Maddy TurnerPostdoctoral Scholar

Research Focus:

Planetary Science

Email:

mturner10@uchicago.edu

Office:

Hinds 459

Biography:

I obtained a B.S. in Geology from the University of Maryland in College Park, and a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from Johns Hopkins University in Planetary Sciences in October, 2023.

Research Interests:

I use GIS to perform remote structural mapping and quantitative geomorphology to characterize the sedimentary rock record of Mars, and better understand how it relates to ancient Martian environments. I also work on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity Rover mission. I am interested in Martian Geology, Planetary Geology, and Remote Sensing.

Publications:

Madison Turner; Sabrina Y. Khan; Edwin S. Kite; Kevin Lewis “Mars Sedimentation in Space and Time” SUBMITTED

Madison Turner; Leafia Sheraden-Cox; Kevin Lewis; Sabrina Khan; Sasha Warren “Explorations of the Quaternary Peoria Loess: A Terrestrial Analogue for Martian dust Deposition” IN PREP.

Madison Turner Kevin Lewis “The Geologic Structure of the Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. (2023)

Rob Sullivan Mariah M Baker; Claire Newman; Madison Turner; Juergen Schieber; Catherine Weitz; Bernard Hallet; Douglas Ellison; Michelle Minitti “The Aeolian Environment in Glen Torridon, Gale crater, Mars” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. (2022) 127, 8.

Lyle L Nelson; Jahandar Ramezani; John E Almond; Simon A F Darroch; Wendy L Taylor; Dana C Brenner; Ryan P Furey; Madison Turner; Emmy F Smith “Pushing the boundary: A calibrated Ediacaran-Cambrian stratigraphic record from the Nama Group in northwestern Republic of South Africa” Earth and Planetary Science Letters. (2022) 580.

Ben T Cardenas; John P Grotzinger; Mike P Lamb; Christopher Fedo; Alex Bryk; William Dietrich; Nathaniel Stein; Kevin Lewis; Madison Turner “Barform deposits of the Carolyn Shoemaker formation, Gale crater, Mars” Journal of Sedimentary Research. (2022) 92, 12.

Tyler L Spano; Ewa A Dzik; Melika Sharifironizi; Megan K Dustin; Madison Turner; Peter C. Burns “Thermodynamic investigation of uranyl vanadate minerals: Implications for structural stability” American Mineralogist. (2017) 102, 6.

Katlyn Turner Dylan R Rittman; Rachel A Heymach; Cameron L Tracy; Madison L Turner; Antonio F Fuentes; Wendy L Mao; Rodney C Ewing “Pressure-induced structural modifications of rare-earth hafnate pyrochlore” Journal of Physics, Condensed Matter. (2017) 29, 25.

 

Selected Conference Presentations:

Variable Bedding Orientations within the Clay-Sulfate Transition, Gale crater, Mars. (Poster) Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Explorations of the Quaternary Peoria Loess: A Terrestrial Analogue for Martian Aeolian Dust Deposition. (Presentation) GSA Fall meeting, Fall 2022. Denver, Colorado

The Geologic Structure of the Vera Rubin ridge and clay-bearing Glen Torridon region, Gale Crater, Mars. (Poster) AGU Fall meeting, Fall 2019. San Francisco, California