Samuel W. Courville

Curriculum Vitae:

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Publications:

In preparation:

Courville, S. W., Bierson, C. J., et al. (In prep). “On the plausibility of recording remanent magnetization in ferrovolcanic intrusions in the asteroid (16) Psyche”. Manuscript available upon request.

Courville, S. W., Putzig, N. E., et al. (In prep). “Subsurface Water Ice Mapping on Mars: A Bayesian Approach”. Manuscript available upon request.

In review/revision:

Courville, S. W., Castillo-Rogez, J. C., et al. “Core metamorphism controls dynamical habitability of mid-sized ocean worlds – the case of Ceres”. In: Science Advances, In review.

Bierson, C. J. and Courville, S. W., et al. “(16) Psyche’s different possible formation scenarios and internal structures: Current constraints and expected mission tests”. In: JGR Planets, in revision.

Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Weber, J. M., Melwani Daswani, M., and Courville, S. W. “Chapter 27: Role of Hydrothermal Processes in the Carbon Cycle of Ocean Worlds”. In: AGU books, In review.

Stern, J. C., Graham, H. V., Burcar, B., Martin, E. S., Noell, A., Hand, K., Bowman, J., Doran, P., Edgcomb, V., Holden, J. F., Howells, A. E. G., Malaska, M. J., Nunn, B. L.,
Radebaugh, J., Rodriguez, L. E., Borges, S., Bower, D., Courville., S., et al. “A Comprehensive Framework for Assessing Terrestrial Analogue Field Sites for Ocean Worlds”. JGR Planets, in review

Published:

Domingue, D., Weirich, J., Chuang, F., Courville, S. et al. (2024). “Photometric Properties within the Reiner Gamma Swirl: Constraining Formation Mechanisms”. In: The Planetary Science Journal 5 (7), p. 161. issn: 2632-3338. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ad2179. url: https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad2179.

Courville, S. W, Castillo-Rogez, J. C. et al. (2023). “Timing and Abundance of Clathrate Formation Control Ocean Evolution in Outer Solar System Bodies: Challenges of Maintaining a Thick Ocean within Pluto”. In: The Planetary Science Journal 4 (9), p. 179. issn: 2632-3338. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/acf377. url: https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acf377.

Putzig, N. E, Morgan, G. A., Sizemore, H. G., Hollibaugh Baker, D. M., Petersen, E. I., Pathare, A. V., Dundas, C. M., Bramson, A. M., Courville, S. W., et al. (2023). “Ice resource mapping on Mars”. In: Handbook of space resources. Springer, pp. 583–616.

Domingue, D., Weirich, J., Chuang, F. Sickafoose, A., Yeo, L. H., Courville, S. W., et al. (2023). “Spectrophotometric and Topographic Correlations within the Mare Ingenii Swirl Region: Evidence for a Highly Mobile Lunar Regolith”. In: The Planetary Science Journal 4 (12), p. 240. issn: 2632-3338. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ace433. url: https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace433.

Courville, S. W, O’Rourke, J. G., et al. (2022). “Acquisition and Preservation of Remanent Magnetization in Carbonaceous Asteroids”. In: Nature Astronomy 6 (12), pp. 1387–1397. issn: 2397-3366. doi: 10.1038/s41550-022-01802-z. url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01802-z.

Elkins-Tanton, L. T., Asphaug, E., Bell III, J. F., Bierson, C. J., Bills, B. G., Bottke, W. F., Courville, S. W., et al. (2022). “Distinguishing the Origin of Asteroid (16) Psyche”. In: Space Science Reviews 218 (3), p. 17. issn: 1572-9672. doi: 10.1007/s11214-022-00880-9. url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00880-9.

Courville, S. W., Perry, M. R., and Putzig, N. E. (2021). “Lower Bounds on the Thickness and Dust Content of Layers within the North Polar Layered Deposits of Mars from Radar Forward Modeling”. In: The Planetary Science Journal 2.1, p. 28. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/abda50. url: https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abda50.

Bierson, C. J., Tulaczyk, S., Courville, S. W., and Putzig, N. E. (2021). Strong MARSIS radar reflections from the base of Martian south polar cap may be due to conductive ice or minerals. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093880. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093880

Moore, K., Courville, S. W., et al. (2021). “Bridge to the stars: A mission concept to an interstellar object”. In: Planetary and Space Science 197. issn: 00320633. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.105137.

Courville, S. W. and Sava, P.C. (2020). “Speckle noise attenuation in orbital laser vibrometer seismology”. In: Acta Astronautica 172. issn: 00945765. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.03.016.