Select Publications
Niles P. B., Leshin L. A., and Guan Y. (2005) Microscale carbon isotope variability in ALH84001 carbonates and a discussion of possible formation environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69(11), 2931-2944.
Ruff, S. W., P. B. Niles, et al. (2014). "Evidence for a Noachian-aged ephemeral lake in Gusev crater, Mars." Geology 42(4): 359-362.
Michalski, J. R., P. B. Niles, et al. (2013). "Multiple working hypotheses for the formation of compositional stratigraphy on Mars: Insights from the Mawrth Vallis region." Icarus 226: 816-840.
Niles, P., D. Catling, et al. (2013). "Geochemistry of Carbonates on Mars: Implications for Climate History and Nature of Aqueous Environments." Space Science Reviews 174(1-4): 301-328.
Michalski J. and Niles P. B. (2012) Atmospheric origin of Martian interior layered deposits: Links to climate change and the global sulfur cycle. Geology. doi:10.1130/G32971.1
Michalski, J. R. and P. B. Niles (2010). Deep crustal carbonate rocks exposed by meteor impact on Mars. Nature Geoscience 3(11): 751-755.
Niles, P. B., W. V. Boynton, et al. (2010). Stable Isotope Measurements of Martian Atmospheric CO2 at the Phoenix Landing Site. Science 329: 1334-1337.
Niles P. B., Molotov M. Y., and Leshin L. A. (2009) Insights into the formation of Fe- and Mg-rich aqueous solutions on early Mars provided by the ALH 84001 carbonates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286, 122-130.
Boynton W. V., Ming D. W., Kounaves S. P., Young S. M. M., Arvidson R. E., Hecht M. H., Hoffman J., Niles P. B., Hamara D. K., Quinn R. C., Smith P. H., Sutter B., Catling D. C., and Morris R. V. (2009) Evidence for Calcium Carbonate at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site. Science 325(5936), 61-64.
Niles P. B. and Michalski J. (2009) Meridiani Planum sediments on Mars formed through weathering in massive ice deposits. Nature Geoscience 2(3), 215-220.
Michalski J. R., Reynolds S. J., Niles P. B., Sharp T. G., and Christensen P. R. (2007) Alteration mineralogy in detachment zones: Insights from Swansea, Arizona. Geosphere 3(4), 184-198.
Niles, P. B., Michalski, J., Ming, D. W. & Golden, D. C. Elevated olivine weathering rates and sulfate formation at cryogenic temperatures on Mars. Nature Communications 8: 998 (2017).
Shaheen, R., Niles, P. B., Chong, K., Corrigan, C. M., Thiemens, M. H. (2015). “Carbonate formation events in ALH 84001 trace the evolution of the Martian atmosphere”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112: 336-341.