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1 PEER REVIEWED PAPERS BIBLIOGRAPY JOSEPH M. BOYCE 1. Soderblom, L. A., and Boyce, J. M., 1972, Ages of nearside and far-side terra plains based on Apollo 16 metric photography: Apollo 16 Preliminary Sci. Report, NASA SP-315, p to Boyce, J. M., and Dial, A. L., 1973, Relative ages of some nearside mare units based on Apollo metric photographs: Apollo 17 Preliminary Sci. Report, NASA SP-330, p to Boyce, J. M., Dial, A. L., Soderblom, L. A., 1974, Ages of the lunar nearside plains and maria: Proc. Fifth Lunar Sci. Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 5, v. 1, p Boyce, J. M., Dial, A. L., 1975, Relative ages of flow units in Mare Imbrium and Sinus Iridum: Proc. Sixth Lunar Sci. Conf. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 6, v. 3, p Chao, E. C. T., Hodges, Carroll Ann, Boyce, J. M., Soderblom, L. A., 1975, Origin of the lunar light plains: Jour. of Geol. Survey, v. 3, no. 4, p Roddy, D. J., Boyce, J. M., Colton, G. W., and Dial, A. L., 1975, Meteor Crater, Arizona rim drilling, volume, thickness, depth, and energy calculations: Proc. Sixth Lunar Science Conf., Geochim, et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 6, v. 3, p Boyce J. M., 1976, Relative ages of flow units in the lunar nearside maria based on Lunar Orbiter IV photographs: Proc. Seventh Lunar Sci. Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl. 7, v. 3. p Schaber, G. G., Boyce, J. M., and Moore, H. J., 1976, The scarcity of mappable flow lobes on the lunar surface: Unique morphology of the Imbrium flows: Proc. Seventh Lunar Science Conf., Geochim, et Cosmochim. Acta, suppl. 7, v. 3, p Boyce, J. M., Schaber, G. G., and Dial, A. L., 1977, Age of the Lunar 24 mare basalts based on crater studies: Nature, v. 265, no. 5589, p Boyce, J. M., and Johnson, D. A., 1977, Ages of flow units in Mare Crisium based on crater density: Proc. Eighth Lunar Science Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 3, p Masursky, H., Boyce, J. M., Dial, A. L., Schaber, G. G., and Strobell, M. E., 1977, Classification and time of formation of martian channels based on Viking data: Journal Geophys. Res., vol. 82, No. 28, p Schaber, G. G., and Boyce J. M., 1977, Probable distribution of large impact basing on Venus: Comparison with Mercury and the Moon: Impact and Explosion Cratering, Pergamon Press, New York, p Soderblom, L. A., Arnold, J. R., Boyce, J. M., and Lin, R. R., 1977, Regional variations in the lunar maria - age, remnant magnetism, chemistry: Proc. Eighth Lunar Sci. Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v.

2 1, p Schaber, G. G., Boyce, J. M., Trask, N.J., 1977, Moon-Mercury: Large impact structures, Isostasy and average crustal viscosity, Earth Planet. Interiors Boyce, J. M., and Johnson, D. A., 1978, Ages of flow units in the far eastern maria and implication to basin-filling history: proc. Ninth Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf., Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, v. 3, p Lucchitta, B. K., and Boyce, J. M., 1979, Mare Elevations and Ages: Proc. Tenth Lunar and Planetary Sci. Conf. Geochim., et Cosmochim, Acta, v. 3, p Smith, B. A., Soderblom, L. A., Johnson, T. V., Ingersoll, A. P., Collins, S. A., Shoemaker, E. M., Hunt, G. E., Masursky, H., Carr, M. H., Davies, M. E., Cook, A. F., Boyce, J. M., Danielson, G. E., Owens, T., Sagan, C., Beebe, R. R., Veverka, J., Strom, R. G., McCauley, J. F., Morris, D., Briggs, G. A., Suomi, V. E., 1979, The Jupiter System Through the Eyes of Voyager 1: Science Vol. 204, No. 4396, p Smith, B. A., Soderblom, L. A., Beebe, R., Boyce, J. M., Briggs, G. A., Carr, M., Collins, S. A., Cook, A. F., Danielson, G. E., Davies, M. E., Hunt, G. E., Ingersoll, Johnson, T. T., Masursky, H., McCauley, J., Morrison, D., Owens, T., Sagan, C., Shoemaker, E. M., Strom, R., Suomi, V. E., Veverka, J., 1979, The Galilean Satellites and Jupiter: Voyager 2 Imaging Science Results: Science, v. 206, No. 4421, p Moore, H. J., Boyce, J. M., and Hahn, D. A., 1980, Small Impact Crater in Lunar Regolith and their morphology, relative age and rates of formation. The Moon and Planets, 23, p Moore, H. J., Boyce, J. M., Schaber, G. G., and Scott, D. H., 1980, Lunar Remote Sensing and Measurements, Chapter B. Apollo Orbital Investigations: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper, , 78 p. 21. Smith, B. A., Soderblom, L. A., Beebe, R., Boyce, J. M., Briggs, G. A., Bunker, A., Carr, M. H., Collins, S. A., Cook, A. F., Cuzzi, J., Danielson, G. E., Davies, M. E., Hansen, C. J., Hunt, G. E., Ingersoll, A., Jobson, T. V., Masursky, H., Mitchell, J. L., Owen, T., Pollack, J. B., Sagan, C., Shoemaker, E., Strom, R. G., Suomi, V. E., Terrile, R. J., Veverka, J., 1981, Encounter with Saturn: Voyager 1 Imaging Science Results: Science, v., 212, no. 4931, p Plescia, J. B., and Boyce, J. M., 1982, Crater Densities and Geological Histories of Rhea, Dione, Mimas, Tethys: Nature, v. 295, No. 5847, p Smith, B. A., Soderblom, L. A., Batson, R., Bridges, P., Inge, J., Masursky, H., Shoemaker, E., Beebe, R., Boyce, J., Briggs, G. A., Bunker, A., Collins, S. A., Hansen, C. T., Johnson, T. V., Mitchell, J. L., Terrile, R. J., Cook, A. F., Cuzzi, J., Pollack, J. B., Danielson, G. E., Morrison, D., Owen, T., Sagan, Cal, Veverka, J., Strom, R., Suomi, V. E., 1982, A New Look at the Saturnian System: The Voyager 2 Images: Science v. 215, p Plescia, J. B., and Boyce, J. M., 1983, Crater Densities of the Saturn Satellites: Ispetus, Enceladus, Tethys and Hyperion: Nature, Vol. 301, p Grolier, M. J., and Boyce, J. M., 1984, Geologic Map of the Borealis Region of Mercury, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map , Scale 1:5,000,000.

3 26. Plescia, J. B., and Boyce J. M., 1985, Impact Cratering History of the Saturnian Satellites: Journal Geophy. Res., v. 90, no. B2, p Boyce, J. M., and Plescia, J. B., 1985, Chronology of Surface Units of the Icy Satellites of Saturn: NATO, Ices in the Solar System, ed. J. Klinger, p Smith, B.A., and others including Boyce, J.M., 1986, Voyager 2 in the Uranian System: Imaging Science Results: Science, v. 233, p , 1989, Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging Science Results: Science, v. 246, p Strom, R. G., Croft, S. K., Boyce, J. M., 1990, The Impact Cratering Record on Triton: Science, v. 250, no. 4979, p Boyce, J. M., 1991, Magellan Mission to Venus: Proceeding of the AIAA Conference on Space Programs and Technologies, l0 p. 32. Phillips, R. J., Schaber, G.G., Arvidson, R. E., Boyce, J. M., Campbell, D. B., Guest, J. E., Soderblom, L. A. 1991, Initial Analysis of Venus Impact Craters with Magellan: Science, v. 252, p Schaber, G. G., Moore, H. J., Strom, R. G., Soderblom, L. A., Kirk, R. L.,Chadwick, D. J., Gaddis, L. R., Boyce J. M., and Russell, J., 1992, The Geology and Distribution of Impact Craters on Venus: What are They Telling Us?: J. Geophy. Res., v. 97, no. E8, p. 13,257-13, Huntress, W. T., Boyce, J. M., and Feeley, T.J., 1994, NASA's Strategy for Mars Exploration in the 1990's and Beyond: COSPAR, p Bourke, R., et al. (including J. Boyce), 1996, Mars Together: An International Mission of Exploration: IAF-96-Q.3.04, 47 IFF Congress, Beijing China, p.l Barlow, N.G., Boyce, J.M., Costard, F.M., Craddock, R.A., Garvin, J.B., Sakimoto, S.E.H., Kuzmin, R.O., Roddy, D.J., Soderblom, L.A., 2000, Standardizing the Nomenclature of Martian Impact Crater Ejecta Morphologies: J. Geophy. Res., V. 105, no. 11, p. 26,733-26, Mouginis-Mark, J.P, Garbeil, H., Boyce, J.M., Bologa, S.M., and Ui, C., 2004, Measurements of Martian Impact Crater Geometry via a New Interactive Computer Program: J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 109, E08006, doi: /2003JE Boyce, J.M., P. Mouginis-Mark, and H. Garbeil, 2005, Ancient oceans in the northern lowlands of Mars: Evidence from impact crater depth/diameter relationships. J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 110, E03008, doi: /2004JE Boyce, J.M., P. J. Mouginis-Mark, Harold Garbeil, and Livio Tornabene, 2006, Deep Impact Craters in the Isidis and Southwestern Utopia Region of Mars: High Target Strength as a possible cause, Geophy. Res. Lett., L06202, doi /2005gl

4 40. Boyce, J.M., and P. J. Mouginis-Mark, 2006, Martian Craters Viewed by the THEMIS Instrument: Double- Layered Craters, J. Geophy. Res., 111, E10005, doi: /2005JE Messasse, S., F. Costard, N. Mangold, D. Baratoux and J.M. Boyce, 2006, Martian perched craters and large ejecta volume: evidence of episodes of deflation of the northern lowlands, Meteorites and Planet. Sci., 41 (10), Boyce, J. M., and Garbeil, H., 2007, Geometric relationships of pristine Martian complex impact craters, and their implications to Mars geologic history, Geophy. Res. Lett. V. 34, doi: /2007GL Joseph Boyce, N. Barlow, P. J. Mouginis-Mark, and S. Stewart, (2010) Ganymede rampart craters: their implications for fluidized ejecta emplacement: Meteorites and Planet. Sci., 45 (4), Williams, R. M., Rogers, D. A., Chojnacki, M. A., Boyce, J. M., Seelos, K. D., Hardgrove, and Chuang, C. F. 2011, Evidence for episodic alluvial fan formation in far western Terra Tyrrhena, Mars, Icarus 211, Anderson, F. S., and other (including Boyce), 2012, Progress on a Laser Desorption Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometer for Portable Rb-Sr Geochronology and Elemental Chemistry: Initial Sr Results, Submitted to IEEE. 46. Boyce, J. M., Wilson, Mouginis-Mark, P. J., Tornabene, L. L., and Hamilton C. W., 2012, Origin of Closely Spaced Groups of Pits in Martian Impact Craters, Icarus V. 221, Issue 1 p Tornabene, L. L., G. R. Osinski1, A. S. McEwen, J. Boyce, V. J. Bray, C. M. Caudill, J. A. Grant, C. Hamilton, S. Matson, P. J. Mouginis-Mark, and the HiRISE Team, 2012, Distribution of crater-related pitted materials on Mars: Implications for the role of target volatiles during the impact process, Icarus, V. 220, Issue 2, p Mouginis-Mark, Peter J., and Boyce, Joseph M., 2012, Tooting crater: Geology and geomorphology of the archetype large, fresh, impact crater on Mars, Chemie der Erde Geochemistry, V. 72, issue 1, p Barlow, Nadine G., Boyce, Joseph M., and Cornwall, Carin, 2014, Martian low-aspect ratio layered ejecta (LARLE) craters: Distribution, characteristics, and relationship to pedestal craters. Icarus 239, Boyce, Joseph M., Wilson, Lionel, and Barlow, Nadine G., 2015, Origin of the outer layer of Martian lowaspect ratio layered ejecta craters. Icarus, 245, Trang, D., Gillis-Davis, J. J., and Boyce, J. M., 2015, Absolute model ages from lunar crater morphology. J. Geophys. Res. 120: doi: /2014JE Boyce, Joseph M., Giguere, Thomas A., Hawke, B. Ray, Mouginis-Mark, Peter J., Robinson, Mark S., Lawrence, Samuel J., Trang, David, and Clegg- Watkins, Ryan N., 2017, Hansteen Mons: A LROC Geological Perspective, Icarus, doi: /j.icarus Tornabene, L. L. Waters, W. A., Osinski, G. R. Boyce, J. M. Harrison, T. N. Ling, V., and A. S. McEwen, 2017, A depth-diameter scaling relationship for Mars based on pitted impact melt-bearing craters. Icarus, 299, 2018,

5 54. Samantha R. Jacob, Scott K. Rowland, Ryan Anderson, Joe Boyce, Mackenzie Day, Lauren Edgar, Sarah Fagents, Craig Glenn, John Grant, Linda Kah, Kevin Lewis, Nicolas Mangold, Horton Newsom, Marisa Palucis, Kathryn M. Stack, Roger Wiens, 2017, Origin of an erosionally resistant unit in the Mars Science Laboratory landing ellipse (Gale crater, Mars), based on analyses of surface data and orbital images. Icarus, in review. 55. Mouginis-Mark, Peter J., Boyce, Joseph M., Sharpton, V. L., Garbeil, H., 2017, Determination of Mars Crater Geometric Data: Insights from High Resolution Digital Elevation Models, Meteoritics & Planetary Sci., DOI: /maps Boyce, Joseph M., Giguere, Thomas, Mouginis-Mark, Peter, J., Glotch, Timothy, and Taylor, G. Jeffrey, 2017, Geology of Mairan middle dome: Its implication to silicic volcanism on the Moon: Planetary and Space Sci., in press. Popular and Encyclopedia Articles 1. Boyce, J. M., and Dueck, S. L., 1991, Mars Space Missions: in Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, p Boyce, J. M., 1993, A Melancholy World? Triton's Strange Terrain is a Bit Fruity: Ad Astra, Nat l Space Soc., July/August, p Barlow, N., and Boyce, J. M., 1995, Mars: Encyclopedia of Geosciences, p Boyce, J. M., 1997, Mapping the Solar System: The NASA Atlas of the Solar System: Ad Astra, Nat l Space Soc., March/April 5. Boyce, J. M., 2014, Cantaloupe Terrain: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, ed. H. Hargitai and Kereszturi, Springer. 6. Hargitai H, Kereszturi Á, Boyce, J. M., 2014, Rampart ejecta: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, ed. H. Hargitai and Kereszturi, Springer. 7. Boyce, J. M., 2014, Small closely spaced pits: Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms, ed. H. Hargitai and Kereszturi, Springer. BOOKS 1. Boyce, J. M., and T. Maxwell, (eds.), 1992, Our Solar System: NASA Publication no. 157, 49p. 2. Boyce, J. M., 2002, The Smithsonian Book of Mars: Smithsonian Press, 321 P. 3. Boyce, J. M., 2009, The Smithsonian Book of Mars: 2nd edition, Smithsonian Press, 311 P.

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