Publications

Papers

First Author

  1. Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2020), Geologic map of Jezero crater and the Nili Planum region, Mars. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3464.
    DOI: 10.3133/sim3464
  2. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2019), Characterizing the mineral assemblages of hot spring environments and applications to Mars orbital data. Astrobiology, 20(4), 453-474.
    DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.2003
  3. Sun, V.Z., Stack, K.M., Kah, L.C., Thompson, L., Fischer, W., Williams, A.J., Johnson, S.S., Wiens, R.C., Kronyak, R.E., Nachon, M., House, C.H., and VanBommel, S. (2018), Late-Stage Diagenetic Concretions in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars. Icarus, 321, 866-890.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.12.030
  4. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2018), Distinct Geologic Settings of Opal-A and Opal-CT on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 10221-10228.
    DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078494
  5. Sun, V.Z. (2017), Clays and Opals on Mars: Implications for Water-Rock Interactions Through Time. Brown University Dissertation.
    DOI: 10.7301/Z08G8J58
  6. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2015), Ancient and recent clay formation on Mars as revealed from a global survey of hydrous minerals in crater central peaks. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, 2293-2332.
    DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004918
  7. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2014), The geology and mineralogy of Ritchey crater, Mars: Evidence for post-Noachian clay formation. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 119, 810-836.
    DOI: 10.1002/2013JE004602

Co-Authored

  1. Smith, R.J., McLennan, S.M., Achilles, C.N., Dehouck, E., Horgan, B.H.N., Mangold, N., Rampe, E.B., Salvatore, M., Siebach, K.L., Sun, V. , X-Ray Amorphous Components in Sedimentary Rocks of Gale Crater, Mars: Evidence for Ancient Formation and Long-Lived Aqueous Activity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, e2020JE006782.
    DOI: 10.1029/2020JE006782
  2. Stack, K.M., Williams, N.R., Calef, F., Sun, V.Z., Williford, K.H., Farley, K.A., and 60 others (2020), Photogeologic Map of the Perseverance Rover Field Site in Jezero Crater Constructed by the Mars 2020 Science Team. Space Sci Rev 216, 127.
    DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00739-x
  3. Li, S., Lucey, P.G., Fraeman, A.A., Poppe, A.R., Sun, V.Z., Hurley, D.M., Schultz, P.H. (2020), Widespread Hematite at High Latitudes of the Moon. Science Advances 6(36), eaba1940.
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1940
  4. Fraeman, A.A., Edgar, L.A., Rampe, E.B., Thompson, L.M., Frydenvang, J., Fedo, C.M., Catalano, J.G., Dietrich, W.E., Gabriel, T.S.J., Vasavada, A.R., Grotzinger, J.P., L'Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Sun, V.Z., and 29 others (2020), Evidence for a diagenetic origin of Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars: Summary and synthesis of Curiosity's exploration campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2020JE006527.
    DOI: 10.1029/2020JE006527
  5. Fraeman, A.A., Johnson, J.R., Arvidson, R.E., Rice, M.S., Wellington, D.F., Morris, R.V., Fox, V.K., Horgan, B.H.N., Jacob, S.R., Salvatore, M.R., Sun, V.Z., Pinet, P., Bell, J.F., Wiens, R.C., Vasavada, A.R. (2020), Synergistic ground and orbital observations of iron oxides on Mt. Sharp and Vera Rubin ridge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006294.
    DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006294
  6. Horgan, B.H.N. and 18 others including Sun, V.Z. (2020), Diagenesis of Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater, Mars, from Mastcam multispectral images. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006322.
    DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006322
  7. L'Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Fraeman, A.A., Johnson, J.R., Cousin, A., Rapin, W., David, G., Dehouck, E., Sun, V., and 13 others (2020), Iron mobility during diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge, Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006299.
    DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006299
  8. Qiu, D., Rothrock, B., Islam, T., Didier, A.K., Sun, V.Z., Mattmann, C.A., Ono, M. (2020), SCOTI: Science captioning of terrain images for data prioritization and local image search. Planetary and Space Science, 188, 104943.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104943
  9. Edgar, L.A., Fedo, C., Gupta, S., Banham, S. Fraeman, A., Grotzinger, J., Stack Morgan, K., Stein, N., Bennett, K., Rivera-Hernandez, F., Sun, V., Edgett, K., Rubin, D., House, C., Van Beek, J. (2020), A lacustrine paleoenvironment recorded at Vera Rubin ridge, Gale crater: Overview of the sedimentology and stratigraphy observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006307.
    DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006307
  10. Ono, M., Rothrock, B., Otsu, K., Iwashita, Y., Didier, A., Islam, T., Sun, V., and 18 others (2020), MAARS: Machine Learning-Based Analytics for Automated Rover Systems. IEEE Aerospace Conference.
    DOI: 10.1109/AERO47225.2020.9172271
  11. Rampe, E.B. and 41 others including Sun, V.Z. (2020), Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity. Geochemistry, 80(2), 125605.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2020.125605
  12. Kronyak, R.E., Kah, L.C., Miklusicak, N.B., Edgett, K.S., Sun, V.Z., Bryk, A.B., and Williams, R.M.E. (2019), Extensive polygonal fracture network in Siccar Point group strata: fracture mechanisms and implications for fluid circulation in Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 2613-2634.
    DOI: 10.1029/2019JE006125
  13. Kronyak, R.E., Kah, L.C., Edgett, K.S., VanBommel, S.J., Thompson, L.M., Wiens, R.C., Sun, V.Z., and Nachon, M. (2019), Mineral-filled fractures as indicators of multigenerational fluid flow in the Pahrump Hills member of the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars. Earth and Space Science, 6, 238-265.
    DOI: 10.1029/2018EA000482
  14. MacKenzie, S.M., Caswell, T.E., Phillips-Lander, C.M., Stavros, E.N., Hofgartner, J.D., Sun, V.Z., Powell, K.E., Steuer, C.J., O'Rourke, J.G., Dhaliwal, J.K., Leung, C.W.S., Petro, E.M., Wynne, J.J., Phan, S., Crismani, M., Krishnamurthy, A., John, K.K., DeBruin, K., Budney, C.J., and Mitchell, K.L. (2016), THEO Concept Mission: Testing the Habitability of Enceladus's Ocean. Advances in Space Research.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.05.037

Abstracts

First Author (* denotes oral presentations)

  1. *Sun, V.Z. (2021), Geologic mapping of Jezero crater, Mars, the landing site for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Open Planetary Virtual Talk, February 16, 2021. [Recording]
  2. *Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2020), Geologic map of the Jezero and Nili Planum regions of Mars. Planetary Geologic Mappers Meeting, #7019. [Link]
  3. Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2020), A geologic map of the Jezero and Northeast Syrtis regions of Mars. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2439. [Link]
  4. *Sun, V.Z. (2019), How Jezero Crater was selected as the Mars 2020 landing site. Mars 2020 Lunch and Learn, August 23, 2019.
  5. *Sun, V.Z. (2019), Mineral Diagenesis of Clays and Opaline Silica Across Mars: Evidence for Crustal Fluids and Extended Aqueous Activity. 9th International Conference on Mars, #6155. [Link]
  6. *Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2019), Geologic Mapping of the Jezero and Northeast Syrtis Regions of Mars. Planetary Geologic Mappers Meeting, #7002. [Link]
  7. *Sun, V.Z. (2019), Mineral Diagenesis on Mars: Orbital Evidence for Crustal Fluids and Extended Aqueous Activity. Caltech Geoclub Seminar, May 30, 2019. (Invited)
  8. *Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2019), Understanding the continuity of regional units in the Mars 2020 Jezero and Northeast Syrtis regions: Implications for the origin of the mafic units. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2271. [Link]
  9. *Sun, V.Z., Stack, K.M., Kah, K.C., Williams, A.J., Thompson, L.M., Wiens, R.C., VanBommel, S., Johnson, S.S., House, C.H., Nachon, M., Fischer, W.W., and Kronyak, R.E. (2018), Diagenetic concretions in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, P43A-10. [Link]
  10. *Sun, V.Z., Quantin-Nataf, C., Ehlmann, B., Scheller, E., and Kelemen, P. on behalf of the Mars 2020 Science Team Landing Site Working Group (2018), Mars 2020 Science Team Assessment of Northeast Syrtis and Midway. Mars 2020 4th Landing Site Workshop. [Link]
  11. *Sun, V.Z. (2018), Multiple diagenetic fluid episodes in an ancient lake environment at Gale Crater, Mars. JPL Postdoc Seminar.
  12. *Sun, V.Z., Stack, K.M., Nachon, M., Johnson, S.S., Kronyak, R.E., Wiens, R.C., Minitti, M.E., and Kah, L.C. (2018), Late-stage diagenetic concretions in the lacustrine Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars. GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting 2018, 33-2. [Link]
  13. Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2018), Geomorphic mapping of the basement unit within the Northeast Syrtis Mars 2020 landing ellipse. GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting 2018, 69-5. [Link]
  14. *Sun, V.Z., Stack, K.M., Nachon, M., Johnson, S.S., Kronyak, R.E., Wiens, R.C., Minitti, M.E., and Kah, L.C. (2018), Late-stage diagenesis in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars: Evidence from diverse concretion morphologies. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1587. [Link]
  15. Sun, V.Z. and Stack, K.M. (2018), Geomorphic mapping of the basement unit within the Northeast Syrtis Mars 2020 landing ellipse. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2179. [Link]
  16. *Sun, V.Z. (2017), Clays and Opals on Mars: Tracing Water-Rock Interactions Through Time. Mars Forum, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
  17. *Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., and Robertson, K.M. (2017), Opals on Mars: Geologic Settings and Orbital Evidence for Seasonal Cycling of Water with the Atmosphere. 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1715. [Link]
  18. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2016), An overview of orbital detections of hydrated silica and silica-rich rocks on Mars. AGU Fall Meeting 2016, P11B-1853. (Invited) [Link]
  19. *Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., and Robertson, K.M. (2016), Relating opaline silica hydration and maturity to geologic settings on Mars. Goldschmidt Conference 2016, #1330. [Link]
  20. *Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., and Robertson, K.M. (2016), Hydrated silica on Mars: Relating geologic setting to degree of hydration, crystallinity, and maturity through coupled orbital and laboratory studies. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2416. [Link]
  21. Sun, V.Z., Milliken, R.E., Robertson, K.M., Ruff, S.W., and Farmer, J.D. (2016), Spectral characterization and mineralogy/chemistry of opaline silica samples from diverse Mars analog sites. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2071. [Link]
  22. *Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2015), Ancient and recent clay formation on Mars as revealed from a global survey of hydrated minerals in crater central peaks. GSA Annual Meeting 2015, #265182. [Link]
  23. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2015), Hydrated silica as a mineralogic marker for Hesperian Mars: Constraining environmental conditions from orbital and laboratory data. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2157. [Link]
  24. *Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2015), Understanding ancient and recent clay formation on Mars from a global survey of crater central peaks. 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1652. [Link]
  25. *Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2014), Recent periods of clay and hydrated silica formation at Martian central peaks. GSA Annual Meeting 2014, #246594. [Link]
  26. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2014), The timing and distribution of clay and hydrated mineral formation in Martian central peaks. 8th International Conference on Mars, #1362. [Link]
  27. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2014), Origin of clay minerals in Martian central peaks: Evidence for post-Noachian clay formation. 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1523. [Link]
  28. Sun, V.Z. and Milliken, R.E. (2013), Geologic and mineralogic mapping to determine the origin of clay minerals in Ritchey Crater, Mars. 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2675. [Link]

Co-Authored

  1. Li, S., Robertson, K., Sun, V.Z. (2021), Unveiling chaos terrain formation on Europa through synthesizing ice mixtures and modeling of the Galileo NIMS reflectance data. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2452.[Link]
  2. Herd, C.D.K., Bosak, T., Stack, K.M., Sun, V.Z., and 23 others (2021), Sampling Mars: Notional caches from Mars 2020 strategic planning. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1987.[Link]
  3. Quantin-Nataf, C., and 10 others including Sun, V.Z. (2021), The complex exhumation history of Jezero crater floor. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2034.[Link]
  4. Simon, J.I., and 10 others including Sun, V.Z. (2021), Characterizing the stratigraphy of the Nili Planum region outside Jezero crater: Implications for Mars 2020 strategic planning. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1515.[Link]
  5. Ehlmann, B.L., and 16 others including Sun, V.Z. (2021), Mineralogy from Mars-2020: Updates to the regional geological history of Jezero crater, its watershed, and a framework for Perseverance exploration. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1721.[Link]
  6. Williford, K.H. and 7 others including Sun, V.Z. (2021), A tour of ancient habitable environments in and around Jezero crater, Mars. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1599.[Link]
  7. Smith, R.J. and 9 others including Sun, V.Z. (2021), X-ray amorphous sulfates in Gale crater. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1486.[Link]
  8. Hickman-Lewis, K., Herd, C.D.K, Bosak, T., Stack, K.M., Sun, V.Z., and 24 others (2021), Perseverance rover notional caches for Mars Sample Return. Goldschmidt Conference 2021, #4400.
  9. Kronyak, R., Kah, L.C., Miklusicak, N.B., Edgett, K.S., Sun, V.Z., Bryk, A.B., Williams, R.M.E. (2020), Polygonal fractures in the Siccar Point group: evidence for late, near-surface fluid cuycling in Gale crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, P028-06.[Link]
  10. Smith, R., and 9 others including Sun, V.Z. (2020), Evidence for extensive diagenesis in Gale crater, Mars from X-ray amorphous component compositions. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, P028-05.[Link]
  11. Kronyak, R., Stack, K.M., Sun, V., Noblet, A. (2020), Geomorphology and relative ages of inverted channel deposits in Jezero crater's western delta. GSA Annual Meeting 2020, #355828.[Link]
  12. Tamppari, L., Ochoa, V., Sun, V. (2020), Dust devil orientation and Martian surface winds. COSPAR 2020, #25274.
  13. Williams, N.R., Stack., K.M., Calef, F.J., Sun, V., Williford, K., Farley, K., and the Mars 2020 Geologic Mapping Team (2020), Photo-geologic mapping of the Mars 2020 Landing Site, Jezero Crater, Mars. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2254. [Link]
  14. Stack, K.M., Noblet, A., Sun, V., Mangold, N. (2020), Relative ages of inverted channel deposits within the western delta, Jezero Crater, Mars. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1817. [Link]
  15. Li, S., Lucey, P.G., Fraeman, A.A., Poppe, A.R., Sun, V.Z., Hurley, D.M., Schultz, P.H. (2020), Widespread hematite at high latitudes on the Moon: Evidence of a new type of space weathering. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2827. [Link]
  16. Smith, R.J., McLennan, S.M., Dehouck, E., Horgan, B., Jacob, S., Mangold, N., Rivera-Hernandez, F., Siebach, K., Sun, V. (2020), Exploring silica diagenesis in Gale crater, Mars using the chemostratigraphy of X-ray amorphous materials. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2708. [Link]
  17. Fraeman, A.A. and 40 others including Sun, V.Z. (2020), The origin of Vera Rubin Ridge: Overview and results from Curiosity's exploration campaign. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1677. [Link]
  18. Fedo, C.M. and 15 others including Sun, V.Z. (2020), Ground-based stratigraphic correlation of the Jura and Knockfarril Hill members of the Murray Formation, Gale Crater: Bridging the Vera Rubin Ridge - Glen Torridon divide. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2345. [Link]
  19. Tamppari, L.K., Ochoa, V., Sun, V. (2019), Dust devil orientation and martian surface winds. Seventh Mars Polar Science Conference 2020, #6011. [Link]
  20. Li, S., Lucey, P.G., Fraeman, A., Poppe, A.R., Sun, V.Z., Hurley, D., Schultz, P.H. (2019), The presence of hematite at high latitudes of the Moon. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, P54C-04. [Link]
  21. Chan, M.A., Williams, R.M.E., and Sun, V.Z. (2019), Variability of Concretions on Earth and Mars: Complexities and New Explorations of Diagenetic Histories. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, P54C-03. [Link]
  22. Francis, R. and 10 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), The ROASTT-2019 training exercise for the Mars 2020 Science Team. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, P33G-3506. [Link]
  23. Smith, R., McLennan, S.M., Dehouck, E., Sun, V.Z., and Mangold, N. (2019), Exploring a diagenetic origin for X-ray amorphous material in Gale crater sedimentary rocks. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, P51F-3421.[Link]
  24. Fedo, C. and 14 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Connecting Lower Mount Sharp strata: How does the Clay-bearing unit in Glen Torridon relate to the Murray formation, Gale Crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting 2019, P31A-3422. [Link]
  25. Kronyak, R.E., Kah, L.C., Miklusicak, N.B., Edgett, K.S., Williams, R.M.E., Sun, V.Z., and Bryk, A.B. (2019), Extensive polygonal fracture network in Siccar Point Group strata, Gale Crater, Mars. GSA Annual Meeting 2019, #333991. [Link]
  26. Fedo, C.M. and 16 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Evidence for Persistent, Water-Rich, Lacustrine Deposition Preserved in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater: A Depositional System Suitable for Sustained Habitability. 9th International Conference on Mars, #6308. [Link]
  27. Fraeman, A.A. and 23 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Vera Rubin Ridge and Iron Oxide Bearing Sedimentary Rocks on Mars: The Integrated View from Curiosity and Orbital Data. 9th International Conference on Mars, #6237. [Link]
  28. Fraeman, A. and 17 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), The Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge: Oxidative Weathering on Mars? Goldschmidt, 2019. [Link]
  29. Stack, K.M., Sun, V.Z., and 7 others (2019), Origin of linear ridges in the clay-bearing unit of Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1210. [Link]
  30. Li, S., Lucey, P.G., Sun, V.Z., and Fraeman, A.A. (2019), Detection of a 850 nm absorption feature at high latitudes on the Moon: Possible presence of hematite. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2320. [Link]
  31. Minitti, M.E., House, C.H., and Sun, V.Z. (2019), Tracking variations of depositional and diagenetic features with elevation in the Murray Formation (Gale Crater, Mars) using MARDI images. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2427. [Link]
  32. Fraeman, A.A. and 12 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Synergistic orbital and in situ observations at Vera Rubin Ridge: Comparing CRISM and Curiosity observations. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2118. [Link]
  33. Ono., M. and 9 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Make planetary images searchable: Content-based search for PDS and on-board datasets. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #2552. [Link]
  34. Rivera-Hernandez, F. and 9 others including Sun, V.Z. (2019), Vera Rubin Ridge (Gale Crater, Mars) grain size observations from ChemCam LIBS data, and interpretations. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #3029. [Link]
  35. Fraeman, A., Sun, V.Z., and 18 others (2018), Curiosity at Vera Rubin Ridge: Major findings and implications for habitability. AGU Fall Meeting, P41A-02. [Link]
  36. Edgar, L.A., and 13 others including Sun, V.Z. (2018), A lacustrine environment recorded at Vera Rubin Ridge: Overview of the sedimentology and stratigraphy observed by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. AGU Fall Meeting, P41A-01. [Link]
  37. Rapin, W. and 10 others including Sun, V.Z. (2018), Diagenetic groundwater models and the distribution of salts observed at Gale Crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, P43A-03. [Link]
  38. L'Haridon, J. and 12 others including Sun, V.Z. (2018), Iron mobility during diagenesis as observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, P41A-07. [Link]
  39. Jacob, S., Wellington, D.F., Bell, J.F., Fraeman, A., Sun, V.Z., Johnson, J.R., and Horgan, B.H. (2018), Correlating Mastcam multispectral data and rock morphology to understand potential links between ferric spectral features along Vera Rubin Ridge in Gale Crater, Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, P41A-05. [Link]
  40. Edgar, L.A., and 12 others including Sun, V.Z. (2018), Sedimentology and stratigraphy observed at Vera Rubin Ridge by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1704. [Link]
  41. Fraeman, A.A., and 16 others including Sun, V.Z. (2018), Curiosity's investigation at Vera Rubin Ridge. 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1557. [Link]
  42. Milliken, R.E., Bish, D.L., Sun, V.Z. (2017), Mixed-layer clay minerals on Mars and implications for widespread diagenesis. XVI International Clay Conference 2017.
  43. McAdam, A., and 13 others including Sun, V.Z. (2016), Laboratory evolved gas analyses of Si-rich amorphous materials: Implications for analyses of Si-rich amorphous material in Gale Crater by the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument. AGU Fall Meeting 2016, #169004. [Link]
  44. John, K.K., and 19 others including Sun, V.Z. (2016), THEO Mission Concept: Testing the Habitability of Enceladus' Ocean. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, #1277. [Link]
  45. MacKenzie, S., and 19 others including Sun, V.Z. (2016), THEO: Testing the Habitability of Enceladus' Ocean. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #47, ID 312.24. [Link]