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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Linda C. Kah is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily related to planetary science and exploration, with significant contributions to physics and astronomy and earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist has authored research in various topics including:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Main fields of study include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study incorporated in their work cover:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Geophysics
  • Paleontology

Linda C. Kah's publications have appeared frequently in these venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Science
  • Space Science Reviews
  • Nature

Among their recent papers are:

  • 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)
  • Perseverance's Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation (2021, Space Science Reviews)
  • Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars (2021, Science)
  • Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars (2022, Science)
  • Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars-implications for organic geochemistry (2022, Science)

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • R. C. Wiens
  • Sanjeev Gupta
  • K. M. Stack
  • B. Horgan
  • A. J. Brown

Recognition for their work includes election as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

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

  • Low marine sulphate and protracted oxygenation of the Proterozoic biosphere.

    Linda C. Kah;Timothy W. Lyons;Tracy D. Frank

  • 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

  • Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

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

  • Calcium sulfate veins characterized by ChemCam/Curiosity at Gale crater, Mars

    M. Nachon;S. M. Clegg;N. Mangold;S. Schröder

  • Marine carbon reservoir, Corg-Ccarb coupling, and the evolution of the Proterozoic carbon cycle

    Julie K. Bartley;Linda C. Kah

  • Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Investigation

    Kenneth S. Edgett;R. Aileen Yingst;Michael A. Ravine;Michael A. Caplinger

  • Geochemistry of a 1.2 Ga carbonate-evaporite succession, northern Baffin and Bylot Islands: implications for Mesoproterozoic marine evolution

    Linda C Kah;Timothy W Lyons;John T Chesley

  • Active Microbial Sulfur Disproportionation in the Mesoproterozoic

    David T. Johnston;Boswell A. Wing;James Farquhar;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Perspectives on Proterozoic surface ocean redox from iodine contents in ancient and recent carbonate

    Dalton S. Hardisty;Dalton S. Hardisty;Zunli Lu;Andrey Bekker;Andrey Bekker;Charles W. Diamond

  • δ13C stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Bylot Supergroup, Baffin Island, Canada: implications for regional lithostratigraphic correlations

    Linda C Kah;Anne G Sherman;Guy M Narbonne;Andrew H Knoll

  • 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

  • Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation

    Rohit Bhartia;Luther W. Beegle;Lauren DeFlores;William Abbey

  • Oxygenation of the mid-Proterozoic atmosphere: clues from chromium isotopes in carbonates

    G.J. Gilleaudeau;R. Frei;A.J. Kaufman;L.C. Kah

  • Mesoproterozoic carbon dioxide levels inferred from calcified cyanobacteria

    Linda C. Kah;Robert Eric Riding

  • Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars.

    N. Mangold;S. Gupta;O. Gasnault;G. Dromart

  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars

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  • An interval of high salinity in ancient Gale crater lake on Mars

    W. Rapin;B. L. Ehlmann;G. Dromart;J. Schieber

  • The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mast cameras and Descent imager: Investigation and instrument descriptions.

    Michael C. Malin;Michael A. Ravine;Michael A. Caplinger;F. Tony Ghaemi

  • Microbenthic distribution of Proterozoic tidal flats: environmental and taphonomic considerations.

    Linda C. Kah;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Chemostratigraphy of the Late Mesoproterozoic Atar Group, Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania: Muted isotopic variability, facies correlation, and global isotopic trends

    Linda C. Kah;Julie K. Bartley;David A. Teal;David A. Teal

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)
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
S. Le Mouélic
S. Le Mouélic University of Nantes
Olivier Gasnault
Olivier Gasnault Paul Sabatier University
John Bridges
John Bridges University of Leicester
Scott K. Rowland
Scott K. Rowland University of Hawaii at Manoa
Samuel M. Clegg
Samuel M. Clegg Los Alamos National Laboratory

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