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  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Christopher M. Fedo is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including physics and astronomy, as well as earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's work is further detailed within subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, atmospheric science, aerospace engineering, geophysics, and earth-surface processes.

The research conducted by Fedo primarily covers topics related to planetary science and exploration, astro and planetary science, geology and paleoclimatology research, space exploration and technology, geological and geochemical analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and aeolian processes and effects.

Frequent collaborators with whom Fedo has published include:

  • Steven G. Banham
  • J. P. Grotzinger
  • Sanjeev Gupta
  • L. A. Edgar
  • A. R. Vasavada

Fedo's published papers have appeared in a variety of scientific journals. The venues where they have repeatedly contributed include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochemistry
  • Journal of Sedimentary Research

Notable recent publications by Fedo include:

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity (2020, Geochemistry)
  • A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars (2021, Science)
  • Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity's Exploration Campaign (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Data From the Glen Torridon Region and the Significance of Lake-Groundwater Interactions in Interpreting Mineralogy and Sedimentary History (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)

Fedo's contributions have been recognized through awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. These distinctions acknowledge ongoing work within the scientific community related to earth and planetary sciences as well as broader research endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Unraveling the effects of potassium metasomatism in sedimentary rocks and paleosols, with implications for paleoweathering conditions and provenance

    Christopher M. Fedo;H. Wayne Nesbitt;Grant M. Young

  • Detrital Zircon Analysis of the Sedimentary Record

    Christopher M. Fedo;Keith N. Sircombe;Robert H. Rainbird

  • Characterisation of early Archaean chemical sediments by trace element signatures

    Robert Bolhar;Balz S Kamber;Stephen Moorbath;Christopher M Fedo

  • Quartz and Feldspar Stability, Steady and Non‐Steady‐State Weathering, and Petrogenesis of Siliciclastic Sands and Muds

    H. Wayne Nesbitt;Christopher M. Fedo;Grant M. Young

  • Geochemistry of shales from the Archean (~3.0 Ga) Buhwa Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe: Implications for provenance and source-area weathering

    Christopher M. Fedo;Kenneth A. Eriksson;Eirik J. Krogstad

  • Paleoclimatic control on the composition of the Paleoproterozoic Serpent Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada: a greenhouse to icehouse transition

    Christopher M. Fedo;Grant M. Young;H. Wayne Nesbitt

  • Metasomatic origin of quartz-pyroxene rock, Akilia, Greenland, and implications for Earth's earliest life.

    Christopher M. Fedo;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • Potassic and sodic metasomatism in the Southern Province of the Canadian Shield: Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic Serpent Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada

    C. M. Fedo

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

    E. B. Rampe;D. F. Blake;D. F. Blake;T. F. Bristow;T. F. Bristow;D. W. Ming

  • Paleoproterozoic Huronian basin : product of a Wilson cycle punctuated by glaciations and a meteorite impact

    Grant M Young;Darrel G.F Long;Christopher M Fedo;H.Wayne Nesbitt

  • Integrated Pb- and S-isotope investigation of sulphide minerals from the early Archaean of southwest Greenland

    Martin J. Whitehouse;Balz S. Kamber;Christopher M. Fedo;Aivo Lepland

  • Microscale heterogeneity of Fe isotopes in >3.71 Ga banded iron formation from the Isua Greenstone Belt, southwest Greenland

    Martin J. Whitehouse;Christopher M. Fedo

  • Questioning the evidence for Earth's earliest life—Akilia revisited

    Aivo Lepland;Mark A. van Zuilen;Gustaf Arrhenius;Martin J. Whitehouse

  • EARLY CAMBRIAN EDIACARAN-TYPE FOSSILS FROM CALIFORNIA

    James W. Hagadorn;Christopher M. Fedo;Ben M. Waggoner

  • Recognizable primary volcanic and sedimentary features in a low‐strain domain of the highly deformed, oldest known (≈ 3.7–3.8 Gyr) Greenstone Belt, Isua, West Greenland

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  • Braided Fluvial to Marine Transition: The Basal Lower Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation, Southern Marble Mountains, Mojave Desert, California

    Christopher M. Fedo;John D. Cooper

  • Mars Science Laboratory CheMin Data From the Glen Torridon Region and the Significance of Lake‐Groundwater Interactions in Interpreting Mineralogy and Sedimentary History

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  • Sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian units across a craton-margin hinge zone, southeastern California, and implications for the early evolution of the Cordilleran margin

    Christopher M Fedo;John D Cooper

  • A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera RubinRidge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars ScienceLaboratory Curiosity Rover

    L. A. Edgar;C. M. Fedo;S. Gupta;S. G. Banham

  • Desiccation cracks provide evidence of lake drying on Mars, Sutton Island member, Murray formation, Gale Crater

    N. Stein;J. P. Grotzinger;J. Schieber;N. Mangold

  • Depositional setting and paleogeographic implications of earth's oldest supracrustal rocks, the >3.7 Ga Isua Greenstone belt, West Greenland

    Christopher M Fedo;John S Myers;Peter W.U Appel

  • Ensialic origin for the Ngezi Group, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe

    Tom G. Blenkinsop;Christopher M. Fedo;Michael J. Bickle;Kenneth A. Eriksson

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Kenneth S. Edgett
Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Christopher H. House
Christopher H. House Pennsylvania State University
Sunetra Gupta
Sunetra Gupta University of Oxford
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London
Juergen Schieber
Juergen Schieber Indiana University
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Horton E. Newsom
Horton E. Newsom University of New Mexico

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