I study planetary geomorphology and surface processes using a combination of models and data from instruments like the HiRISE camera. Past and current research areas include:
- Martian ground ice, ice-exposing impact craters, and thermokarst landforms
- Current activity in Martian gullies
- Lava-ice interaction on Mars
- Effects of target properties and secondary craters on crater chronology
- Floods in Martian outflow channels
Education
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Ph.D., Planetary Science (Geoscience minor), 2009
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
B. S. with honors, Planetary Sciences, 2004
Bibliography
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Hansen, C. J., Byrne, S., Portyankina, G., Bourke, M., Dundas, C., McEwen, A., Mellon, M., Pommerol, A., Thomas, N. Observations of the northern seasonal polar cap on Mars I. Spring sublimation activity and processes. Icarus, in press.
- Dundas, C. M., Diniega, S., Hansen, C. J., Byrne, S., McEwen, A. S., 2012. Seasonal activity and morphological changes in Martian gullies. Icarus 220, 124-143.
- Choi, D. S., Dundas, C. M., 2011. Measurements of Martian dust devil winds with HiRISE. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L24206, doi: 10.1029/2011GL049806.
- McEwen, A. S., Ojha, L., Dundas, C. M., Mattson, S. S., Byrne, S., Wray, J. J., Cull, S. C., Murchie, S. L., Thomas, N., Gulick, V. C., 2011. Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes. Science 333, 740-743.
- Hansen, C. J., Bourke, M., Bridges, N. T., Byrne, S., Colon, C., Diniega, S., Dundas, C., Herkenhoff, K., McEwen, A., Mellon, M., Portyankina, G., Thomas, N., 2011. Seasonal erosion and restoration of Mars’ northern polar dunes. Science 331, 575-578.
- Wray, J. J., Milliken, R. E., Dundas, C. M., Swayze, G. A., Andrews-Hanna, J. C., Baldridge, A. M., Chojnacki, M., Bishop, J. L., Ehlmann, B. L., Murchie, S. L., Clark, R. N., Seelos, F. P., Tornabene, L. L., Squyres, S. W., 2011. Columbus Crater and other possible groundwater-fed paleolakes of Terra Sirenum, Mars. J. Geophys. Res., E01001, doi: 10.1029/2010JE003694.
- Diniega, S., Byrne, S., Bridges, N. T., Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., 2010. Seasonality of present-day Martian dune-gully activity. Geology 38, 1047-1050.
- Banks, M. E., Byrne, S., Galla, K., McEwen, A. S., Bray, V. J., Dundas, C. M., Fishbaugh, K. E., Herkenhoff, K. E., Murray, B. C., 2010. Crater population and resurfacing of the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits. J. Geophys. Res. 115, E08006, doi: 10.1029/2009JE003523.
- Reufer, A., Thomas, N., Benz, W., Byrne, S., Bray, V., Dundas, C., Searls, M., 2010. Models of high velocity impacts into dust-covered ice: Application to Martian northern lowlands. Planet. Space Sci. 58, 1160-1168.
- Dundas, C. M., Keszthelyi, L. P., Bray, V. J., McEwen, A. S., 2010. The role of material properties in the cratering record of young platy-ridged lava on Mars. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L12203, doi: 10.1029/2010GL042869.
- Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., Diniega, S., Byrne, S., Martinez-Alonso, S., 2010. New and recent gully activity on Mars as seen by HiRISE. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L07202, doi: 10.1029/2009GL041351.
- Dundas, C. M., Byrne, S., 2010. Modeling sublimation of ice exposed by new impacts in the Martian mid-latitudes. Icarus 206, 716-728.
- Keszthelyi, L. P., Jaeger, W. L., Dundas, C. M., Martinez-Alonso, S., McEwen, A. S., Milazzo, M. P., 2010. Hydrovolcanic features on Mars: Preliminary observations from the first Mars year of HiRISE imaging. Icarus 205, 211-229.
- Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., 2010. An assessment of evidence for pingos on Mars using HiRISE. Icarus 205, 244-258.
- McEwen, A. S., and 69 colleagues, 2010. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) during MRO’s Primary Science Phase (PSP). Icarus 205, 2-37.
- Byrne, S., Dundas, C. M., et al., 2009. Distribution of mid-latitude ground ice on Mars from new impact craters. Science 325, 1674-1676.
- Lefort, A., Russell, P. S., Thomas, N., McEwen, A. S., Dundas, C. M., Kirk, R. L., 2009. HiRISE observations of periglacial landforms in Utopia Planitia. J. Geophys. Res. 114, E04005, doi: 10.1029/2008JE003264.
- Keszthelyi, L., Jaeger, W., McEwen, A., Tornabene, L., Beyer, R. A., Dundas, C., Milazzo, M., 2008. High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) images of volcanic terrains from the first 6 months of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Primary Science Phase. J. Geophys. Res. 113, E04005, doi: 10.1029/2007JE002968.
- Dundas, C. M., Mellon, M. T., McEwen, A. S., Lefort, A., Keszthelyi, L. P., Thomas, N., 2008. HiRISE observations of fractured mounds: Possible Martian pingos. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L04201, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031798.
- McEwen, A. S., and 32 colleagues, 2007. A closer look at water-related geologic activity on Mars. Science 317, 1706-1709.
- Jaeger, W. L., Keszthelyi, L. P., McEwen, A. S., Dundas, C. M., Russell, P. S., 2007. Athabasca Valles, Mars: A lava-draped channel system. Science 317, 1709-1711.
- Dundas, C. M., McEwen, A. S., 2007. Rays and secondary craters of Tycho. Icarus 186, 31-40.
