Current and Past Funded Projects

In Situ Exploration of Terrestrial Silica Sinter Deposits with Terra-Cam and Terra-TES (Co-I, NASA PSTAR)

NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award (PI, 2021)

What makes an esker? Identifying evidence of wet-based glaciation on Mars (PI, NASA SSW)

Between a rock and a frozen place: Cold-based glacial chemical alteration of volcanic bedrock as an analog for Mars (PI, NASA SSW)

Icy environments on Mars: Investigating glacial weathering in volcanic terrains (Co-I, NASA SSW)

McCerery R, Graly J, Hansen C, Winter K, Gilhooly III W, Hamilton T, Jatta M, Havig J, Napoleoni F, Rutledge A, Terrell M, Trott T, Woodie K, Kulessa B, Modestou S, Bahrani H, Kennedy T, Messerli A, Licht K. Seasonal icings reveal subsurface water drainage of a Greenland Ice Sheet outlet glacier. [Preprint]. 2026. DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2026-2131

Available from: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2026/egusphere-2026-2131/

McKeeby B, Hughes E, Rutledge A, Hearn A, Peterson T, Rivera‐Hernandez F, Wray J, Ramsey M, Edwards C. Polythermal Glacial Landforms in Acidalia Planitia Reveal Amazonian Ice‐Related Processes on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 2025 December 20; 130(12):-. DOI: 10.1029/2025JE009465

Available from: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JE009465

Butcher F, Arnold N, Balme M, Conway S, Clark C, Gallagher C, Hagermann A, Lewis S, Rutledge A, Storrar R, Woodley S. Eskers associated with buried glaciers in Mars' mid latitudes: recent advances and future directions. Annals of Glaciology. 2023 March 17; 63(87-89):33-38. DOI: 10.1017/aog.2023.7

Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305523000071/type/journal

Rampe E, Horgan B, Smith R, Scudder N, Bamber E, Rutledge A, Christoffersen R. A mineralogical study of glacial flour from Three Sisters, Oregon: An analog for a cold and icy early Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2022 April; 584:117471-. DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117471

Available from: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X22001078

Scudder N, Horgan B, Rampe E, Smith R, Rutledge A. The effects of magmatic evolution, crystallinity, and microtexture on the visible/near-infrared and thermal-infrared spectra of volcanic rocks. Icarus. 2021 May; 359:114344-. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114344

Available from: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0019103521000427

Rutledge A, Horgan B, Havig J, Rampe E, Scudder N, Hamilton T. Silica Dissolution and Precipitation in Glaciated Volcanic Environments and Implications for Mars. Geophysical Research Letters. 2018 August; 45(15):7371-7381. DOI:10.1029/2018GL078105

Available from: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GL078105

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Research Notes

Field observations, lab reflections, and ongoing scientific questions from SEAHAG Lab.

This space shares updates from SEAHAG Lab, including field notes, research highlights, teaching reflections, and ongoing questions in planetary glaciology.

Some posts summarize published work. Others document active research, field campaigns, or scientific ideas in progress.

A record of field observations, laboratory investigations, and evolving questions in planetary glaciology.

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