thermal Inertia, Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract P24A-02. Invited paper presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 2005 December 6.

Hynek, B. M., Jakosky, B. M., Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., 2004. Extensive bedrock throughout Terra Meridiani, Mars: Implications for regional hydrologic processes, Second Conference on Early Mars, Abstract 8058. Poster presented at the Second Conference on Early Mars in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 2004 October 11-15.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Jakosky, B. M., Pelkey, S. M., Martínez-Alonso, S., Hynek, B. M., Murphy, N. W., 2004. Mars thermal inertia from THEMIS data, LPSC XXXV, Abstract 1863. Poster presented at the 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2004 March 18.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Arvidson, R. E., 2003. Thermophysical properties of the martian south polar region, 6th Int. Mars Con., Abstract 3173. Poster presented at the 6th International Mars Conference in Pasadena, California, 2003 July 24.

Putzig, N. E., Mellon, M. T., Arvidson, R. E., Kretke, K. A., 2003. Thermal inertia analysis of the martian globe, south polar region, and past landing sites, LPSC XXXIV, Abstract 1429. Presented by N. E. Putzig at the 34th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, Texas, 2003 March 18.

Putzig, N. E., King, K. M., Dwan, F. S., 1992. Yemen 1992 Reprocessing at Pecten, Shell Oil Company confidential paper. Presented by N. E. Putzig at the Shell 1992 SIPMAP Workshop in The Hague, The Netherlands, 1992 October 5, and at the Shell 1993 Geophysical Conference in Houston, Texas, 1993 March 23.

Putzig, N. E., Levander, A. R., 1988. Interpretation of continuous-offset seismic data in the central California margin, AAPG Bulletin 72 (3), 392 (abstract). Invited paper presented at Pacific sections AAPG, SEG, SEPM, SPWLA annual meeting in Santa Barbara, California, 1988 April 18.

Levander, A. R., Putzig, N. E., 1987. Interpretation of continuous-offset seismic profile in the central California margin, Eos Trans. AGU 68 (44), 1366 (abstract). Invited paper presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, 1987 December 7-10.

Levander, A. R., Putzig, N. E., Gibson, B. S., 1987. A continuous-offset seismic experiment in the central California margin, Eos Trans. AGU 68 (16), 348 (abstract). Presented by A. R. Levander at the AGU Spring Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, 1987 May 18.