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MARS | Editors

Oded Aharonson

Assistant Professor of Planetary Science
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA, USA

Webpage: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~oa/

Areas of Expertise: planetary surfaces, geomorphology, geophysics, dynamics.

  • Co-Investigator - Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter
  • Associate Editor - Geophysical Research Letters

Recent publications:
Schorghofer N, O. Aharonson, Stability and exchange of subsurface ice on Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E05003, doi:10.1029/2004JE002350, 2005.

Solomon S. C., O. Aharonson, J. M. Aurnou, W. B. Banerdt, M. H. Carr, A. J. Dombard, H. V. Frey, M. P. Golombek, S. A. Hauck, II, J. W. Head, III, B. M. Jakosky, C. L. Johnson, P. J. McGovern, G. A. Neumann, R. J. Phillips, D. E. Smith, and M. T. Zuber, New Perspectives on Ancient Mars, Science, 307, 1214-1220, doi:10.1126/science.1101812, 2005.

Aharonson O., M. T. Zuber, D. E. Smith, G. A. Neumann, W. C. Feldman, and T. H. Prettyman, Depth, Distribution, and Density of CO2 Deposition on Mars, J. Geophys. Res.,109(E5), E05004, doi:10.1029/2003JE002223, 2004.

Gerstell M. F., O. Aharonson, and N. Schorghofer, A distinct class of avalanche scars on Mars, Icarus, 168(1) 122-130, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.005, 2004.

Aharonson O., M. T. Zuber, and S. C. Solomon, Crustal remanence in an internally magnetized non-uniform shell: a possible source for Mercury s magnetic field? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 218(3-4), 261-268, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2003.11.020, 2004.