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François Costard is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans multiple intersecting fields, including Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

François Costard's recent published papers highlight a multi-faceted approach to understanding planetary and cryospheric processes. These include:

  • "Seasonal patterns in greenhouse gas emissions from thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Eastern Siberia)" (2020) published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "A thick crustal block revealed by reconstructions of early Mars highlands" (2020) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Retrogressive Thaw Slumps on Ice-Rich Permafrost Under Degradation: Results From a Large-Scale Laboratory Simulation" (2020) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Fifty-year dynamics of the Lena River islands (Russia): Spatio-temporal pattern of large periglacial anabranching river and influence of climate change" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Evidence of mud volcanism due to the rapid compaction of martian tsunami deposits in southeastern Acidalia Planitia, Mars" (2020) published in Icarus

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Icarus, The Cryosphere, Limnology and Oceanography, Nature Geoscience, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Collaborations have been established with several researchers, with notable frequent co-authors including Antoine Séjourné, Alexander N. Fedorov, Sylvain Bouley, Frédéric Bouchard, and Axel Bouquety. These collaborations span various aspects of planetary and cryospheric sciences.

Best Publications

  • Formation of Recent Martian Debris Flows by Melting of Near-Surface Ground Ice at High Obliquity

    F. Costard;F. Forget;N. Mangold;J. P. Peulvast

  • Standardizing the nomenclature of Martian impact crater ejecta morphologies

    Nadine G. Barlow;Joseph M. Boyce;Francois M. Costard;Robert A. Craddock

  • Ice in the Martian regolith

    S. W. Squyres;S. M. Clifford;R. O. Kuz'min;J. R. Zimbelman

  • Orientation and distribution of recent gullies in the southern hemisphere of Mars: Observations from High Resolution Stereo Camera/Mars Express (HRSC/MEX) and Mars Orbiter Camera/Mars Global Surveyor (MOC/MGS) data

    Matthew Balme;Matthew Balme;Nicolas Mangold;David Baratoux;Francois Costard

  • Outwash Plains and Thermokarst on Mars

    F.M. Costard;J.S. Kargel

  • Groundwater flow and heat transport for systems undergoing freeze-thaw : Intercomparison of numerical simulators for 2D test cases

    Christophe Grenier;Hauke Anbergen;Victor Bense;Quentin Chanzy

  • Fluvial thermal erosion investigations along a rapidly eroding river bank: application to the Lena River (central Siberia)

    F. Costard;L. Dupeyrat;E. Gautier;E. Carey-Gailhardis

  • Debris flows over sand dunes on Mars: Evidence for liquid water

    N. Mangold;F. Costard;F. Forget

  • The Spatial Distribution of Volatiles in the Martian Hydrolithosphere

    Francois M. Costard

  • formation and evolution of the chaotic terrains by subsidence and magmatism : Hydraotes Chaos, Mars.

    Sandrine Meresse;François Costard;Nicolas Mangold;Philippe Masson

  • Late Tharsis formation and implications for early Mars

    Sylvain Bouley;David Baratoux;Isamu Matsuyama;Francois Forget

  • Impact of the global warming on the fluvial thermal erosion over the Lena River in Central Siberia

    F. Costard;E. Gautier;D. Brunstein;J. Hammadi

  • Morphology, evolution and tectonics of Valles Marineris wallslopes (Mars)

    Jean-Pierre Peulvast;Daniel Mège;Jan Chiciak;François Costard

  • Spatial relationships between patterned ground and ground ice detected by the Neutron Spectrometer on Mars

    N. Mangold;S. Maurice;W. C. Feldman;F. Costard

  • On Water Detection in the Martian Subsurface Using Sounding Radar

    Essam Heggy;Essam Heggy;Philippe Paillou;Gilles Ruffié;J.-M. Malézieux

  • Scalloped depressions and small-sized polygons in western Utopia Planitia, Mars: A new formation hypothesis

    A. Séjourné;F. Costard;J. Gargani;R.J. Soare

  • Geomorphologic Evidence for Liquid Water

    Philippe Masson;Michael H. Carr;François Costard;Ronald Greeley

  • Thermokarst processes and the origin of crater-rim gullies in Utopia and western Elysium Planitia

    R.J. Soare;R.J. Soare;J.S. Kargel;G.R. Osinski;F. Costard

  • Evolution of the banks of thermokarst lakes in Central Yakutia (Central Siberia) due to retrogressive thaw slump activity controlled by insolation

    A. Séjourné;A. Séjourné;François Costard;A. A. Fedorov;J. Gargani

  • Formation of recurring slope lineae on Mars by rarefied gas-triggered granular flows

    Frédéric Schmidt;François Andrieu;François Costard;Miroslav Kocifaj;Miroslav Kocifaj

  • Modeling tsunami propagation and the emplacement of thumbprint terrain in an early Mars ocean

    Francois Costard;Antoine Séjourné;Karim Kelfoun;Stephen Clifford

  • Morphological and mechanical characterization of gullies in a periglacial environment: The case of the Russell crater dune (Mars)

    Gwenaël Jouannic;Gwenaël Jouannic;Julien Gargani;François Costard;Gian Gabriele Ori

Frequent Co-Authors

David Baratoux
David Baratoux Paul Sabatier University
Susan J. Conway
Susan J. Conway University of Nantes
Matthew R. Balme
Matthew R. Balme The Open University
Gilles Grandjean
Gilles Grandjean French Geological Survey
Jean-Jacques Berthelier
Jean-Jacques Berthelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
François Forget
François Forget Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stephen M. Clifford
Stephen M. Clifford Planetary Science Institute
Gian Gabriele Ori
Gian Gabriele Ori Planetary Science Institute
Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Yves Langevin
Yves Langevin University of Paris-Saclay

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