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Dr Joel Davis

Dr Joel Davis

Aurora Fellow

Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Mineral and Planetary Sciences Division

Summary

I am a planetary geologist current based at the Natural History Museum in London, where I am a Research Fellow. My work mostly focuses on understanding the ancient geology and modern surfaces on Mars. I previously completed both my PhD in planetary geology and my MSci in geology at University College London. I have been involved in the characterisation of both the ExoMars and NASA 2020 rover landing sites and am a member of the ExoMars PanCam and TGO CaSSIS science teams.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD Geology, University College London, London, 2013 - 2017
  • MSci Earth Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2013

Employment history

    Academic

  • Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2017 - 2020

Grants

ExoMars TGO Guest Investigator Support: Active Surface Processes on Mars
Role: Principal investigatorGrindrod P
Funding: STFC
Total value £305,645 (to Museum £305,645)
Dates: 2017 - 2020

Publications

Grindrod PM, Davis JM, Conway SJ, de Haas T (2021) Active Boulder Falls in Terra Sirenum, Mars: Constraints on Timing and Causes. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (20) : doi: 10.1029/2021gl094817

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Banham SG, Warner NH, Conway SJ, Boazman SJ, Gupta S (2021) A record of syn-tectonic sedimentation revealed by perched alluvial fan deposits in Valles Marineris, Mars. Geology, 49 (10) : 1250 - 1254. doi: 10.1130/g48971.1

Favaro EA, Balme MR, Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Barrett AM, Lewis SR (2021) The Aeolian Environment of the Landing Site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover in Oxia Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126 (4) : doi: 10.1029/2020je006723

Boazman SJ, Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Balme MR, Vermeesch P, Baird T (2021) Measuring Ripple and Dune Migration in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris: A Source to Sink Aeolian System on Mars?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126 (3) : doi: 10.1029/2020je006608

Butcher FEG, Balme MR, Conway SJ, Gallagher C, Arnold NS, Storrar RD, Lewis SR, Hagermann A, Davis JM (2021) Sinuous ridges in Chukhung crater, Tempe Terra, Mars: Implications for fluvial, glacial, and glaciofluvial activity. Icarus, 357 : 114131 - 114131. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114131

Quantin-Nataf C, Carter J, Mandon L, Thollot P, Balme M, Volat M, Pan L, Loizeau D, Millot C, Breton S, Dehouck E, Fawdon P, Gupta S, Davis J, Grindrod PM, Pacifici A, Bultel B, Allemand P, Ody A, Lozach L, Broyer J (2021) Oxia Planum: The Landing Site for the ExoMars “Rosalind Franklin” Rover Mission: Geological Context and Prelanding Interpretation. Astrobiology, 21 (3) : 345 - 366. doi: 10.1089/ast.2019.2191

Salese F, McMahon WJ, Balme MR, Ansan V, Davis JM, Kleinhans MG (null) Sustained fluvial deposition recorded in Mars’ Noachian stratigraphic record. Nature Communications, 11 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15622-0

Davis JM, Banham SG, Grindrod PM, Boazman SJ, Balme MR, Bristow CS (2020) Morphology, Development, and Sediment Dynamics of Elongating Linear Dunes on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (12) : doi: 10.1029/2020gl088456

Dickeson ZI, Davis JM (2020) Martian oceans. Astronomy & Geophysics, 61 (3) : 3.11 - 3.17. doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/ataa038

Balme MR, Gupta S, Davis JM, Fawdon P, Grindrod PM, Bridges JC, Sefton‐Nash E, Williams RME (2020) Aram Dorsum: An Extensive Mid‐Noachian Age Fluvial Depositional System in Arabia Terra, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (5) : doi: 10.1029/2019je006244

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Boazman SJ, Vermeesch P, Baird T (2019) Quantified Aeolian Dune Changes on Mars Derived From Repeat Context Camera Images. Earth and Space Science, 6 : doi: 10.1029/2019ea000874

Davis JM, Gupta S, Balme M, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Dickeson ZI, Williams RME (2019) A Diverse Array of Fluvial Depositional Systems in Arabia Terra: Evidence for mid‐Noachian to Early Hesperian Rivers on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124 (7) : 1913 - 1934. doi: 10.1029/2019je005976

Kite ES, Mayer DP, Wilson SA, Davis JM, Lucas AS, Stucky de Quay G (2019) Persistence of intense, climate-driven runoff late in Mars history. Science Advances, 5 (3) : doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7710

Balme MR, Curtis-Rouse MC, Banham S, Barnes D, Barnes R, Bauer A, Bedford CC, Bridges JC, Butcher FEG, Caballo-Perucha P, Caldwell A, Coates AJ, Cousins C, Davis JM, Dequaire J, Edwards P, Fawdon P, Furuya K, Gadd M, Get P, Griffiths A, Grindrod PM, Gunn M, Gupta S, Hansen R, Harris JK, Hicks LJ, Holt J, Huber B, Huntly C, Hutchinson I, Jackson L, Kay S, Kyberd S, Lerman HN, McHugh M, McMahon WJ, Muller J-P, Ortner T, Osinski G, Paar G, Preston LJ, Schwenzer SP, Stabbins R, Tao Y, Traxler C, Turner S, Tyler L, Venn S, Walker H, Wilcox T, Wright J, Yeomans B (2019) The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI). Planetary and Space Science, 165 : 31 - 56. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.12.003

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Williams RME, Gupta S, Balme M (2018) Episodic and Declining Fluvial Processes in Southwest Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123 (10) : 2527 - 2549. doi: 10.1029/2018je005710

Fawdon P, Gupta S, Davis JM, Warner NH, Adler JB, Balme MR, Bell JF, Grindrod PM, Sefton-Nash E (2018) The Hypanis Valles delta: The last highstand of a sea on early Mars?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500 : 225 - 241. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.040

Conway SJ, Butcher FEG, de Haas T, Deijns AAJ, Grindrod PM, Davis JM (2018) Glacial and gully erosion on Mars: A terrestrial perspective. Geomorphology, 318 : 26 - 57. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.05.019

Adler JB, Bell III JF, Fawdon P, Davis J, Warner NH, Sefton-Nash E, Harrison TN (2019) Hypotheses for the origin of the Hypanis fan-shaped deposit at the edge of the Chryse escarpment, Mars: Is it a delta?. Icarus, 319 : 885 - 908. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.021

Davis JM, Balme M, Grindrod PM, Williams RME, Gupta S (2016) Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in Arabia Terra: Implications for early Martian climate. Geology, 44 (10) : 847 - 850. doi: 10.1130/g38247.1

Brough S, Hubbard B, Souness C, Grindrod PM, Davis J (2016) Landscapes of polyphase glaciation: eastern Hellas Planitia, Mars. Journal of Maps, 12 (3) : 530 - 542. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2015.1047907

Introduction

Summary

I am a planetary geologist current based at the Natural History Museum in London, where I am a Research Fellow. My work mostly focuses on understanding the ancient geology and modern surfaces on Mars. I previously completed both my PhD in planetary geology and my MSci in geology at University College London. I have been involved in the characterisation of both the ExoMars and NASA 2020 rover landing sites and am a member of the ExoMars PanCam and TGO CaSSIS science teams.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD Geology, University College London, London, 2013 - 2017
  • MSci Earth Sciences, University College London, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2013

Employment history

    Academic

  • Post Doctoral Research Assistant, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2017 - 2020
Projects

Grants

ExoMars TGO Guest Investigator Support: Active Surface Processes on Mars
Role: Principal investigatorGrindrod P
Funding: STFC
Total value £305,645 (to Museum £305,645)
Dates: 2017 - 2020

Publications

Publications

Grindrod PM, Davis JM, Conway SJ, de Haas T (2021) Active Boulder Falls in Terra Sirenum, Mars: Constraints on Timing and Causes. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (20) : doi: 10.1029/2021gl094817

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Banham SG, Warner NH, Conway SJ, Boazman SJ, Gupta S (2021) A record of syn-tectonic sedimentation revealed by perched alluvial fan deposits in Valles Marineris, Mars. Geology, 49 (10) : 1250 - 1254. doi: 10.1130/g48971.1

Favaro EA, Balme MR, Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Barrett AM, Lewis SR (2021) The Aeolian Environment of the Landing Site for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover in Oxia Planum, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126 (4) : doi: 10.1029/2020je006723

Boazman SJ, Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Balme MR, Vermeesch P, Baird T (2021) Measuring Ripple and Dune Migration in Coprates Chasma, Valles Marineris: A Source to Sink Aeolian System on Mars?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126 (3) : doi: 10.1029/2020je006608

Butcher FEG, Balme MR, Conway SJ, Gallagher C, Arnold NS, Storrar RD, Lewis SR, Hagermann A, Davis JM (2021) Sinuous ridges in Chukhung crater, Tempe Terra, Mars: Implications for fluvial, glacial, and glaciofluvial activity. Icarus, 357 : 114131 - 114131. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114131

Quantin-Nataf C, Carter J, Mandon L, Thollot P, Balme M, Volat M, Pan L, Loizeau D, Millot C, Breton S, Dehouck E, Fawdon P, Gupta S, Davis J, Grindrod PM, Pacifici A, Bultel B, Allemand P, Ody A, Lozach L, Broyer J (2021) Oxia Planum: The Landing Site for the ExoMars “Rosalind Franklin” Rover Mission: Geological Context and Prelanding Interpretation. Astrobiology, 21 (3) : 345 - 366. doi: 10.1089/ast.2019.2191

Salese F, McMahon WJ, Balme MR, Ansan V, Davis JM, Kleinhans MG (null) Sustained fluvial deposition recorded in Mars’ Noachian stratigraphic record. Nature Communications, 11 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15622-0

Davis JM, Banham SG, Grindrod PM, Boazman SJ, Balme MR, Bristow CS (2020) Morphology, Development, and Sediment Dynamics of Elongating Linear Dunes on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (12) : doi: 10.1029/2020gl088456

Dickeson ZI, Davis JM (2020) Martian oceans. Astronomy & Geophysics, 61 (3) : 3.11 - 3.17. doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/ataa038

Balme MR, Gupta S, Davis JM, Fawdon P, Grindrod PM, Bridges JC, Sefton‐Nash E, Williams RME (2020) Aram Dorsum: An Extensive Mid‐Noachian Age Fluvial Depositional System in Arabia Terra, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125 (5) : doi: 10.1029/2019je006244

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Boazman SJ, Vermeesch P, Baird T (2019) Quantified Aeolian Dune Changes on Mars Derived From Repeat Context Camera Images. Earth and Space Science, 6 : doi: 10.1029/2019ea000874

Davis JM, Gupta S, Balme M, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Dickeson ZI, Williams RME (2019) A Diverse Array of Fluvial Depositional Systems in Arabia Terra: Evidence for mid‐Noachian to Early Hesperian Rivers on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124 (7) : 1913 - 1934. doi: 10.1029/2019je005976

Kite ES, Mayer DP, Wilson SA, Davis JM, Lucas AS, Stucky de Quay G (2019) Persistence of intense, climate-driven runoff late in Mars history. Science Advances, 5 (3) : doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7710

Balme MR, Curtis-Rouse MC, Banham S, Barnes D, Barnes R, Bauer A, Bedford CC, Bridges JC, Butcher FEG, Caballo-Perucha P, Caldwell A, Coates AJ, Cousins C, Davis JM, Dequaire J, Edwards P, Fawdon P, Furuya K, Gadd M, Get P, Griffiths A, Grindrod PM, Gunn M, Gupta S, Hansen R, Harris JK, Hicks LJ, Holt J, Huber B, Huntly C, Hutchinson I, Jackson L, Kay S, Kyberd S, Lerman HN, McHugh M, McMahon WJ, Muller J-P, Ortner T, Osinski G, Paar G, Preston LJ, Schwenzer SP, Stabbins R, Tao Y, Traxler C, Turner S, Tyler L, Venn S, Walker H, Wilcox T, Wright J, Yeomans B (2019) The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI). Planetary and Space Science, 165 : 31 - 56. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.12.003

Davis JM, Grindrod PM, Fawdon P, Williams RME, Gupta S, Balme M (2018) Episodic and Declining Fluvial Processes in Southwest Melas Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123 (10) : 2527 - 2549. doi: 10.1029/2018je005710

Fawdon P, Gupta S, Davis JM, Warner NH, Adler JB, Balme MR, Bell JF, Grindrod PM, Sefton-Nash E (2018) The Hypanis Valles delta: The last highstand of a sea on early Mars?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 500 : 225 - 241. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.07.040

Conway SJ, Butcher FEG, de Haas T, Deijns AAJ, Grindrod PM, Davis JM (2018) Glacial and gully erosion on Mars: A terrestrial perspective. Geomorphology, 318 : 26 - 57. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.05.019

Adler JB, Bell III JF, Fawdon P, Davis J, Warner NH, Sefton-Nash E, Harrison TN (2019) Hypotheses for the origin of the Hypanis fan-shaped deposit at the edge of the Chryse escarpment, Mars: Is it a delta?. Icarus, 319 : 885 - 908. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.021

Davis JM, Balme M, Grindrod PM, Williams RME, Gupta S (2016) Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in Arabia Terra: Implications for early Martian climate. Geology, 44 (10) : 847 - 850. doi: 10.1130/g38247.1

Brough S, Hubbard B, Souness C, Grindrod PM, Davis J (2016) Landscapes of polyphase glaciation: eastern Hellas Planitia, Mars. Journal of Maps, 12 (3) : 530 - 542. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2015.1047907