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False colour radar image of Maat Mons on Venus, a 5km high volcanic edifice, vertical exaggeration x10. The bright lava flows partially embay ejecta deposits from the impact crater in the foreground. Click here for what we can learn about the interior of Venus from modelling such features.
I am currently using a variety of geophysical techniques to investigate processes on other planets, in particular:
Click here for a list of publications and here for my current research interests.
My thesis was entitled ''Volcanism and tectonics on Venus'' and included:
Radar image of impact crater cut by later normal fault. Image is 100km wide and located within the rift valley of Devana Chasma, Venus. Illumination is from the left, so right-sloping scarps are dark. Click here to learn about relating the rift valley shape to the strength of faults on Venus.
Apollo photograph of Moon, showing impact craters and arcuate graben inferred to be the surface expression of dikes. Graben are about 3km wide.
Galileo high-resolution image of a strike-slip region on Europa, compared with the San Andreas Fault at the same scale. Images are about 200km across. Click here to learn about the possible thermal consequences of such strike-slip motion.
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