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Jeffrey Gillis-Davis
University of Hawaii, Manoa

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  • Blewett, D. T., Robinson, M. S., Denevi, B. W., Gillis-Davis, J. J., Head, J. W., Solomon, S. C., … McClintock, W. E. (2009). Multispectral images of Mercury from the first MESSENGER flyby: Analysis of global and regional color trends. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285(3-4), 272–282. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.021

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  • Gillis-Davis, J. J., Blewett, D. T., Gaskell, R. W., Denevi, B. W., Robinson, M. S., Strom, R. G., … Sprague, A. L. (2009). Pit-floor craters on Mercury: Evidence of near-surface igneous activity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285(3-4), 243–250. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.023

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  • Head, J. W., Chapman, C. R., Strom, R. G., Fassett, C. I., Denevi, B. W., Blewett, D. T., … Nittler, L. R. (2011). Flood Volcanism in the Northern High Latitudes of Mercury Revealed by MESSENGER. Science, 333(6051), 1853–1856. doi:10.1126/science.1211997

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  • Head, J. W., Murchie, S. L., Prockter, L. M., Solomon, S. C., Chapman, C. R., Strom, R. G., … 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(3-4), 227–242. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.007

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  • Head, J. W., Murchie, S. L., Prockter, L. M., Solomon, S. C., Strom, R. G., Chapman, C. R., … Ostrach, L. R. (2009). Evidence for intrusive activity on Mercury from the first MESSENGER flyby. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 285(3-4), 251–262. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.008

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  • Peplowski, P. N., Evans, L. G., Hauck, S. A., McCoy, T. J., Boynton, W. V., Gillis-Davis, J. J., … Stockstill-Cahill, K. R. (2011). Radioactive Elements on Mercury’s Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet’s Formation and Evolution. Science, 333(6051), 1850–1852. doi:10.1126/science.1211576

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  • Blewett , D.T., Robinson, M.S., Denevi, B.W., Murchie, S.L., Domingue, D.L., Izenberg, N.R., Sprague, A.L., McClintock, W.E., Holsclaw, G.M., Vilas, F., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Lawrence, D.J., Feldman, W.C., Evans, L.G., Rhodes, E.A. & Solomon, S.C.  (2009).  The iron content of Mercury’s surface: A review of the evidence.  Programme with Abstracts, The Surface Composition of Mercury from Ultraviolet-Visible-Infrared Spectroscopy: State of the Art and Future Strategies.  Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italy. See Project
  • Blewett, D.T., Coman, E.I., Denevi, B.W., Robinson, M.S., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Ernst, C.M., Izenberg, N.R., Holsclaw, G.M., McClintock, W.E., Head, J.W. & Solomon, S.C.  (2009).  Mercury’s bright crater-floor deposits: Morphology, distribution, and spectral properties [Abstract].  Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Un., 90 (52) (Fall Meeting suppl.): abstract P21A-1192 See Project
  • Blewett, D.T., Kerber, L., Head, J.W., Denevi, B.W., Robinson, M.S., Murchie, S.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J. & Solomon, S.C.  (2009).  Mercury pyroclastics: Color, morphology, and volatile content [Abstract].  40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. See Project
  • Blewett, D.T., Robinson, M.S., Denevi, B.W., Sprague, A.L., Lawrence, D.J., McClintock, W.E., Holsclaw, G.M., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Domingue, D.L., Boynton, W.V., Feldman, W.C., Evans, L.G., Rhodes, E.A., McCoy, T.J., Nittler, L., Vilas, F., Izenberg, N.R., Murchie, S.L. & Solomon, S.C.  (2009).  Iron on the surface of Mercury: From contradiction to convergence? [Abstract].  Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Un., 90 (52) (Fall Meeting suppl.): abstract P23D-07 See Project
  • Gillis-Davis, J.J., Blewett, D.T., Denevi, B.W., Robinson, M.S., Solomon, S.C., Strom, R.G. & Team, M.  (2009).  Pit-Floor Craters on Mercury: Characteristics and modes of formation [Abstract].  40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. See Project
  • Goudge, T.A., Head, J.W., Kerber, L., Blewett, D.T., Denevi, B.W., Murchie, S.L., Izenberg, N.R., McClintock, W.E., Holsclaw, G.M., Domingue, D.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Xiao, Z., Strom, R.G., Helbert, J. & Solomon, S.C.  (2012).  Global inventory and characterization of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury: New insights into pyroclastic activity from MESSENGER orbital data.  Lunar Planet. Sci., 43, abstract 1325. See Project
  • Gwinner, K., Head, J.W., Oberst, J., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Xiao, Z., Strom, R.G., Preusker, F. & Solomon, S.C.  (2012).  Morphology of pit craters on Mercury from stereo-derived topography and implications for pit crater formation.  Lunar Planet. Sci., 43, abstract 1991. See Project
  • Head, J.W., Chapman, C.R., Strom, R.G., Fassett, C.I., Denevi, B.W., Blewett, D.T., Ernst, C.M., Watters, T.R., Solomon, S.C., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Chabot, N.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Whitten, J.L., Goudge, T.A., Baker, D.M.H., Hurwitz, D.M., Ostrach, L.R., Xiao, Z., Merline, W.J., Kerber, L., Dickson, J.L., Oberst, J., Byrne, P.K., Klimczak, C. & Nittler, L.R.  (2011).  Widespread and voluminous flood volcanism in the northern high latitudes of Mercury revealed by MESSENGER: Relation to global volcanic processes.  2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Calif, abstract P43A-10. See Project
  • Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., Fassett, C.I., Murchie, S.L., Prockter, L.M., Blewett, D.T., Denevi, B.W., Watters, T.R., Strom, R.G., Chapman, C.R., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E., Oberst, J., Gwinner, K., Ernst, C.M., Ostrach, L.R., Byrne, P.K., Klimczak, C. & Xiao, Z.  (2012).  Effusive and explosive volcanism on Mercury from MESSENGER orbital observations.  Geophys. Res. Abstracts, 14, abstract EGU2012-9925-3. See Project
  • Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., McNutt, R.L., Blewett, D.T., Chapman, C.R., Domingue, D.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Hawkins, S.E., Helbert, J., Holsclaw, G.M., Izenberg, N.R., McClintock, W.E., Merline, W.J., Murchie, S.L., Phillips, R.J., Prockter, L.M., Robinson, M.S., Denevi, B.W., Sprague, A.L., Strom, R.G., Vilas, F., Watters, T.R. & Zuber, M.T.  (2009).  The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: New insights into geological processes and evolution from the first two encounters [Abstract].  40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. See Project
  • Helbert, J., D’Amore, M., Maturilli, A., Izenberg, N.R., Klima, R.L., Holsclaw, G.M., McClintock, W.E., Sprague, A.L., Vilas, F., Domingue, D.L., D’Incecco, P., Head, J.W., Gillis-Davis, J.J. & Solomon, S.C.  (2011).  High-temperature laboratory measurements in support of a statistical analysis of spectral data from MESSENGER.  2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Calif, abstract P41A-1587. See Project
  • Hurwitz, D.M., Head, J.W., Zuber, M.T., Smith, D.E., Neumann, G.A., Strom, R.G., Fassett, C.I., Denevi, B.W., Blewett, D.T., Ernst, C.M., Watters, T.R., Solomon, S.C., Byrne, P.K., Klimczak, C., Murchie, S.L., M Prockter, L., Chabot, N.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Whitten, J.L., Goudge, T.A., Baker, D.M.H., Ostrach, L.R., Xiao, Z., Merline, W.J., Dickson, D.L., Oberst, J. & Nittler, L.R.  (2011).  Lava erosion on Mercury: Model results using new observations from MESSENGER.  2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Calif, abstract P41A-1591. See Project See Project
  • Izenberg, N.R., Holsclaw, G.M., McClintock, W.E., Sprague, A.L., Vilas, F., Domingue, D.L., Helbert, J., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Blewett, D.T., Kang, H.K., Kochte, M.C. & Solomon, S.C.  (2009).  Targeted spectral observations of Mercury during the third MESSENGER flyby [Abstract].  Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Un., 90 (52) (Fall Meeting suppl.): abstract P23D-05 See Project
  • Izenberg, N.R., Klima, R.L., Pashai, P., Holsclaw, G.M., McClintock, W.E., Sprague, A.L., Vilas, F., Domingue, D.L., Blewett, D.T., Murchie, S.L., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Helbert, J., Kochte, M.C., Head, J.W. & Solomon, S.C.  (2011).  Ultraviolet to near-infrared spectral variation of geologic end-members on Mercury.  2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Calif, abstract P43E-06. See Project
  • Prockter, L.M., Barnouin-Jha, O., Solomon, S.C., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Head III, J.W., Watters, T.R., Blewett , D.T. & Gillis-Davis, J.  (2009).  Mercury’s Raditladi basin: A puzzling example of extensional tectonics in an unusually young impact feature.  Europlanet Infrastructure, European Planetary Science Congress.  Potsdam, Germany. See Project
  • Prockter, L.M., Watters, T.R., Chapman, C.R., Denevi, B.W., Head, J.W., Solomon, S.C., Murchie, S.L., Barnouin-Jha, O.S., Robinson, M.S., Blewett, D.T. & Gillis-Davis, J.  (2009).  The curious case of Raditladi basin [Abstract].  40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. See Project
  • Watters, T.R., Byrne, P.K., Klimczak, C., Enns, A.C., Banks, M.E., Walsh, L.S., Ernst, C.M., Robinson, M.S., Gillis-Davis, J.J., Solomon, S.C., Strom, R.G. & Gwinner, K.  (2011).  The tectonics of Mercury: The view from orbit.  2011 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, Calif, abstract P41A-1593. See Project
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