J. W. Head

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2007

Number

79

Co-Authors

The Venus Express VIRTIS and MESSENGER teams (2007)

Helbert, J., Robinson, M. S., Müller, N., Prockter, L. M., Head, J. W., Izenberg, N. R., ...

Because Venus Express has been in orbit around Venus since April 2006, MESSENGER's flyby of Venus on 5 June 2007 permitted a coordinated campaign of two-spacecraft observations of that planet. Here...

Minaralogy of the Nili Fossae region with OMEGA/Mars Express data: Aqueous alteration of the crust (2007)

Mangold, N., Poulet, F., Mustard, J. F., Gondet, B., Langevin, Y., ...

Nili Fossaeis a region with fresh exposures of old material. OMEGA spectral data have revealed a strong diversity of minerals in the Nili Fossae region, including mafic minerals and phyllosilicates....

Evidence from the Mars express high resolution stereo camera for a frozen sea close to Mars' equator (2005)

Murray, J.B., Muller, J.P., Neukum, G., Werner, S.C., Van Gasselt, S., Hauber, E., ...

It is thought that the Cerberus Fossae fissures on Mars were the source of both lava and water floods two to ten million years ago. Evidence for the resulting lava plains has been identified in...

Discovery of a flank caldera and very young glaciation at Hecates Tholus, Mars (2005)

Hauber, E., Van Gasselt, S., Ivanov, B., Werner, S., Head, J.W., Neukum, G., ...

The majority of volcanic products on Mars are thought to be mafic and effusive. Explosive eruptions of basic to ultrabasic chemistry are expected to be common, but evidence for them is rare and...

Evidence from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera for a frozen sea close to Mars' equator (2005)

Murray, J.B., Neukum, G., Werner, S.C., Van Gasselt, S., Hauber, E., ...

It is thought that the Cerberus Fossae fissures on Mars were the source of both lava and water floods two to ten million years ago. Evidence for the resulting lava plains has been identified in...

Tropical to mid-latitude snow and ice accumulation, flow and glaciation on Mars (2005)

Head, J.W., Neukum, G., Jaumann, R., Hiesinger, H., Hauber, E., Carr, M., ...

Images from the Mars Express HRSC (High-Resolution Stereo Camera) of debris aprons at the base of massifs in eastern Hellas reveal numerous concentrically ridged lobate and pitted features and...

Morphology and geological structure of the western part of the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars from the analysis of the Mars Express HRSC imagery (2005)

Basilevsky, A.T., Neukum, G., Ivanov, B.A., Werner, S.K., Gasselt, S. Van, Head, J.W., ...

The images of the western part of Olympus Mons and adjacent plains acquired by the HRSC camera onboard the Mars Express spacecraft were studied. The morphology, topography, and color of the surface...

Interior channels in Martian valleys: Constraints on fluvial erosion by measurements of the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (2005)

Jaumann, R., Reiss, D., Frei, S., Neukum, G., Scholten, F., Gwinner, K., ...

In High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) images of the Mars Express Mission a 130 km long interior channel is identified within a 400 km long valley network system located in the Lybia Montes. Ages of...

Recent and episodic volcanic and glacial activity on Mars revealed by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (2004)

Neukum, G., Jaumann, R., Hoffmann, H., Hauber, E., Head, J. W., Basilevsky, A. T., ...

The large-area coverage at a resolution of 10–20 metres per pixel in colour and three dimensions with the High Resolution Stereo Camera Experiment on the European Space Agency Mars Express Mission...

Selection of the landing site in Isidis Planitia of Mars probe Beagle 2 (2003)

Bridges, J.C., Seabrook, A.M., Rothery, D.A., Kim, J.R., Pillinger, C.T., Sims, M.R., ...

This paper describes selection and characterization of the landing site for the Mars 2004 Beagle 2 mission. The site is within Isidis Planitia between 10°–12°N, 266°–274°W, centered at...

Ages of lunar mare basalts in Mare Frigoris and other Nearside Maria (2003)

Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R.

We performed new crater counts for basalts in Mare Frigoris, Nectaris, Smythii, Marginis, Vaporum, Sinus Medii, Palus Putredinis and the craters Schickard, Grimaldi, Crüger, Hubble, Joliot, Goddard,...

Ages and stratigraphy of mare basalts in Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, Mare Cognitum, and Mare Insularum (2003)

Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G.

Accurate estimates of mare basalt ages are necessary to place constraints on the duration and the flux of lunar volcanism as well as on the petrogenesis of lunar mare basalts and their relationship...

Ages and stratigraphy of mare basalts in Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Nubium, Mare Cognitum and Mare Insularum (2002)

Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G.

Accurate estimates of mare basalt ages are necessary to place constraints on the duration and the flux of lunar volcanism as well as on the petrogenesis of lunar mare basalts and their relationship...

Lunar mare basalt flow units: Thicknesses determined from crater size-frequency distributions. (2002)

Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Wolf, U., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G.

Accurate lava flow unit thicknesses estimates are necessary to place constraints on volcanic flux estimates. We refine the technique of using the shape of crater size-frequency distribution (CSFD)...

Ganymede: very high resolution data from G28 reveal new perspectives on processes and history (2001)

Head, J.W., Pappalardo. R., Collins, G.C. (Dept. Geol. Sci., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA), Spaun, N.A., Nixon, B., Wagner, R., ...

Recent G28 very high resolution image data provides new insight into five major problem areas and shows evidence for strike-slip faulting and processes perhaps like Europa band formation.

The Formation of Arbela Sulcus and Other Smooth Linear Features on Ganymede: Possible Crustal Spreading and Shear (2001)

Collins, G.C., Head, J.W., Pappalardo, R.T., Nixon, B., Giese, B., Wagner, R.

Galileo G28 images of Arbela Sulcus, a linear region of bright smooth terrain on Ganymede, suggest formation by crustal spreading and horizontal shear. Is this mode of formation typical for all such...

Galileo at Io: Results from High-Resolution Imaging (2000)

McEwen, A.S., Belton, M.J.S., Breneman, H.H., Fagents, S.A., Geissler, P., Greeley, R., ...

During late 1999/early 2000, the solid state imaging experiment on the Galileo spacecraft returned more than 100 high-resolution (5 to 500 meters per pixel) images of volcanically active Io. We...

The Distribution of Bright and Dark Material on Ganymede in Relationship to Surface Elevation and Slopes (1999)

Oberst, J., Schreiner, B., Giese, B., Neukum, G., Head, J.W., Pappalardo, R.T., ...

The unique high-resolution digital terrain data set available for Ganymede's Uruk Sulcus area is analyzed by quantitative image analysis techniques to identify relationships between surface...

Does Europa have a subsurface ocean? Evaluation of the geological evidence (1999)

Pappalardo, R. T., Belton, M. J. S., Breneman, H. H., Carr, M. H., Chapman, C. R., Collins, G. C., ...

It has been proposed that Jupiter's satellite Europa currently posesses a global subsurface ocean of liquid water. Galileo gravity data verify that the satellite is differentiated into an outer H2O...

Lunar mare volcanism (1999)

Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W., Jaumann, R., Neukum, G.

Here we report on new crater size-frequency distribution data for 139 spectrally and morphologically defined basalt units which are exposed in 6 nearside impact basins (Australe, Tranquillitatis,...

Stratigraphic studies of the boundary region between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis (1998)

Jaumann, R., Hiesinger, H., Head, J.W.

In the Mare Serenitatis/Mare Tranquillitatis border area different geological basalts of two maria are closely deposited surrounded by the Montes Haemus and Taurus-Littrow highlands. The Plinius and...

Galileo's first images of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites (1996)

Belton, M.J.S., Head, J.W., Ingersoll, A.P., Greeley, R., McEwen, A.S., Klaasen, K.P., ...

The first images aof Jupiter,Io, Europa, and Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft reveal new information about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) and the surfaces of the Galilean satellites. Features...