The Geological Fluid Dynamics Group

Geological fluid dynamics is a new and emerging field that addresses dynamic surface processes, such as movement of water and wind, the dynamics of volcanic eruptions and of meteorite impacts. The goal of our studies is to understand how and why fluids move in these environments.

Recent Publications

Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Marshak, S., and Kieffer, S.W., Unified model of tectonics and heat transport in a frigid Enceladus, PNAS, Vol. 104, no. 34, pp. 13578 - 13581, doi:10.1073/pnas.0706018104, August 2007.

Kieffer, S.W., Lu, X., Bethke, C.M., Spencer, J.R., Marshak, S., and Navrotsky, A., A Clathrate Reservoir Hypothesis for Enceladus' South Polar Plume, Science, Vol. 314, no. 5806, pp. 1764 - 1766, doi:10.1126/science.1133519, December 2006.

Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., and Kieffer, S.W., Lava channel formation via the viscoplastic indentation of hot substrates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19305, doi: 10.1029/2006GL027248, 2006.

Lu, X. and Kieffer, S.W., A Comparison of Terrestrial and Martian Gravity Conditions on the Behavior of CO2-Driven Aqueous Flow, 2 pp, Contribution 2011, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2006.

Pope, K.O., Kieffer, S.W., and Ames, D.E., Impact Melt Sheet Formation on Mars and its Implication for Hydrothermal Systems and Exobiology, Icarus, 183(1), 1-9, 2006.

Kieffer, S.W., Mega-Disasters: Science, policy and human behavior, Center for Global Studies, CGS Newsletter, Number 3, Fall 2006.

Kieffer, S.W., The concepts of beauty and creativity: Earth science thinking, in Manduca, C.A., and Mogk, D.W., eds., Earth and Mind: How geologists think and learn about the Earth, Geol. Soc. of America Special Paper 413, p. 3-11, doi: 10.1130/2206.2413(01), 2006.