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Maria T. Zuber
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 542
Citations - 35941
Maria T. Zuber is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Impact crater. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 530 publications receiving 31195 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria T. Zuber include California Institute of Technology & University of Arizona.
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Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars
David E. Smith,Maria T. Zuber,Herbert Frey,James B. Garvin,James W. Head,Duane O. Muhleman,Gordon H. Pettengill,Roger J. Phillips,Sean C. Solomon,H. Jay Zwally,W. Bruce Banerdt,Thomas C. Duxbury,Matthew P. Golombek,Frank G. Lemoine,Gregory A. Neumann,David D. Rowlands,Oded Aharonson,Peter G. Ford,Anton B. Ivanov,Catherine L. Johnson,Patrick J. McGovern,James B. Abshire,Robert S. Afzal,Xiaoli Sun +23 more
TL;DR: The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) has been used to measure the topography, surface roughness, and 1.064-μm reflectivity of Mars and the heights of volatile and dust clouds as mentioned in this paper.
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The Global Topography of Mars and Implications for Surface Evolution
David E. Smith,Maria T. Zuber,Maria T. Zuber,Sean C. Solomon,Roger J. Phillips,James W. Head,James B. Garvin,W. Bruce Banerdt,Duane O. Muhleman,Gordon H. Pettengill,Gregory A. Neumann,Gregory A. Neumann,Frank G. Lemoine,James B. Abshire,Oded Aharonson,C. David,Brown,Steven A. Hauck,Anton B. Ivanov,Patrick J. McGovern,H. Jay Zwally,Thomas C. Duxbury +21 more
TL;DR: Elevations measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter have yielded a high-accuracy global map of the topography of Mars, which includes the low northern hemisphere, the Tharsis province, and the Hellas impact basin.
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The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL
Mark A. Wieczorek,Gregory A. Neumann,Francis Nimmo,Walter S. Kiefer,G. Jeffrey Taylor,H. Jay Melosh,Roger J. Phillips,Sean C. Solomon,Sean C. Solomon,Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna,Sami W. Asmar,A. Konopliv,Frank G. Lemoine,David E. Smith,Michael M. Watkins,James G. Williams,Maria T. Zuber +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution gravity data obtained from the dual Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft show that the bulk density of the Moon's highlands crust is 2550 kilograms per cubic meter, substantially lower than generally assumed.
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Role of temperature‐dependent viscosity and surface plates in spherical shell models of mantle convection
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that long-wavelength structures can be produced either by a layered viscosity with a weak upper mantle or temperature-dependent viscosities even in the absence of surface plates.
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Internal Structure and Early Thermal Evolution of Mars from Mars Global Surveyor Topography and Gravity
Maria T. Zuber,Maria T. Zuber,Sean C. Solomon,Roger J. Phillips,David E. Smith,G. Leonard Tyler,Oded Aharonson,Georges Balmino,W. Bruce Banerdt,James W. Head,Catherine L. Johnson,Frank G. Lemoine,Patrick J. McGovern,Gregory A. Neumann,Gregory A. Neumann,David D. Rowlands,Shijie Zhong +16 more
TL;DR: The strength of the lithosphere beneath the ancient southern highlands suggests that the northern hemisphere was a locus of high heat flow early in martian history and the thickness of the elastic lithosphere increases with time of loading in the northern plains and Tharsis.