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Ocean Worlds, Ice, Tectonics, Structural Geology, Geophysics
United States

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Wheaton College: Norton, MA, US

2000-07-01 to present | Professor (Physics and Astronomy)
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Education and qualifications (1)

Brown University: Providence, RI, US

2000-05-01 | Ph.D. (Geological Sciences)
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Geoffrey C. Collins

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Measurements of regolith thicknesses on Enceladus: Uncovering the record of plume activity

Icarus
2023-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0019-1035
Contributors: Emily S. Martin; Jennifer L. Whitten; Simon A. Kattenhorn; Geoffrey C. Collins; Ben S. Southworth; Lindsey S. Wiser; Shannen Prindle
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Ganymede Observations by JunoCam on Juno Perijove 34

Geophysical Research Letters
2022-12-16 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
Part of ISSN: 1944-8007
Contributors: Michael Ravine; Candice Hansen; Geoffrey C. Collins; Paul Schenk; M. A. Caplinger; Leslie Lipkaman; Daniel Krysak; R. P. Zimdar; James Garvin; scott bolton
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Episodic Plate Tectonics on Europa: Evidence for Widespread Patches of Mobile‐Lid Behavior in the Antijovian Hemisphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
2022-11 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2169-9097
Part of ISSN: 2169-9100
Contributors: Geoffrey C. Collins; G. Wesley Patterson; Charlene Detelich; Louise Prockter; Simon Kattenhorn; Catherine M. Cooper; Alyssa Rhoden; Benjamin B. Cutler; Samantha R. Oldrid; Reid P. Perkins et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Strike-slip faulting on Titan: Modeling tidal stresses and shear failure conditions due to pore fluid interactions

Icarus
2022-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0019-1035
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Ganymede, Then and Now: How Past Eccentricity May Have Altered Tidally Driven Coulomb Failure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85088562213

Part of ISBN:

21699100 21699097

Contributors: Cameron, M.E.; Smith-Konter, B.R.; Collins, G.C.; Patthoff, D.A.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Testing the cryovolcanism and plate bending hypotheses for Charon's smooth plains

Icarus
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85081932176

Part of ISBN:

10902643 00191035

Contributors: Borrelli, M.E.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life

Planetary and Space Science
2020-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0032-0633
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Biological Contamination Prevention for Outer Solar System Moons of Astrobiological Interest: What Do We Need to Know?

Astrobiology
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85070985769

Part of ISBN:

15578070

Contributors: Rettberg, P.; Antunes, A.; Brucato, J.; Cabezas, P.; Collins, G.; Haddaji, A.; Kminek, G.; Leuko, S.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Moissl-Eichinger, C. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Shallow seismic activity and young thrust faults on the Moon

Nature Geoscience
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85065802903

Part of ISBN:

17520908 17520894

Contributors: Watters, T.R.; Weber, R.C.; Collins, G.C.; Howley, I.J.; Schmerr, N.C.; Johnson, C.L.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds

Astrobiology
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85059420542

Contributors: Hendrix, A.R.; Hurford, T.A.; Barge, L.M.; Bland, M.T.; Bowman, J.S.; Brinckerhoff, W.; Buratti, B.J.; Cable, M.L.; Castillo-Rogez, J.; Collins, G.C. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Tidal stress modeling of Ganymede: Strike-slip tectonism and Coulomb failure

Icarus
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85053749162

Contributors: Cameron, M.E.; Smith-Konter, B.R.; Collins, G.C.; Patthoff, D.A.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

A New Enceladus Global Control Network, Image Mosaic, and Updated Pointing Kernels From Cassini's 13-Year Mission

Earth and Space Science
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85055293793

Contributors: Bland, M.T.; Becker, T.L.; Edmundson, K.L.; Roatsch, T.; Archinal, B.A.; Takir, D.; Patterson, G.W.; Collins, G.C.; Schenk, P.M.; Pappalardo, R.T. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Bladed Terrain on Pluto: Possible origins and evolution

Icarus
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85033708346

Contributors: Moore, J.M.; Howard, A.D.; Umurhan, O.M.; White, O.L.; Schenk, P.M.; Beyer, R.A.; McKinnon, W.B.; Spencer, J.R.; Singer, K.N.; Grundy, W.M. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Morphological mapping of Ganymede: Investigating the role of strike-slip tectonics in the evolution of terrain types

Icarus
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85049512464

Contributors: Cameron, M.E.; Smith-Konter, B.R.; Burkhard, L.; Collins, G.C.; Seifert, F.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Pit chains on Enceladus signal the recent tectonic dissection of the ancient cratered terrains

Icarus
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85016037341

Contributors: Martin, E.S.; Kattenhorn, S.A.; Collins, G.C.; Michaud, R.L.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Wyrick, D.Y.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Global thrust faulting on the Moon and the influence of tidal stresses

Geology
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84980329305

Contributors: Watters, T.R.; Robinson, M.S.; Collins, G.C.; Banks, M.E.; Daud, K.; Williams, N.R.; Selvans, M.M.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Tectonic activity on Pluto after the Charon-forming impact

Icarus
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84899034520

Contributors: Barr, A.C.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Physical models of grooved terrain tectonics on Ganymede

Geophysical Research Letters
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84902069067

Contributors: Sims, D.W.; Wyrick, D.Y.; Ferrill, D.A.; Morris, A.P.; Collins, G.C.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Colton, S.L.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Fluvial features on Titan: Insights from morphology and modeling

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84875102573

Contributors: Burr, D.M.; Taylor Perron, J.; Lamb, M.P.; Irwin III, R.P.; Collins, G.C.; Howard, A.D.; Sklar, L.S.; Moore, J.M.; Ádámkovics, M.; Baker, V.R. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Global geological map of Ganymede

United States Geological Survey
2013 | Report
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Spacecraft Missions to Icy Solar System Bodies

National Academy of Sciences
2012 | Report
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Influence of temperature, composition, and grain size on the tensile failure of water ice: Implications for erosion on Titan

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84865978099

Contributors: Litwin, K.L.; Zygielbaum, B.R.; Polito, P.J.; Sklar, L.S.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Global geological mapping of Ganymede

Icarus
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77952582317

Contributors: Patterson, G.W.; Collins, G.C.; Head, J.W.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Prockter, L.M.; Lucchitta, B.K.; Kay, J.P.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Tectonics of the outer planet satellites

Planetary Tectonics
2010 | Book chapter
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Chaotic terrain on Europa

Europa
2009 | Book chapter
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Geoffrey C. Collins

Modeling stresses on satellites due to nonsynchronous rotation and orbital eccentricity using gravitational potential theory

Icarus
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-60449105662

Contributors: Wahr, J.; Selvans, Z.A.; Mullen, M.E.; Barr, A.C.; Collins, G.C.; Selvans, M.M.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Motion-based angiogenesis analysis: A simple method to quantify blood vessel growth

Zebrafish
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-70349330991

Contributors: Tong, E.Y.; Collins, G.C.; Greene-Colozzi, A.E.; Chen, J.L.; Manos, P.D.; Judkins, K.M.; Lee, J.A.; Ophir, M.J.; Laliberte, F.M.; Levesque, T.J.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Enceladus' south polar sea

Icarus
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34249731919

Contributors: Collins, G.C.; Goodman, J.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Ganymede and Callisto

Encyclopedia of the Solar System
2007 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84882310142

Contributors: Collins, G.; Johnson, T.V.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment transport by liquid surficial flow: Application to Titan

Icarus
2006 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33344466691

Contributors: Burr, D.M.; Emery, J.P.; Lorenz, R.D.; Collins, G.C.; Carling, P.A.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Investigation of the application of aerobot technology at Venus

Acta Astronautica
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-10444289742

Contributors: Gilmore, M.S.; Collins, G.G.; Crumpler, L.S.; Cutts, J.A.; Decharon, A.V.; Head III, J.W.; Nock, K.T.; Parry, M.; Yingst, R.A.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Relative rates of fluvial bedrock incision on Titan and Earth

Geophysical Research Letters
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-30744446463

Contributors: Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Strained craters on Ganymede

Journal of Structural Geology
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-18744384347

Contributors: Pappalardo, R.T.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Hydrothermal plume dynamics on Europa: Implications for chaos formation

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2004 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-18744418327

Contributors: Goodman, J.C.; Collins, G.C.; Marshall, J.; Pierrehumbert, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence for Europa-like tectonic resurfacing styles on Ganymede

Geophysical Research Letters
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0037728914

Contributors: Head, J.; Pappalardo, R.; Collins, G.; Belton, M.J.S.; Giese, B.; Wagner, R.; Breneman, H.; Spaun, N.; Nixon, B.; Neukum, G. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Imaging of volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io by Galileo during the Galileo Europa Mission and the Galileo Millennium Mission

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2001 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0035715355

Contributors: Keszthelyi, L.; McEwen, A.S.; Phillips, C.B.; Milazzo, M.; Geissler, P.; Turtle, E.P.; Radebaugh, J.; Williams, D.A.; Simonelli, D.P.; Breneman, H.H. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Impact Features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Europa Mission (GEM)

Icarus
2001 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0002449843

Contributors: Moore, J.M.; Asphaug, E.; Belton, M.J.S.; Bierhaus, B.; Breneman, H.H.; Brooks, S.M.; Chapman, C.R.; Chuang, F.C.; Collins, G.C.; Giese, B. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Mountains on Io: High-resolution Galileo observations, initial interpretations, and formation models

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2001 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0035717474

Contributors: Turtle, E.P.; Jaeger, W.L.; Keszthelyi, L.P.; McEwen, A.S.; Milazzo, M.; Moore, J.; Phillips, C.B.; Radebaugh, J.; Simonelli, D.; Chuang, F. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of models for the formation of chaotic terrain on Europa

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033768817

Contributors: Collins, G.C.; Head, J.W.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Spaun, N.A.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Geologic mapping of Europa

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033759609

Contributors: Greeley, R.; Figueredo, P.H.; Williams, D.A.; Chuang, F.C.; Klemaszewski, J.E.; Kadel, S.D.; Prockter, L.M.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Head III, J.W.; Collins, G.C. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Geology and mapping of dark terrain on Ganymede and implications for grooved terrain formation

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033759065

Contributors: Prockter, L.M.; Figueredo, P.H.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Head III, J.W.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Conamara Chaos Region, Europa: Reconstruction of mobile polygonal ice blocks

Geophysical Research Letters
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033489795

Contributors: Spaun, N.A.; Head, J.W.; Collins, G.C.; Prockter, L.M.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Does Europa have a subsurface ocean? Evaluation of the geological evidence

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033604183

Contributors: Pappalardo, R.T.; Belton, M.J.S.; Breneman, H.H.; Carr, M.H.; Chapman, C.R.; Collins, G.C.; Denk, T.; Fagents, S.; Geissler, P.E.; Giese, B. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Europa: Stratigraphy and geological history of the anti-Jovian region from Galileo E14 solid-state imaging data

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-1842436359

Contributors: Prockter, L.M.; Antman, A.M.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Head, J.W.; Collins, G.C.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence for rapid regional plains emplacement on Venus from the population of volcanically embayed impact craters

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033604176

Contributors: Collins, G.C.; Head, J.W.; Basilevsky, A.T.; Ivanov, M.A.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Topographic wavelengths of Ganymede groove lanes from Fourier analysis of Galileo images

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-16744364405

Contributors: Patel, J.G.; Pappalardo, R.T.; Head, J.W.; Collins, G.C.; Hiesinger, H.; Sun, J.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Formation of Ganymede Grooved Terrain by Sequential Extensional Episodes: Implications of Galileo Observations for Regional Stratigraphy

Icarus
1998 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0000169542

Contributors: Collins, G.C.; Head, J.W.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Grooved Terrain on Ganymede: First Results from Galileo High-Resolution Imaging

Icarus
1998 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0001758242

Contributors: Pappalardo, R.T.; Head, J.W.; Collins, G.C.; Kirk, R.L.; Neukum, G.; Oberst, J.; Giese, B.; Greeley, R.; Chapman, C.R.; Helfenstein, P. et al.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

Style and sequence of extensional structures in tessera terrain, Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets
1998 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0032566151

Contributors: Gilmore, M.S.; Collins, G.C.; Ivanov, M.A.; Marinangeli, L.; Head, J.W.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier

The role of extensional instability in creating Ganymede grooved terrain: Insights from Galileo high-resolution stereo imaging

Geophysical Research Letters
1998 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0032004301

Contributors: Collins, G.C.; Head III, J.W.; Pappalardo, R.T.
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Geoffrey C. Collins via Scopus - Elsevier
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