Welcome to the Sori Research Group at Purdue University

Our group is in the Planetary Science research area of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University.  We research the solid planets and moons of our Solar System through their geophysics and surface processes.  Our work uses data returned by NASA robotic spacecraft missions and numerical simulations.  If these topics interest you as a potential graduate or undergraduate student researcher, please e-mail us to talk about planetary science at Purdue!

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Below are links to our published studies, organized by planet.  Entries in bold italics are papers that are first-authored by someone in our group.  Research descriptions can also be found on the Research and CV/Publication tabs.

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• Conditions for liquid water at the poles of Mars

• Icy outliers on Mars and Pluto

• Flow rates of icy craters and cliffs

• Signal analysis of ice stratigraphy

• Special issue introduction, Mars polar science

• Outflow channel formation

• Climate analysis of the north polar deposits

• Climate analysis of the south polar deposits

• Layer protrusion of ice stratigraphy

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• Isostatic compensation on the Moon

• Hidden volcanism

• Impact-induced porosity

• Gravity signature of impact basins

• LOLA instrument summary

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• Crustal thickness on Mercury

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• Carbon dioxide ice on the moons of Uranus

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• Icy outliers on Mars and Pluto

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• Cryovolcanic rates of Ceres

• Deformation of cryovolcanoes

• Ice tectonics

• Brine fountains

• Icy geomorphology

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• Ferrovolcanism on metallic asteroids

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• Inflating lava flows on Earth