MARJORIE A CHAN portrait
  • Distinguished Professor, Geology & Geophysics

Research Statement

My interests are in clastic sedimentary geology, and multidisciplinary studies using aspects of facies, basin analysis, fluid flow, and modeling (with applications toward environmental and predictive problems). Recent work includes studies of red rock diagenesis and its applications to understanding groundwater flow on Mars.

Research Keywords

  • Clastic Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Diagenesis Planetary Geology

Research Groups

  • STAR - Sedimentary Terrestrial Analog Research, Other. Geology & Geophysics. 01/2005 - present. sed.utah.edu.

Presentations

  • Invited panelist AGU Town hall: TH53J - Ethics During Field Work and Sample Collection: Case Study of Lessons Learned & Educational Opportunity for All. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2021.
  • Westminster College – Hosted by Bonnie Baxter, Astrobiology and Great Salt Lake Institute. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2021.
  • Assoc. for Women Geoscientists DMV (Wash DC, Maryland, Virginia) chapter (virtual). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2021.
  • Smith College- invited to sedimentary processes online course - Sedimentology of Mars, Hosted by Bosiljka Glumac (virtual). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2020.
  • University of Oregon – Eugene, OR (virtual). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2020.
  • University of Oregon online course, Early Earth, Hosted by Ilya Bindeman (virtual). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2020.
  • Forum – Earth Science New Map (virtual), Hosted by Rasoul Sorkhabi . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2020.
  • Central Oregon Geological Society – Bend, OR (virtual, 94 participants). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2020.
  • College of Marin, Kentfield CA – STEM celebration. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2020.
  • Chan, M. A. and Netoff, D., 2016, A Terrestrial Wind Erosion Analog for Mound and Moat Morphology of Gale Crater, Mars: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting: San Francisco CA . Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2016.
  • Hasiotis, S., Chan, M.A., Parrish, J., 2016, Paleoecology of the Lower Jurassic Navajo Erg Margin – Micro- to Macroscopic Biotic Evidence for Understanding Surfaces, Hydrology and Relative Time in an Eolian Landscape: GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO . Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Chan, M.A., Hasiotis, S. Parrish, J., 2016, Dynamic Erg Margin Environments of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southeast Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO . Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Parrish, J., Hasiotis, S., and Chan, M.A., 2016, Morphological characterization of carbonate mound-like structures in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southeastern, Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.​. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Parrish, J., Hasiotis, S., and Chan, M.A., 2016, Carbonates in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Moab Area, Utah (Abst 275857): GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Moscow ID. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Wheatley, D.F. and Chan, M.A., 2016, Clastic Pipe Diagenesis of the Jurassic Carmel Formation, Southern Utah (Abstract #2381810): American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Convention and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2016.
  • Hasiotis, S., Chan, M.A., Parrish, J., 2016, Ichnofossils of a wet desert depositional system, Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southeastern Utah: AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary Alberta Canada. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2016.
  • Chan, M. A. and Wang, Y., 2015, A perspective on diagenetic geometries and patterns of iron oxide cement and coloration: Understanding challenges and complexities (invited): American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting: San Francisco CA . Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2015.
  • Duncan, C., and Chan, M. A., 2015, Diagenetic patterns of the Cretaceous Baseline Sandstone, southern Nevada: Implications for controls on iron-oxide cementation and coloration: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting: San Francisco CA. Conference Paper, Accepted, 12/2015.
  • Parrish, J., Chan, M.A., Hasiotis, S., 2015, Meso-scale Jurassic paleotopography at the J-2 unconformity near Moab, Utah, GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Davis, G., Chan, M., Clary, R., Krantz, R., Lyttle, P., Nickless, E., O’Connell, S., Price, J., Stephens, D., Thorleifsen, L. 2015, Purpose and overview of GSA’s bicentenary celebration of 1815 publication of William Smith’s ‘Map and Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland’: GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Hasiotis, S., Chan, M.A., Parrish, J., 2015, Potential rhizofacies classification for eolian deposits – Observations from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southeastern Utah, GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Chan, M.A., Parrish, J., Hasiotis, S., 2015, Dynamic soft-sediment deformation in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone eolianite, Moab, Utah, GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Hasiotis, S., Parrish, J., Chan, M.A., 2015, Hidden diversity of a wet desert ecosystem- Preliminary report on the ichnology of the Navajo Sandstone, southeastern Utah, GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Wheatley, D. F., and Chan, M. A., Hansford, M., Treat, I, Foltz, K., 2015, Brittle and ductile deformation structures associated with clastic pipes, Jurassic Carmel Formation, southern Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Young, B., and Chan, M. A., 2015, Fracture and gypsum diagenesis in the Triassic Moenkopi Formation, southern Utah: Analog relevance to Mars: GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Swain, T., Mookerjee, M., Chan, M.A., Gil, Y., Goodwin, C., Pavlis T.L., Shipley, T.F., and Tikoff, B., 2015, Earth-Centered Communication for Cyberinfrastructure (EC3): Incorporating a joint cyber-science and geoscience perspective into designing field data management systems GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Hill, S. Petersen, E.U., Chan, M.A., 2015, Humic –Acid and bacterial control of mineralization at a tabular sandstone uranium deposit, Sahara Mine, Utah. GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD . Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Wheatley, D. F., and Chan, M. A., 2015, Clastic pipes: Proxies of high water tables and strong ground motion, Jurassic Carmel Formation, southern Utah: European Geological Union, Austria, EGU2015-2339. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2015.
  • Sato, T., Chan, M.A., and Stright, L., 2015, Outcrop-based fluvial and lacustrine sandstone reservoir characterization and modeling of the Eocene Uinta and Duchene River Formations, Northern Uinta Basin, Utah: AAPG 2015 ACE, Denver, CO. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Chan, M.A., Bruhn, R. B., and Okubo, C.H., 2014, Eolian soft-sediment deformation records on Earth and Mars: American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA EP43-3565 . Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2014.
  • Chan, M.A., and Budd, D. 2014, Sedimentary geology context and challenges for cyberinfrastructure data management (invited): American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting: San Francisco CA IN44A-02. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2014.
  • Potter-McIntyre, S.L., Chan, M. A., and McPherson, B.J., 2014 Diagenetic iron cycling in ancient alkaline saline lacustrine sedimentary rocks: A case study on the Jurassic Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation, Colorado Plateau, USA: AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2014.
  • Chan, M.A., Baker, V. R., and Hill, W., 2014, Promoting Global Interaction: GSA’s Distinguished International Lecture Program and the Future: GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Sato, T., Chan, M.A., and Ekdale, A.A., 2014, Fluvial-lacustrine ichnofaices of the Eocene Uinta and Duchesne River Formations, Northern Uinta Basin, Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Wheatley, D.F., Chan, M. A., Hansford, M. and Treat, I., 2014, Clastic pipe sources and stratigraphy: Evidence for multiple liquefaction events in the Middle Jurassic Carmel Formation, southern Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Huth, T. E., Young, B., Cerling, T. E., Chan, M., and Marchetti D.W., 2014, Geologic map of the Torrey Quadrangle: GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC., Paper # 124-7. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Wheatley, D. F., Chan, M.A., Hansford, M. and Treat, I., 2014, Clastic pipe sources and stratigraphic relationships: Evidence for multiple liquefaction events in the Middle Jurassic Carmel Formation, Southern Utah: GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC., Paper # 140-17. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Chan, M.A., Okubo, C.H., Farrand, W.H., Bowen, B.B., Ormo, J., Komatsu, G., 2014, A retrospective of Mars diagenesis: Terrestrial analog implications for habitable environments: Eighth International Conference on Mars: Pasadena CA, Abstract 1386. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2014.
  • McNary, J. C., Chan, M.A., and Leathley, B., 2014, Integrated planning and designs for keeping higher education campuses engaging in an increasing online world: SCUP Pacific Section Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2014.
  • Macdonald, R.H., Chan, M.A., Bierly, E., Manduca, C., and Ormand, C., 2009, Chair Talk: Resources to Maximize Administrative Efforts: AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2009.
  • Chan, M.A., 2009, Creative Building Design for Innovative Earth Science Teaching and Outreach: AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Conference Paper, Presented, 12/2009.
  • Potter, S.L., Petersen, E.U., and Chan, M.A., 2009, QEMSCAN: A revolutionary sedimentary petrology tool: GSA National Meeting, Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2009.
  • Hammer, C.L. and Chan, M.A., 2009, Soft-sediment deformation features in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument: GSA National Meeting, Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2009.
  • Dinwiddie, C.L., Chan, M.A., McGinnis, R.N. Jr., and Myers, J.L., 2009, Chronicles of vadose zone diagenesis: Cone-shaped iron-oxide concretions, Triassic Trujillo Formation, Palo Duro Canyon, Texas: GSA National Meeting, Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2009.
  • Chan, M.A., and Godsey, H.L., 2009, Geoantiquities in the urban landscape: Potential loss of geological heritage: GSA National Meeting, Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2009.
  • Shroder, J. A., and Chan, M.A., 2009, Geoheritages, geoantiquities and geomorphosites: Future in USA? GSA National Meeting, Portland, OR. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2009.
  • Potter, S.L., and Chan, M.A., 2009, Characterization of Navajo Sandstone concretions: Mars comparisons and criteria for distinguishing diagenetic origins: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXX (abstract 2100), Houston, TX, 2 pp. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2009.
  • Nicoll, K., Chan, M.A., Parker, T.J., Jewell, P.W., Komatsu, G., and Okubo, C.H., 2009, Bonneville Basin analogues for large lake processes and chronologies of geomorphic development on Mars: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXX (abstract 1962), Houston, TX, 2 pp. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2009.

Publications

  • Komatsu, G. Okubo, C.H., Wray, J.J., Gallagher, R., Ojha, L., Cardinale, M., Murana, A., Orosei, R., Chan, M.A., Ormö, J., and Gallagher, R., 2016, Small edifice features in Chryse Planitia, Mars: Assessment of a mud volcano hypothesis: Icarus 268, 56-75, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.032. Published, 01/2016.
  • Sato, T., and Chan, M.A., 2015, Fluvial facies architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the Tertiary Duchesne River Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 85, p. 1438-1454.. Published, 12/2015.
  • Mookerjee, M, Vieira, D., Chan, M. Gil, Y., Goodwin, C, Shipley, T., and Tikoff, B., 2015, We Need to Talk: Facilitating communication between field-based geoscience and cyberinfrastructure communities: GSA Today, v. 25, p. 34-35. Published, 11/2015.
  • Chan, M.A., 2015, The martian lake chronicles: Curiosity reveals evidence for ancient lakes on Mars: Science v. 350, p. 167. Published, 09/2015.
  • Wang, Y, Chan, M.A., and Merino, E., 2015, Self-organized iron-oxide cementation geometry as an indicator of paleo-flows: Cementation geometry as a paleo-environmental indicator: Nature Scientific Reports 5:10792 | DOI: 10.1038/srep10792. Published, 06/2015.
  • Gorenc, M., and Chan, M.A., 2015, Hydrocarbon-induced diagenetic alteration of the Permian White Rim Sandstone; Elaterite Basin, Southeast Utah: AAPG Bulletin v. 99, p. 807-829. Published, 05/2015.
  • Chan, M. A., and Kahmann-Robinson, J., 2015, Cooking Rocks: Teaching About Diagenesis on Earth and Mars. Journal of Geoscience Education v. 63, p. 57-65. Published, 01/2015.
  • Potter, S.L., Chan, M.A., and McPherson, B.J., 2014, Concretion Formation in Volcaniclastic Host Rocks: Evaluating the Role of Organics, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry On Early Diagenesis: Journal of Sedimentary Research v. 84, p. 875-892. Published, 10/2014.
  • Reiners, P.W., Chan, M.A., Evenson, N.S., 2014, (U-Th)/He geochronology and chemical compositions of diagenetic cement, concretions, and fracture-filling oxide minerals in Mesozoic sandstones of the Colorado Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 126, no. 9-10, p. 1363-1383. doi:10.1130/B30983.1. Published, 09/2014.
  • Chan, M.A., and Bruhn, R., 2014, Dynamic Liquefaction of Jurassic Sand Dunes: Processes, Origins, and Implications: Earth Surface Landforms and Processes, DOI: 10.1002/esp.3539. Published, 01/2014.
  • Oviatt, C.G., Chan, M.A., Jewell, P.W., Bills, B.G., Madsen, D.B., and Miller, D. M., 2014, Interpretations of evidence for large Pleistocene paleolakes in the Bonneville basin, western North America: COMMENT on: Bonneville Basin Shoreline Records of Large Lake Intervals During Marine Isotope Stage 3 and the Last Glacial Maximum, by Nishizawa et al. (2013) : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology v. 401 p. 173-176. Published, 08/2014.
  • Nielsen, G., Chan, M.A., and Bowen, B.B., 2014, Concentrated iron-oxide horizons in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southwestern Utah: Precipitation mechanisms and impact on reservoir quality, in MacLean, J.S., Biek, R. F., and Huntoon, J.E., Utah’s Far South: Utah Geological Association Publication 43, p. 214-236. Published, 07/2014.
  • Essefi, E., Komatsu, G., Fairén, A.G., Chan, M.A., and Yaich, C., 2014, Groundwater influence on the aeolina sequence stratigraphy of the Mechertate-Chrita-Sidi El Hani system, Tunisian Sahel: Analogies to the wet-dry aeolian sequence stratigraphy at Meridiani Planum, Terby crater, Terby crater, and Gale crater, Mars: Planetary and Space Science v. 95, p. 56-78. in Komatsu, G., Goto, K., and Tanaka, K., eds., Planetary and Space Science special issue Planetary Geology Field Symposium, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2011: Planetary Geology and Terrestrial Analogs. Published, 10/2014.
  • Seiler, W. and Chan, M.A., 2014, Coloration and Diagenetic History of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone at Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon- Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Utah and Arizona, in MacLean, J.S., Biek, R. F., and Huntoon, J.E., Utah’s Far South: Utah Geological Association Publication 43, p. 237-257. Published, 09/2014.
  • Gorenc, M., Chan, M.A., and McPherson, B.J., 2014 Petrophysical heterogeneities of the Permian White Rim Sandstone of southeast Utah: Implications for reservoir properties and long-term storage of CO2, in MacLean, J.S., Biek, R. F., and Huntoon, J.E., Utah’s Far South: Utah Geological Association Publication 43, p. 199-214. Published, 09/2014.
  • Chan, M. A., and Kahmann-Robinson, J., 2014 (Dec 21, 2013, Epub ahead of print), Mars for Earthlings: An Analog Approach to Mars in Undergraduate Education: Astrobiology. V. 14, n. 1, p. 42-49. Published, 01/2014.
  • Potter, S.L., Allen, J.L., Lee, S.Y, Han, W.S., Chan, M.A., and McPherson, B.J., 2013, Iron Precipitation in a Natural CO2 Reservoir: Jurassic Navajo Sandstone in the northern San Rafael Swell, UT, USA: Geofluids v 13, p. 82-92. Published, 02/2013.
  • Chan, M.A., 2013, Geology as Science and Art (Chapter 3.3), in Tong, V. ed., Geoscience Research and Education: Teaching at Universities (book), Springer Verlag, p. 74-99. Published, 12/2013.
  • Chan, M.A., Potter, S.L., Bowen, B.B., Petersen, E.U., Parry, W. T., Bowman, J.R., Barge, L., and Seiler, W., 2012, Characteristics of terrestrial ferric oxide concretions and implications for Mars, in Grotzinger, J. and Milliken, R., Sedimentary geology of Mars: SEPM Special Publication 102, p. 253-270. Published, 10/2012.
  • Chan, M.A., Main, E., and McNary, J.C., 2012, The Transformative Educational Experience: A New Building Paradigm for Higher Education Campuses: Society of Campus and University Planners, v. 41 n. 1, online journal. Published, 04/2012.
  • Chan, M.A., Parry, W. T., Bowen, B.B., and Potter, S.L., 2011, Follow the water: Connecting a CO2 reservoir and bleached sandstone to iron-rich concretions in the Navajo Sandstone of south-central Utah, USA - COMMENT: Geology v. 39, doi: 10.1130/G31983C.1. Published, 12/2011.
  • Leer, K., Goetz, W., Chan, M.A., Hansen, M.F., Gorevan, S., Jensen, C.L., Kletetschka, G., Kusack, A., and Madsen, M.B., 2011, The RAT magnet experiment on Mars Exploration Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity beyond sol 500: Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets v. 116, E00F18, 8 p., doi:10.1029/2010JE003667. Published, 12/2011.
  • Chan, M.A., Nicoll, K., Ormö, J., Okubo, C., and Komatsu, G., 2011, Utah’s geologic and geomorphic analogs to Mars—An overview for planetary exploration, in Garry, W.B., and Bleacher, J.E., eds., Analogs for Planetary Exploration: Geological Society of America Special Paper 483, p. 349–375, doi:10.1130/2011.2483(22). Published, 12/2011.
  • Godsey, H., Oviatt, C.G., Miller, D.M., and Chan, M.A., 2011, Stratigraphy and chronology of offshore to nearshore deposits associated with the Provo shoreline, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 110, p. 442-450. Published, 09/2011.
  • Potter, S.L., and Chan, M.A., 2011, Iron mass transfer and fluid flow patterns in Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, southern Utah, U.S.A., Geofluids v. 11, p. 184-198. Published, 02/2011.
  • Netoff, D.I., and Chan, M.A., 2009, Aeolian activity at a giant sandstone weathering pit in arid south-central Utah: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms v. 34 p. 99-108. (Published Online: 5 Aug 2008). Published, 2009.
  • Okubo, C.H., Schultz, R.A., Chan, M.A., Komatsu, G., and HiRISE team, 2009, Deformation band clusters on Mars and Implications for Subsurface Fluid Flow: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 121 no. 3-4 p. 474-482. DOI: 10.1130/B26421.1. Published, 2009.
  • Parry, W.T., Chan, M.A., and Nash, B.P, 2009, Diagenetic characteristics of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone in the Covenant Oil Field, Central Utah Thrust Belt: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin v 93, p 1039-1061. Published, 2009.
  • Nielsen, G., and Chan, M.A., 2009, Mapping, architecture, and spatial correlation of diagenetic coloration facies, Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Snow Canyon State Park, southwestern Utah, in Tripp, B.T., Krahulec, K., and Jordan, J.L., eds., Utah Geological Association Publication 38, Geology and Geological Resources and Issues of Western Utah, CD-ROM. Published, 2009.
  • Nielsen, G., Chan, M.A., and Petersen, E.U., 2009, Diagenetic coloration facies and alteration history of the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Zion National Park and vicinity, southwestern Utah: in Tripp, B.T., Krahulec, K., and Jordan, J.L., eds., Utah Geological Association Publication 38, Geology and Geological Resources and Issues of Western Utah, CD-ROM. Published, 2009.
  • Hasiotis, S.T., Chan, M.A. & Parrish, J.T. (2021). Defining bounding surfaces within and between eolian and non-eolian deposits, Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Moab area, Utah: Implications for subdividing erg system strata. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Vol. 91, 1-30. Published, 12/2021.
  • Duncan, C.J., Chan, M.A., Hajek, E., Kamola, D., Roberts, N.M., Tikoff B. & Walker, J.D. (2021). Bringing sedimentology and stratigraphy into the StraboSpot data management system. Geosphere. Published, 11/2021.
    https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/art...
  • Breithaupt, B.B., Chan, M.A., Seiler, W.M. & Matthews, N.A. (2021). Weathering pits vs. trample marks: A reinterpretation of the “dinosaur dance floor”, A Jurassic Navajo Sandstone surface in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. Palaios. Vol. 36, 331-338. Published, 11/2021.
  • Potter-McIntyre, S.L. & Chan, M.A. (2021). Diagenetic complexities of iron oxide cements in Mesozoic sandstones of Utah, U.S.A. European Geophysical Union. Published, 01/2021.
  • Potter-McIntyre, S.L. & Chan, M. A. (2020). Diagenetic complexities of iron oxide cements in Mesozoic sandstones of Utah, U.S.A. in Meister, P., Nucleation and growth of sedimentary minerals. International Association of Sedimentologist Spec. Pub. Accepted, 12/2020.
  • Chan, M.A. (2020). Clastic Snack Activity: Teaching concepts of energy, distance, and time in sorting. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Published, 10/2020.
  • Lusk, A.D., Duncan, C.J., Chan, M.A. & Tikoff, B. (2020). StraboSpot for Teaching Virtual Field Experiences: A Summer 2020 Response to COVID-19. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Published, 10/2020.
  • Koerber, S. & Chan, M.A. (2020). Hydrothermally Altered Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of Southwestern Utah. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Published, 10/2020.
  • Wheatley, D., Hollingworth, S., Steele, P. & Chan, M. (2020). Sedimentology, diagenesis, and reservoir characterization of the Permian White Rim Sandstone, southern Utah: Implications for carbon capture and sequestration potential. Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. Vol. 104, 1357-1373. Published, 06/2020.
  • Walker, J. D., Ash, J., Novak, J., Novak, N., Newman, J., Cunningham, H., Kronenberg, A.K., Tikoff, B., Roberts, N.M., Williams, R.T., Lusk, A., Chan, M.A., Duncan, C., Kamola, D., Hajek, E., Glazner, A., Schoene, B. & Spear, F. (2020). StraboSpot digital data system: Incorporating the long tail data of the geological field sciences. EarthCube Annual Meeting. Published, 06/2020.
  • Chan, M.A. (2020). Successes and challenges in moving on to the future . 2020 Goldschmidt Conference Hawaii. Published, 06/2020.
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  • Chan, M.A., Kamola, D.L., Duncan, C.J., Hajek, E. A., Tikoff, B. & Roberts, N.M. (2020). StraboSpot for Sedimentary Geology: Encouraging community involvement and feedback through workshops and fieldtrips . EarthCube Annual Meeting. Published, 06/2020.
  • Chan, M.A., Wheatley, D.F. & Steele, P.A. (2020). Eolian Reservoir Targets for Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Central Utah . GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Provo UT. Published, 05/2020.
  • Duncan, C.J., Chan, M.A. & et al (2020). StraboSpot 1 launch for sedimentary geology: Embracing the digital revolution using a digital data system with standard vocabulary, community standards, and digital data collection . International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress, Flagstaff, AZ. Published, 04/2020.
  • Oppo, D., Chan, M.A., Berry, C. & Komatsu, G. (2020). ShapesShapes of mud volcanoes: Geomorphic similarities, differences, and implications for Mars of mud volcanoes: Geomorphic similarities, differences, and implications for Mars. LPSC, Houston, TX. Published, 03/2020.
  • Wheatley, D. F & Seiler, W. M., and Chan, M.A., (2019). The Wind-Swept Nautilus, Enigmatic Clastic Pipes, and Toadstool Landforms: Geologic Features of the Paria Plateau. Utah Geological Association. Vol. 1. Published, 12/15/2019.
    http://giw.utahgeology.org/giw/index.php/geosites/...
  • Chan M., Hinman N., Potter-Mcintyre S., Schubert K., Gillams R., Awramik S., Boston P., Bower D., Des Marais D., Farmer J., Jia T., King P., Hazen R., Léveillé R., Papineau D., Rempfert K., Sánchez-Román M., Spear J., Southam G., Stern J. & Cleaves H. (2019). Deciphering Biosignatures in Planetary Contexts. (pp. 1075-1102). Vol. 19. Astrobiology. Published, 09/01/2019.
  • Wheatley D., Chan M. & Okubo C. (2019). Clastic pipes and mud volcanism across Mars: Terrestrial analog evidence of past Martian groundwater and subsurface fluid mobilization. (pp. 141-151). Vol. 328. Icarus. Published, 08/01/2019.
  • Chan, MA, Hasiotis, S.T. & Parrish, J.T. (2019). Enigmatic clastic pipe swarms and implications for fluidization dynamics in eolian deposits. Sedimentology. Vol. 66. Published, 06/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12491
  • Chan, M.A, Hasiotis, S.T. & Parrish, J.T. (2019). Dynamic Soft-Sediment Deformation in Erg Margin Deposits, Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Moab Area, Utah. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Accepted, 06/2019.
  • Sanchez-Roman, M., Henderson, J.C., Chan, M.A., Boston, P.J. & Hinman, N. (2019). New Frontiers in Astrobiology: Life vs. Abiotic Detection from Microscopic to Infinity. Frontiers of Microbiology. Published, 06/2019.
  • Chan M., Bowen B., Corsetti F., Farrand W., Law E., Newsom H., Spear J. & Thompson D. (2019). Exploring, mapping, and data management integration of habitable environments in astrobiology. Vol. 10. Frontiers in Microbiology. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Parrish J., Hyland E., Chan M. & Hasiotis S. (2019). Stable and clumped isotopes in desert carbonate spring and lake deposits reveal palaeohydrology: A case study of the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, south-western USA. (pp. 32-52). Vol. 66. Sedimentology. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Wheatley D. & Chan M. (2018). Clastic pipes and soft-sediment deformation of the jurassic carmel formation, southern Utah, U.S.A.: Implications for pipe formation mechanisms and host-rock controls. (pp. 1076-1095). Vol. 88. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Sato, T., Chan, M.A. & Ekdale, A.A. (2018). Trace Fossils and Fluvial-Lacustrine Ichnofacies of Eocene Uinta and Duchesne River Formations, Northern Uinta Basin Utah. Intermountain Geology. Vol. 5, 209-226. Published, 06/2018.
  • Mika, K., Chan, M.A. & Petersen, E.U. (2018). Azurite and Malachite Concretions along the Lisbon Valley Fault in the Cretaceous Dakota Formation, Southeast Utah. Geofluids of Utah: Utah Geol. Assoc. Vol. 47, 197-219. Published, 06/2018.
  • Chan, M.A., Makou, M., Hasiotis, S.T. & Parrish, J.T. (2018). Biomarker evidence for the presence of cryptoendolithic bacteria in weathered Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of Southeast Utah. Geofluids of Utah: Utah Geol. Assoc. Vol. 47, 139-147. Published, 06/2018.
  • Young, B.W. & Chan, M.A. (2018). Gypsum veins as indicators of basin history, diagenesis, and hydraulic fracturing in fine-grained siliciclastics: Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Utah. Geofluids of Utah: Utah Geol. Assoc. Vol. 47, 221-245. Published, 06/2018.
  • Dorney L., Parrish J., Chan M. & Hasiotis S. (2017). Petrography and environmental interpretation of tufa mounds and carbonate beds in the Jurassic Navajo sandstone of Southeastern Utah, U.S.A. (pp. 967-985). Vol. 87. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Published, 09/01/2017.
  • Parrish J., Hasiotis S. & Chan M. (2017). Carbonate deposits in the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, U.S.A. (pp. 740-762). Vol. 87. Journal of Sedimentary Research. Published, 07/01/2017.
  • Wiens R., Rubin D., Goetz W., Fairén A., Schwenzer S., Johnson J., Milliken R., Clark B., Mangold N., Stack K., Oehler D., Rowland S., Chan M., Vaniman D., Maurice S., Gasnault O., Rapin W., Schroeder S., Clegg S., Forni O., Blaney D., Cousin A., Payré V., Fabre C., Nachon M., Le Mouelic S., Sautter V., Johnstone S., Calef F., Vasavada A. & Grotzinger J. (2017). Centimeter to decimeter hollow concretions and voids in Gale Crater sediments, Mars. (pp. 144-156). Vol. 289. Icarus. Published, 06/01/2017.
  • Chan, M.A. & Kamola, D.L. (2017). Classic geologic outcrops: Preservation and future accessibility. GSA Today. Vol. 27, 4-5. Published, 06/2017.
  • Roylance, J.P., Chan, M.A. & Brazelton, W.J. (2017). Red Hill Hot Spring mineralogy and hydrothermal microbial environments near Monroe, Sevier County, Utah. Utah Geol. Assoc. Wasatch Front to Back. Published, 06/2017.
  • Chan M. & Netoff D. (2017). A terrestrial weathering and wind abrasion analog for mound and moat morphology of Gale crater, Mars. (pp. 4000-4007). Vol. 44. Geophysical Research Letters. Published, 05/16/2017.
  • Young, B.W., and Chan, M.A., 2017, Gypsum veins in Triassic Moenkopi mudrocks of southern Utah: Analogs to calcium sulfate veins on Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets: v. 122, p.150–171 DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005118. Published, 02/2017.
  • Young, B.W., and Chan, M.A., 2017 in press, Calcium Sulfate Veins in Triassic Moenkopi Mudrocks of Southern Utah: Analogs to Sulfate Veins on Mars: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Accepted, 02/2017.
  • Wiens, R, David Rubin, Walter Goetz, Alberto Fairen, Susanne Schwenzer, Jeffrey Johnson, Benton Clark, Nicolas Mangold, Ralph Milliken, Kathryn Stack, Morgan, Dorothy Oehler, Scott Rowland, Marjorie Chan, David Vaniman, Sylvestre Maurice, Olivier Gasnault, William Rapin, Susanne Schroeder, Samuel Clegg, Olivier Forni, Diana Blaney, Agnes Cousin, Valerie Payre, Cecile Fabre, Marion Nachon, Stephane LeMouelic, Violaine Sautter, Stephen Johnstone, Fred Calef, Ashwin Vasavada, John Grotzinger, 2017 in press, Centimeter to Decimeter Hollow Concretions and Voids in Gale Crater Sediments, Mars: Icarus. Accepted, 02/2017.
  • Young B. & Chan M. (2017). Gypsum veins in Triassic Moenkopi mudrocks of southern Utah: Analogs to calcium sulfate veins on Mars. (pp. 150-171). Vol. 122. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Published, 01/01/2017.
  • Young B. & Chan M. (2017). Gypsum veins in Triassic Moenkopi mudrocks of southern Utah: Analogs to calcium sulfate veins on Mars. (pp. 150-171). Vol. 122. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Published, 01/01/2017.
  • Wheatley, D. F., Chan, M.A., and Sprinkel, D., 2016, Clastic pipe characteristics and distributions throughout the Colorado Plateau: Implications for paleoenvironment and paleoseismic controls, Sedimentary Geology Special Volume, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.03.027. Published, 12/2016.
  • Sato, T., and Chan, M.A., 2016, in Mazumder, R., ed., Sediment Provenance, Chapter 10: Fluvial Systems, provenance and reservoir development in the Eocene Brennan Basin Member of the Duchesne River Formation, Northern Uinta Basin, Utah: Elsevier NY, p. 255-276. Published, 10/2016.
  • Chan, M.A. Godsey, H.S., 2016, Lake Bonneville geosites in the urban landscape: Potential loss of geological heritage (Ch. 23): in Oviatt, C, and Shroder, J., eds., Monograph - Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, Elsevier NY, p. 617- 63. Published, 10/2016.
  • Chan, M.A., Jewell, P.W., Parker, T., Okubo, C., Ormo, J., and Komatsu, G., 2016, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville as an analog for extraterrestrial lakes and oceans (Ch 21): in Oviatt, C, and Shroder, J., eds., Monograph - Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, Elsevier NY, p. 571-597. Published, 10/2016.
  • Sato, T., and Chan, M.A., 2016, in Mazumder, R., ed., Sediment Provenance, Chapter 10: Fluvial Systems, provenance and reservoir development in the Eocene Brennan Basin Member of the Duchesne River Formation, Northern Uinta Basin, Utah: Elsevier NY, p. 255-276. Published, 10/2016.
  • Chan, M.A. Godsey, H.S., 2016, Lake Bonneville geosites in the urban landscape: Potential loss of geological heritage (Ch. 23): in Oviatt, C, and Shroder, J., eds., Monograph - Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, Elsevier NY, p. 617- 633. Published, 10/2016.
  • Chan, M.A., Jewell, P.W., Parker, T., Okubo, C., Ormo, J., and Komatsu, G., 2016, Pleistocene Lake Bonneville as an analog for extraterrestrial lakes and oceans (Ch 21): in Oviatt, C, and Shroder, J., eds., Monograph - Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, Elsevier NY, p. 571-597. Published, 10/2016.
  • Wheatley D., Chan M. & Sprinkel D. (2016). Clastic pipe characteristics and distributions throughout the Colorado Plateau: Implications for paleoenvironment and paleoseismic controls. (pp. 20-33). Vol. 344. Sedimentary Geology. Published, 10/01/2016.
  • Chan, M.A. Godsey, H.S., 2016, Lake Bonneville geosites in the urban landscape: Potential loss of geological heritage (Ch. 23): in Oviatt, C, and Shroder, J., eds., Monograph - Lake Bonneville: A Scientific Update, Elsevier NY, p. 617- 633. Published, 10/2016.
  • Komatsu G., Okubo C., Wray J., Ojha L., Cardinale M., Murana A., Orosei R., Chan M., Ormö J. & Gallagher R. (2016). Small edifice features in Chryse Planitia, Mars: Assessment of a mud volcano hypothesis. (pp. 56-75). Vol. 268. Icarus. Published, 04/01/2016.
  • Chan, M.A., Peters, S., and Tikoff, B., 2016, The future of field geology, open data sharing, and cybertechnology in Earth science: Sedimentary Record (SEPM) v. 14 (1) p. 4-10. Published, 03/2016.
  • Chan, M.A., Peters, S., and Tikoff, B., 2016, The future of field geology, open data sharing, and cybertechnology in Earth science: Sedimentary Record (SEPM) v. 14 (1) p. 4-10. Published, 03/2016.
  • Chan M., Jewell P., Parker T., Ormö J., Okubo C. & Komatsu G. (2016). Pleistocene Lake Bonneville as an Analog for Extraterrestrial Lakes and Oceans. (pp. 570-597). Vol. 20, Developments in Earth Surface Processes. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Chan M. & Godsey H. (2016). Lake Bonneville Geosites in the Urban Landscape: Potential Loss of Geological Heritage. (pp. 617-633). Vol. 20, Developments in Earth Surface Processes. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Mookerjee, M, Vieira, D., Chan, M. Gil, Y., Pavlis, T.L., Spear, F.S., and Tikoff, B., 2015, Field data management: Integrating cyberscience and geoscience perspective: EOS v. 96, issue 20, p. 18-21 + cover image. Published, 12/2015.