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Member Since 1993
Penny Lineton King
Fellow, Australian National University
Professional Experience
University of New Mexico Main Campus
2012 - Present
Australian National University
Fellow
Education
Doctorate
1999
Honors & Awards
Joanne Simpson Medal
Received December 2019
Union Fellow
Received December 2019
Publications
Manganese Mobility in Gale Crater, Mars: Leached Bedrock and Localized Enrichments

In Gale crater on Mars, the rover Curiosity has discovered evidence of fluid mobilization of the redox‐sensitive element manganese. We presen...

October 06, 2022
AGU Abstracts
First Elemental Sulfur Detection on Mars by APXS associated with the Gediz Valliz Deposit within Gale Crater
AQUEOUS PROCESSES ACROSS OUR SOLAR SYSTEM: INTERPRETING HOW WATER SHAPES TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY SURFACES AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES I ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2024
Lucy M. Thompson, Scott VanBommel, Jeff A. Berger,...
APXS analysis of the Snow Lakes target is the first reported and definitive detection of elemental sulfur on Mars. Snow Lakes is a bright-toned rock t...
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Microstructural Controls on Mineral Carbonation Reactions
REACTIVE TRANSPORT IN REAL ROCKS: FROM THE PORE TO THE FIELD SCALE I
hydrology | 10 december 2020
Anna L. Herring, Penelope L. King, Mohammad Saadat...
Mineral carbonation (a.k.a. “carbon mineralization”) describes a suite of chemical and geochemical reactions wherein various metal substrates (typical...
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Magmatic and impact-induced gas-solid reactions controlled the early evolution of the martian surface and atmosphere
VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN MAGMATIC AND PLANETARY PROCESSES: BUDGETS, FLUXES, AND BEHAVIOR II POSTERS
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 13 december 2019
Penelope L. King, Richard W. Henley, Hanna Nekvasi...
There are many outstanding questions about the evolution of the surface and atmosphere of Mars. How and why did Marss surface and atmosphere lose most...
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Volunteer Experience
2020 - 2023
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
2020 - 2022
Member
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Fellows Committee
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