Paul Byrne

Atkins, R. M., Byrne, P. K., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., & Wegmann, K. W. (2022). A Morphometric Investigation of Large-Scale Crustal Shortening on Mars. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 127(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007110

Rolf, T., Weller, M., Gulcher, A., Byrne, P., Joseph G. O'Rourke, Herrick, R., … Smrekar, S. (2022). [Review of Dynamics and Evolution of Venus' Mantle Through Time]. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 218(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00937-9

Byrne, P. K., & Krishnamoorthy, S. (2022). Estimates on the Frequency of Volcanic Eruptions on Venus. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 127(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007040

Ernst, C. M., Chabot, N. L., Klima, R. L., Kubota, S., Rogers, G., Byrne, P. K., … Weider, S. Z. (2022). Science Goals and Mission Concept for a Landed Investigation of Mercury. PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac1c0f

Byrne, P. K., Ghail, R. C., Sengor, A. M. C., James, P. B., Klimczak, C., & Solomon, S. C. (2021). A globally fragmented and mobile lithosphere on Venus. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118(26). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025919118

Mendez, A., Rivera-Valentin, E. G., Schulze-Makuch, D., Filiberto, J., Ramirez, R. M., Wood, T. E., … Haqq-Misra, J. (2021). [Review of Habitability Models for Astrobiology]. ASTROBIOLOGY, 21(8), 1017–1027. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2342

Wright, J., Byrne, P. K., & Rothery, D. A. (2021). Planet Mercury: Volcanism in a theatre of global contraction, with examples from the Hokusai quadrangle. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, 417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107300

Kling, C. L., Byrne, P. K., Atkins, R. M., & Wegmann, K. W. (2021). Tectonic Deformation and Volatile Loss in the Formation of Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 126(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006555

Byrne, P. K., Foley, B. J., Violay, M. E. S., Heap, M. J., & Mikhail, S. (2021). The Effects of Planetary and Stellar Parameters on Brittle Lithospheric Thickness. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 126(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE006952

Kane, S. R., Arney, G. N., Byrne, P. K., Dalba, P. A., Desch, S. J., Horner, J., … Quick, L. C. (2021). [Review of The Fundamental Connections between the Solar System and Exoplanetary Science]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 126(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006643

Byrne, P. K., Blewett, D. T., Chabot, N. L., Hauck, S. A. I. I. I. I., Mazarico, E., Vander Kaaden, K. E., … Stark, A. (2021, October 15). The case for landed Mercury science. EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09788-8

Detelich, C. E., Byrne, P. K., Dombard, A. J., & Schenk, P. M. (2021). The morphology and age of the Iapetus equatorial ridge supports an exogenic origin. ICARUS, 367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114559

Izenberg, N. R., McNutt, R. L., Jr., Runyon, K. D., Byrne, P. K., & MacDonald, A. (2021). Venus Exploration in the New Human Spaceflight Age. ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, 180, 100–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.12.020

Kinczyk, M. J., Prockter, L. M., Byrne, P. K., Susorney, H. C. M., & Chapman, C. R. (2020). A morphological evaluation of crater degradation on Mercury: Revisiting crater classification with MESSENGER data. ICARUS, 341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113637

Peterson, G. A., Johnson, C. L., Byrne, P. K., & Phillips, R. J. (2020). Fault Structure and Origin of Compressional Tectonic Features Within the Smooth Plains on Mercury. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006183

Heap, M. J., Gilg, H. A., Byrne, P. K., Wadsworth, F. B., & Reuschle, T. (2020). Petrophysical properties, mechanical behaviour, and failure modes of impact melt-bearing breccia (suevite) from the Ries impact crater (Germany). ICARUS, 349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113873

Rothery, D. A., Massironi, M., Alemanno, G., Barraud, O., Besse, S., Bott, N., … Zambon, F. (2020). [Review of Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury's Surface and Composition]. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 216(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7

Khawja, S., Ernst, R. E., Samson, C., Byrne, P. K., Ghail, R. C., & MacLellan, L. M. (2020). Tesserae on Venus may preserve evidence of fluvial erosion. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19336-1

Byrne, P. K., Ghail, R. C., Gilmore, M. S., Sengor, A. M. C., Klimczak, C., Senske, D. A., … Solomon, S. C. (2021). Venus tesserae feature layered, folded, and eroded rocks. GEOLOGY, 49(1), 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1130/G47940.1

Byrne, P. K. (2020). A comparison of inner Solar System volcanism. NATURE ASTRONOMY, 4(4), 321–327. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0944-3

James, P. B., Smith, D. E., Byrne, P. K., Kendall, J. D., Melosh, H. J., & Zuber, M. T. (2019). Deep Structure of the Lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 46(10), 5100–5106. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082252

Peterson, G. A., Johnson, C. L., Byrne, P. K., & Phillips, R. J. (2019). Distribution of Areal Strain on Mercury: Insights Into the Interaction of Volcanism and Global Contraction. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 46(2), 608–615. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080749

Klimczak, C., Byrne, P. K., Sengor, A. M. C., & Solomon, S. C. (2019). Principles of structural geology on rocky planets. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, 56(12), 1437–1457. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2019-0065

Vander Kaaden, K. E., McCubbin, F. M., Byrne, P. K., Chabot, N. L., Ernst, C. M., Johnson, C. L., & Thompson, M. S. (2019). [Review of Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury]. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS, 215(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-019-0614-x

Solomon, S. C., & Byrne, P. K. (2019). The Exploration of Mercury by Spacecraft. ELEMENTS, 15(1), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.15.1.15

Vries, B. van W., Byrne, P., Delcamp, A., Einarson, P., Gogus, O., Guilbaud, M.-N., … Vye, E. (2018). A global framework for the Earth: putting geological sciences in context. GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE, 171, 293–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.12.019

Lopes, R. M. C., Gregg, T. K. P., Harris, A., Radebaugh, J., Byrne, P., Kerber, L., & Mouginis-Mark, P. (2018). [Review of Extraterrestrial lava lakes]. JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH, 366, 74–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2018.09.010

Byrne, P. K. (2018). Mercury: the incredible shrinking planet. ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS, 59(1), 14–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/astrogeo/aty024

Klimczak, C., Crane, K. T., Habermann, M. A., & Byrne, P. K. (2018). The spatial distribution of Mercury's pyroclastic activity and the relation to lithospheric weaknesses. ICARUS, 315, 115–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.06.020

Klimczak, C., Kling, C. L., & Byrne, P. K. (2018). Topographic Expressions of Large Thrust Faults on Mars. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 123(8), 1973–1995. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JE005448

Heap, M. J., Byrne, P. K., & Mikhail, S. (2017). Low surface gravitational acceleration of Mars results in a thick and weak lithosphere: Implications for topography, volcanism, and hydrology. ICARUS, 281, 103–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.09.003

Susorney, H. C. M., Barnouin, O. S., Ernst, C. M., & Byrne, P. K. (2017). The surface roughness of Mercury from the Mercury Laser Altimeter: Investigating the effects of volcanism, tectonism, and impact cratering. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS, 122(6), 1372–1390. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016je005228

Byrne, P. K., Ostrach, L. R., Fassett, C. I., Chapman, C. R., Denevi, B. W., Evans, A. J., … Solomon, S. C. (2016). Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely ended by about 3.5Ga. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 43(14), 7408–7416. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl069412

Klimczak, C., Byrne, P. K., & Solomon, S. C. (2015). A rock-mechanical assessment of Mercury's global tectonic fabric. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 416, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EPSL.2015.02.003

Byrne, P. K., Klimczak, C., McGovern, P. J., Mazarico, E., James, P. B., Neumann, G. A., … Solomon, S. C. (2015). Deep-seated thrust faults bound the Mare Crisium lunar mascon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427, 183–190. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EPSL.2015.06.022

Banks, M. E., Xiao, Z., Watters, T. R., Strom, R. G., Braden, S. E., Chapman, C. R., … Byrne, P. K. (2015). Duration of activity on lobate-scarp thrust faults on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 120(11), 1751–1762. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JE004828

Weider, S. Z., Nittler, L. R., Starr, R. D., Crapster-Pregont, E. J., Peplowski, P. N., Denevi, B. W., … Solomon, S. C. (2015). Evidence for geochemical terranes on Mercury: Global mapping of major elements with MESSENGER's X-Ray Spectrometer. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 416, 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EPSL.2015.01.023

Lansdown, K., Heppell, C. M., Trimmer, M., Binley, A., Heathwaite, A. L., Byrne, P., & Zhang, H. (2015). The interplay between transport and reaction rates as controls on nitrate attenuation in permeable, streambed sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120(6), 1093–1109. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002874

Byrne, P., Zhang, H., Ullah, S., Binley, A., Heathwaite, A. L., Heppell, C. M., … Trimmer, M. (2015). Diffusive equilibrium in thin films provides evidence of suppression of hyporheic exchange and large-scale nitrate transformation in a groundwater-fed river. Hydrological Processes, 29(6), 1385–1396. https://doi.org/10.1002/HYP.10269

Byrne, P. K., Klimczak, C., Celâl Şengör, A. M., Solomon, S. C., Watters, T. R., & Hauck, II, S. A. (2014). Mercury’s global contraction much greater than earlier estimates. Nature Geoscience, 7(4), 301–307. https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO2097

Byrne, P. K., Klimczak, C., Williams, D. A., Hurwitz, D. M., Solomon, S. C., Head, J. W., … Oberst, J. (2013). An assemblage of lava flow features on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(6), 1303–1322. https://doi.org/10.1002/JGRE.20052

Byrne, P., Binley, A., Heathwaite, A. L., Ullah, S., Heppell, C. M., Lansdown, K., … Keenan, P. (2014). Control of river stage on the reactive chemistry of the hyporheic zone. Hydrological Processes, 28(17), 4766–4779. https://doi.org/10.1002/HYP.9981

Xiao, Z., Strom, R. G., Blewett, D. T., Byrne, P. K., Solomon, S. C., Murchie, S. L., … Helbert, J. (2013). Dark spots on Mercury: A distinctive low-reflectance material and its relation to hollows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(9), 1752–1765. https://doi.org/10.1002/JGRE.20115

Klimczak, C., Ernst, C. M., Byrne, P. K., Solomon, S. C., Watters, T. R., Murchie, S. L., … Balcerski, J. A. (2013). Insights into the subsurface structure of the Caloris basin, Mercury, from assessments of mechanical layering and changes in long-wavelength topography. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(10), 2030–2044. https://doi.org/10.1002/JGRE.20157

Hurwitz, D. M., Head, J. W., Byrne, P. K., Xiao, Z., Solomon, S. C., Zuber, M. T., … Neumann, G. A. (2013). Investigating the origin of candidate lava channels on Mercury with MESSENGER data: Theory and observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(3), 471–486. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004103

Denevi, B. W., Ernst, C. M., Meyer, H. M., Robinson, M. S., Murchie, S. L., Whitten, J. L., … Peplowski, P. N. (2013). The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(5), 891–907. https://doi.org/10.1002/JGRE.20075

Blair, D. M., Freed, A. M., Byrne, P. K., Klimczak, C., Prockter, L. M., Ernst, C. M., … Zuber, M. T. (2013). The origin of graben and ridges in Rachmaninoff, Raditladi, and Mozart basins, Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118(1), 47–58. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004198

Byrne, P. K., van Wyk de Vries, B., Murray, J. B., & Troll, V. R. (2012). A volcanotectonic survey of Ascraeus Mons, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JE003825

Weider, S. Z., Nittler, L. R., Starr, R. D., McCoy, T. J., Stockstill-Cahill, K. R., Byrne, P. K., … Solomon, S. C. (2012). Chemical heterogeneity on Mercury's surface revealed by the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E12), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004153

Klimczak, C., Watters, T. R., Ernst, C. M., Freed, A. M., Byrne, P. K., Solomon, S. C., … Head, J. W. (2012). Deformation associated with ghost craters and basins in volcanic smooth plains on Mercury: Strain analysis and implications for plains evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E12), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004100

Starr, R. D., Schriver, D., Nittler, L. R., Weider, S. Z., Byrne, P. K., Ho, G. C., … Trávníček, P. M. (2012). MESSENGER detection of electron-induced X-ray fluorescence from Mercury's surface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E12), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004118

Freed, A. M., Blair, D. M., Watters, T. R., Klimczak, C., Byrne, P. K., Solomon, S. C., … Melosh, H. J. (2012). On the origin of graben and ridges within and near volcanically buried craters and basins in Mercury's northern plains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 117(E12), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JE004119

Mathieu, L., Byrne, P., Guillaume, D., van Wyk de Vries, B., & Moine, B. (2011). The field and remote sensing analysis of the Kerguelen Archipelago structure, Indian Ocean. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 199(3-4), 206–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.11.013

Murray, J. B., van Wyk de Vries, B., Marquez, A., Williams, D. A., Byrne, P., Muller, J.-P., & Kim, J.-R. (2010). Late-stage water eruptions from Ascraeus Mons volcano, Mars: Implications for its structure and history. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 294(3-4), 479–491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.020

Byrne, P. K., van Wyk de Vries, B., Murray, J. B., & Troll, V. R. (2009). The geometry of volcano flank terraces on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 281(1-2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.043