DrStevenBanham

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Teaching Fellow in Planetary Surface Processes

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 1577s.banham

Location

Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

ORCID iD icon orcid.org/0000-0003-1206-1639

Recent publication:

Ice? Salt? Pressure? Sediment deformation structures as evidence of late-stage shallow groundwater in Gale crater, Mars

Steven G. Banham; Amelie L. Roberts; Sanjeev Gupta; Joel M. Davis; Lucy M. Thompson; David M. Rubin; Gerhard Paar; Kirsten L. Siebach; William E. Dietrich; Abigail A. Fraeman; Ashwin R. Vasavada.

First published: 22 March 2024, Geology

https://doi.org/10.1130/G51849.1

Feòrachas, Gale crater. A mountain can be seen rising in the distance. The rover is recording pictures of the rocks to understand the ancient history of the crater

Evidence for Fluctuating Wind in Shaping an Ancient Martian Dune Field: The Stimson Formation at the Greenheugh Pediment, Gale Crater

Steven G. Banham, Sanjeev Gupta, David M. Rubin, Candice C. Bedford, Lauren A. Edgar, Alex B. Bryk, William E. Dietrich, Christopher M. Fedo, Rebecca M. Williams, Gwénaël Caravaca, Robert Barnes, Gerhard Paar, Thomas Ortner, Ashwin R. Vasavada

First published: 11 July 2022 JGR-Planets

https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007023

Stratigraphy

A Rock Record of Complex Aeolian Bedforms in a Hesperian Desert Landscape: The Stimson Formation as Exposed in the Murray Buttes, Gale Crater, Mars

Steven G. Banham, Sanjeev Gupta, David M. Rubin, Kenneth S. Edgett, Robert Barnes, Jason Van Beek, Jessica A. Watkins, Lauren A. Edgar, Christopher M. Fedo, Rebecca M. Williams, Kathryn M. Stack, John P. Grotzinger, Kevin Lewis, Ryan C. Ewing, Mackenzie Day, Ashwin R. Vasavada

First published: 30 March 2021 JGR-Planets

https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006554

Stimson formation unconformity

Research Outline

My research is on the Sedimentological reconstruction of ancient habitable environments on the lower slopes of Mount Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars, using data collected by the Curiosity Rover.

Current investigation involves analysis of grain-scale textures, sedimentary facies, architectural elements, and palaeocurrent data collected from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and the MastCam instruments. This information can then be used to reconstruct the ancient martian landscape, and better understand sediment transport processes, depositional envirionments, and the regional climate.

Curiosity Rover

Publications

Journals

Fawdon P, Orgel C, Adeli S, et al.Fawdon P, Orgel C, Adeli S, Balme M, Calef FJ, Davis JM, Frigeri A, Grindrod P, Hauber E, Le Deit L, Loizeau D, Nass A, Quantin-Nataf C, Sefton-Nash E, Thomas N, Torres I, Vago JL, Volat M, De Witte S, Altieri F, Apuzzo A, Aramendia J, Arana G, Bahia RS, Banham SG, Barnes R, Barrett AM, Benedix WS, Bhardwaj A, Boazman SJ, Bontognali TRR, Bridges J, Bultel B, Ciarletti V, De Sanctis MC, Dickeson Z, Favaro EA, Ferrari M, Foucher F, Goetz W, Haldemann AFC, Harrington E, Kapatza A, Koschny D, Krzesinska AM, Le Gall A, Lewis SR, Lim T, Madariaga JM, Man BJ, Mandon L, Mangold N, Martin-Torres J, McNeil JD, Molina A, Moral AG, Motaghian S, Nikiforov S, Oudart N, Pacifici A, Parkes Bowen A, Plettemeier D, Poulakis P, Putri ARD, Ruesch O, Sam L, Schröder C, Statz C, Thomas R, Tirsch D, Toth Z, Turner S, Voelker M, Werner SC, Westall F, Whiteside BJ, Williams A, Williams RME, Wright J, Zorzano MP close, 2024, The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission, Journal of Maps, Vol:20

Gwizd S, Fedo C, Grotzinger J, et al.Gwizd S, Fedo C, Grotzinger J, Banham S, Rivera-Hernández F, Gupta S, Stack KM, Edgar LA, Vasavada AR, Davis J, Kah LC close, 2024, Evolution of a Lake Margin Recorded in the Sutton Island Member of the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Vol:129, ISSN:2169-9097

Bennett KA, Fox VK, Bryk A, et al.Bennett KA, Fox VK, Bryk A, Dietrich W, Fedo C, Edgar L, Thorpe MT, Williams AJ, Wong GM, Dehouck E, McAdam A, Sutter B, Millan M, Banham SG, Bedford CC, Bristow T, Fraeman A, Vasavada AR, Grotzinger J, Thompson L, O'Connell-Cooper C, Gasda P, Rudolph A, Sullivan R, Arvidson R, Cousin A, Horgan B, Stack KM, Treiman A, Eigenbrode J, Caravaca G close, 2023, The Curiosity Rover's Exploration of Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: An Overview of the Campaign and Scientific Results, Journal of Geophysical Research-planets, Vol:128, ISSN:2169-9097

Davis JM, Balme MR, Fawdon P, et al.Davis JM, Balme MR, Fawdon P, Grindrod PM, Favaro EA, Banham SG, Thomas N close, 2023, Ancient alluvial plains at Oxia Planum, Mars, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol:601, ISSN:0012-821X

Cosgrove JW, Banham SG, Gupta S, et al.Cosgrove JW, Banham SG, Gupta S, Barnes R close, 2022, The Origin of the Fracture Networks in the Mudstones of Gale Crater Mars; Their Implications Regarding the State of Stress and Fluid Pressure During Their Formation and the Depth to Which They Were Buried, Journal of Geophysical Research-planets, Vol:127, ISSN:2169-9097

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