Chris H. Okubo Publications
Peer-reviewed Papers
  1. Schultz, R.A., Soliva, R., Okubo, C.H., Mège, D. [2009]. Fault populations. In Schultz, R.A. and Watters, T.R. (eds), Planetary Tectonics, Cambridge University Press, in press.

  2. Kolb, K.J., and Okubo, C.H. [2009]. Coregistration of Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) Topography with High-Resolution Mars Images. Computers and Geosciences, in press.

  3. Carter, L.M., Campbell, B.A., Watters, T.R., Phillips, R.J., Putzig, N.E., Safaeinili, A., Plaut, J.J., Okubo, C.H., Egan, A.F., Seu, R., Biccari, D., and Orosei, R. [2009]. Shallow Radar (SHARAD) Sounding Observations of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars. Icarus, 199, 295-302, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.007.
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  4. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A., Chan, M.A., Komatsu, G., and the HiRISE Team [2009]. Deformation Band Clusters on Mars and Implications for Subsurface Fluid Flow. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121, 474-482, doi:10.1130/B26421.1.
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  5. Russell, P., Thomas, N., Byrne, S., Herkenhoff, K., Fishbaugh, K., Okubo, C., Milazzo, M., Daubar, I., Hansen, C., and McEwen, A. [2008]. Seasonally active frost-dust avalanches on a north polar scarp of Mars captured by HiRISE. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L23204, doi:10.1029/2008GL035790.
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  6. Okubo, C.H., Lewis, K.L., McEwen, A.S., Kirk, R.L., the HiRISE Team [2008]. Relative age of Interior Layered Deposits in southwest Candor Chasma based on high-resolution structural mapping. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, E12002, doi:10.1029/2008JE003181.
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  7. Schultz, R.A., Soliva, R., Fossen, H., Okubo, C.H., and Reeves, D.M. [2008]. Dependence of displacement-length scaling relations for fractures and deformation bands on the volumetric changes across them. Journal of Structural Geology, 30, 1405-1411, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.001.
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  8. Tanaka, K.L., Rodriguez, J.A.P. Skinner, J.A., Bourke, M.C., Fortezzo, C.M., Herkenhoff, K.E., Kolb, E.J., Okubo, C.H. [2008] North polar region of Mars: Advances in stratigraphy, structure, and erosional modification, Icarus, 196, 318-358, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.021.
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  9. Okubo, C.H. [2007]. Strength and deformability of light-toned layered deposits observed by MER Opportunity: Eagle to Erebus craters, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L20205, doi:10.1029/2007GL031327.
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  10. McEwen, A., Hansen, C. , Delamere, A., Eliason, E., Herkenhoff, K., Keszthelyi, L., Gulick, V. , Kirk, R., Mellon, M., Grant, J., Thomas, N., Weitz, C., Squyres, S., Bridges, N., Murchie, S., Seelos, F., Seelos, K., Okubo, C., Milazzo, M. , Tornabene, L., Jaeger, W., Byrne, S., Russell, P., Griffes, J., Martinez-Alonso, S., Devatzes, A. , Chuang, F., Thomson, B., Fishbaugh, K., Dundas, C., Kolb, K., Banks, M., Wray, J. [2007]. A Closer Look at Water-Related Geologic Activity on Mars. Science, 317, 1706-1709, doi:10.1126/science.1143987.
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  11. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2007]. Compactional deformation bands in Wingate Sandstone; Additional evidence of an impact origin for Upheaval Dome, Utah. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 256, 169-181, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2007.01.024.
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  12. Okubo, C.H., McEwen, A.S. [2007]. Fracture controlled paleo-fluid flow in Candor Chasma, Mars. Science, 315, 983-985, doi:10.1126/science.1136855.
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  13. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2006]. Variability in Early Amazonian Tharsis stress state based on wrinkle ridges and strike-slip faulting. Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 2169-2181, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2005.11.008.
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  14. Schultz, R.A., Okubo, C.H., Wilkins, S.J. [2006]. Displacement-length scaling relations for faults on the terrestrial planets. Journal of Structural Geology, 28, 2182-2193, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2006.03.034.
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  15. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2005]. Near-tip stress rotation and the development of key deformation band stepover geometries in mode II. GSA Bulletin, 118, 343-348, doi:10.1130/B25820.1.
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  16. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2005]. Evolution of damage zone geometry and intensity in porous sandstone: Insight gained from strain energy density. Journal of the Geological Society, 162, 939-950, doi:10.1144/0016-764904-148.
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  17. Okubo, C.H. [2004]. Rock mass strength and slope stability of the Hilina slump, Kīlauea volcano, Hawai‘i. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 138, 43-76, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.06.006.
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  18. Schultz, R.A., Okubo, C.H., Goudy, C.L., Wilkins, S.J. [2004]. Igneous dikes on Mars revealed by MOLA topography. Geology, 32, 889-892, doi:10.1130/G20548.1.
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  19. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2004]. Mechanical stratigraphy in the western equatorial region of Mars based on thrust fault-related fold topography & implications for near-surface volatile reservoirs. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 116, 594-605, doi:10.1130/B25361.1.
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  20. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A., Stefanelli, G. [2004]. Gridding Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data with GMT: Effects of pixel size and interpolation methods on DEM integrity. Computers & Geosciences, 30, 59-72, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2003.10.004.
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  21. Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A. [2003]. Thrust fault vergence directions on Mars: A foundation for investigating global-scale Tharsis-driven tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 2154, doi:10.1029/2003GL018664.
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  22. Harris, A.J.L., Flynn, L.P., Dean, K., Pilger, E., Wooster, M., Okubo, C.H., Mouginis-Mark, P., Garbeil, H., De la Cruz Reyna, S., Thornber, C., Rothery, D. and Wright, R. [1999]. Real-time Monitoring of Volcanic Hot Spots with Satellites. IN Remote Sensing Volcanism, AGU Monograph Series, Mouginis-Mark, P., Fink, J., Crisp J., (eds), 139-160. American Geophysical Union.

  23. Okubo, C.H., Martel, S.J. [1998]. Pit crater formation on Kīlauea volcano, Hawai‘i. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 86, 1-18, doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00070-5.
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Ph.D. Dissertation
Okubo, C.H. [2005]. Strain localization within fault-related folds, with applications to Mars. University of Nevada, Reno. 243 p.
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