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  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David M. Rubin is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Aerospace Engineering, and Soil Science.

The main topics addressed in their work include Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aeolian processes and effects, Space Exploration and Technology, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, where they have published ten papers, along with publications in Geology, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Earth-Science Reviews, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by David M. Rubin are:

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Alternating wet and dry depositional environments recorded in the stratigraphy of Mount Sharp at Gale crater, Mars (2021, Geology)
  • A Rock Record of Complex Aeolian Bedforms in a Hesperian Desert Landscape: The Stimson Formation as Exposed in the Murray Buttes, Gale Crater, Mars (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)
  • Geology and Stratigraphic Correlation of the Murray and Carolyn Shoemaker Formations Across the Glen Torridon Region, Gale Crater, Mars (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sanjeev Gupta, Steven G. Banham, Christopher M. Fedo, A. R. Vasavada, and L. A. Edgar.

David M. Rubin was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars.

    J.P. Grotzinger;S. Gupta;M. C. Malin;D.M. Rubin

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater

    R. M. E. Williams;J. P. Grotzinger;W. E. Dietrich;S. Gupta

  • Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

    D F Blake;R V Morris;G Kocurek;Shaunna M Morrison

  • Single and superimposed bedforms: a synthesis of San Francisco Bay and flume observations

    D.M. Rubin;D.S. McCulloch

  • Bedform climbing in theory and nature

    David M. Rubin;Ralph E. Hunter

  • Bedform Alignment in Directionally Varying Flows

    David M. Rubin;Ralph E. Hunter

  • Colorado River sediment transport: 1. Natural sediment supply limitation and the influence of Glen Canyon Dam

    David J. Topping;David M. Rubin;L. E. Vierra

  • Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents

    David M. Rubin

  • A Simple Autocorrelation Algorithm for Determining Grain Size from Digital Images of Sediment

    David M. Rubin

  • Ancient Martian aeolian processes and palaeomorphology reconstructed from the Stimson formation on the lower slope of Aeolis Mons, Gale crater, Mars

    Steven G. Banham;Sanjeev Gupta;David M. Rubin;Jessica A. Watkins

  • Flume experiments on the alignment of transverse, oblique, and longitudinal dunes in directionally varying flows

    David M. Rubin;Hiroshi Ikeda

  • Bed roughness produced by saltating sediment

    Patricia L. Wiberg;David M. Rubin

  • Large wind ripples on Mars: A record of atmospheric evolution

    M. G. A. Lapotre;R. C. Ewing;M. P. Lamb;W. W. Fischer

  • Why deposits of longitudinal dunes are rarely recognized in the geologic record

    David M. Rubin;Ralph E. Hunter

  • A universal approximation of grain size from images of noncohesive sediment

    D. Buscombe;D. Buscombe;D. M. Rubin;J. A. Warrick

  • Multiple origins of linear dunes on Earth and Titan

    David M. Rubin;Patrick A. Hesp

  • Regulated Streamflow, Fine‐Grained Deposits, and Effective Discharge in Canyons with Abundant Debris Fans

    John C. Schmidt;David M. Rubin

  • Suspended‐sediment rating curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California

    Jonathan A. Warrick;David M. Rubin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin W. Lewis
Kevin W. Lewis Johns Hopkins University
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London
Dawn Y. Sumner
Dawn Y. Sumner University of California, Davis
Kenneth S. Edgett
Kenneth S. Edgett Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
Ryan C. Ewing
Ryan C. Ewing Texas A&M University
Melissa S. Rice
Melissa S. Rice Western Washington University
Michael P. Lamb
Michael P. Lamb California Institute of Technology
Sunetra Gupta
Sunetra Gupta University of Oxford
Ashwin R. Vasavada
Ashwin R. Vasavada California Institute of Technology

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