Dr. Robert R. Herrick - Publications

last updated 6/22/2021

Refereed Publications

Knicely, J. J., and R. R. Herrick, Survey of mid-sized Venusian volcanoes using stereo-derived topography, Icarus, in press.

Resor, P. G., M. S. Gilmore, B. Straley, D. A. Senske, and R. R. Herrick (2021), Felsic tesserae on Venus permitted by lithospheric deformation models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, e2020JE006642. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006642.

Knicely, J. J., and R. R. Herrick (2020), Evaluation of the Bandwidths and Spatial Resolutions Achievable with Near-Infrared Observations of Venus Below the Cloud Deck, Planetary and Space Science, 181, 104787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2019.104787

Chandnani, M., R. R. Herrick, and G. Y. Kramer (2019), Geologic investigation of deep simple craters in the lunar simple-to-complex transition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 2482-2504. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005903

Chandnani, M., R. R. Herrick, and G. Y. Kramer (2019), Geologic analyses of the causes for morphological variations in lunar craters within the simple-complex transition. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124, 1238– 1265. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005729

Herrick, R. R., Bateman, E. M., Crumpacker, W. G., & Bates, D. (2018). Observations from a global database of impact craters on mercury with diameters greater than 5 km. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123, 2089-2109. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JE005516

Ghail, R. G., D. Hall, P. J. Mason, R. R. Herrick, L. M. Carter, and E. Williams, VenSAR on EnVision: taking Earth Observation radar to Venus, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 64, 365-376, 2018.

Marcucci, E. M., C. W. Hamilton, R. R. Herrick (2017). Lava–ground-ice interactions associated with the Lost Jim Lava Flow, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Bulletin of Volcanology, 79: 89, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-017-1176-y.

Herrick, R. R., and B. M. Hynek, Investigating target versus impactor influences on Martian crater morphology at the simple-complex transition, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52, 1722-1743, 2017.

Neish, C. D., R. R. Herrick, M. Zanettie, and D. Smith, The role of pre-impact topography in impact melt emplacement on terrestrial planets, Icarus, 297, 250-251, 2017.

Carsten-Conner, L. D., A. M. Larson, J. Arseneau, and R. Herrick, Elementary student knowledge gains in the digital portable planetarium, Journal of Astronomy and Earth Sciences Education, 2, 65-75, 2015.

Robbins, S. J., I. Antonenko, M. R. Kirchoff, C. R. Chapman, C. I. Fassett, R. R. Herrick, K. Singer, M. Zanetti, C. Lehan, D. Huang, P. L. Gay, The variability of crater identification among expert and community crater analysts, Icarus, 234, 109-131, 2014.

McGovern, P. J., G. A. Galgana, K. R. Verner, R. R. Herrick, New constraints on volcano-tectonic evolution of large volcanic edifices on Venus from stereo topography-derived strain estimates, Geology, 42, 59-62, 2014.

Sharpton, V. L., R. V. Krochuk, and R. R. Herrick, Characterization and morphological reconstruction of the Terny impact structure, central Ukraine, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, 806-818, 2013.

Herrick, R. R., P. M. Schenk, and S. J. Robbins, Surveys of elliptical crater populations on the Saturnian satellites, Mercury, and Mars, Icarus, 220, 297-304, 2012.

Herrick, R. R., D. L. Stahlke, and V. L. Sharpton, Fine-scale Venusian topography from Magellan stereo data, EOS, 93, 125-126, 2012.

Barnouin, O. S., M. T. Zuber, D. E. Smith, G. A. Neumann, R. R. Herrick, J. E. Chappelow, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, The morphology of craters on Mercury: Results from MESSENGER flybys, Icarus, 219, 414-427, 2012.

Herrick, R. R., L. L. Curran, and A. T. Baer, A Mariner/MESSENGER global catalog of Mercurian craters, Icarus, 215, 452-454, 2011.

Herrick, R. R., and M. E. Rumpf, Postimpact modification by volcanic or tectonic processes as the rule, not the exception, for Venusian craters, J. Geophys. Res 116, E02004, doi:10.1029/2010JE003722, 2011.

Gleason, A. L., R. R. Herrick, and J. M. Byrnes, Analysis of Venusian steep-sided domes utilizing stereo-derived topography, J. Geophys. Res., 115, E06004, doi:10.1029/2009JE003431, 2010.[PDF]

Calef, F. J. III, R. R. Herrick, and V. L. Sharpton, Geomorphic analysis of small rayed craters on Mars: Examining primary versus distant secondary impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E10007, doi:10.1029/2008JE003283, 2009.[PDF]

Chappelow, J. E., and R. R. Herrick, On the origin of a double, oblique impact on Mars, Icarus, 197, 452-457, 2008. [PDF]

Herrick, R. R., D. L. Stahlke, and V. L. Sharpton, Fine-scale Venusian topography from Magellan stereo data, EOS, 93, 125-126, 2012.

Herrick, R. R., L. L. Curran, and A. T. Baer, A Mariner/MESSENGER global catalog of Mercurian craters, Icarus, 215, 452-454, 2011.

Herrick, R. R., and K. K. Hessen, The Planforms of low-angle impact craters in the northern hemisphere of Mars, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 41, 1483-1495, 2006.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., J. Dufek, and P. J. McGovern, Evolution of large shield volcanoes on Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 110 , E01002, doi:10.1029/2004JE002283, 2005.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., and N. K. Forsberg-Taylor, The shape and appearance of craters formed by oblique impact on the Moon and Venus, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 38, 1551-1578, 2003.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., and V. L. Sharpton, Implications from stereo-derived topography of Venusian impact craters, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20,245-20,262, 2000.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., and P. J. McGovern, Kunhild and Ereshkigal, an extinct hot-spot region on Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 839-842, 2000.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., Small mantle upwellings are pervasive on Venus and Earth, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 803-806, 1999.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., and S. N. Lyons, Inversion of crater morphometric data to gain insight on the cratering process, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 33 , 131-143, 1998.

Herrick, R. R., V. L. Sharpton, M. C. Malin, S. N. Lyons, and K. Feely, Morphology and morphometry of impact craters, in Venus II, eds. S. W. Bougher, D. M. Hunten, and R. J. Phillips, U. of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1015-1046, 1997.

Herrick, R. R., and M. H. Price, It's a Dry Heat: The Geology of Venus from Magellan, LPI Slide Set, 40 slides w/ 18-page booklet, 1997.

Sharpton, V. L., B. O. Dressler, R. R. Herrick, J. Scott, and B. Schneiders, New constraints on the Slate Islands impact structure, Lake Superior, Ontario, Geology, 24, 851-854, 1996.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., and V. L. Sharpton, Geologic history of Mead impact basin, Venus, Geology, 24, 11-14, 1996.[PDF]

Herrick, R. R., N. Izenberg, and R. J. Phillips, Comment on "The global resurfacing of Venus" by R.G. Strom, G.G. Schaber, and D.D. Dawson, J. Geophys. Res.,100, 23,355-23,359, 1995.

Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Effects of the Venusian atmosphere on incoming meteoroids and the impact crater population, Icarus, 112, 253-281, 1994.

Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Implications of a global survey of Venusian impact craters, Icarus, 111, 387-416, 1994.

Herrick, R. R., The resurfacing history of Venus, Geology, 22, 703-706, 1994.

Herrick, R. R., Analysis of the impact cratering record on Venus, Ph.D. Thesis, Southern Methodist University, 1993.

Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Geological correlations with the interior density structure of Venus, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 16,017-16,034, 1992.

Phillips, R. J., R. F. Raubertas, R. E. Arvidson, I. C. Sarkar, R. R. Herrick, N. Izenberg, and R. E. Grimm, Impact craters and Venus resurfacing history, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15,923-15,948, 1992.

Herrick, R. R., and R. E. Grimm, Comment on "Terrestrial spreading centers under Venus conditions: evaluation of a crustal spreading model for Western Aphrodite Terra" by C. Sotin, D.A. Senske, J.W. Head, and E.M. Parmentier, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 104,114-115, 1991.

Herrick, R. R., and R. J. Phillips, Blob tectonics: A prediction for Western Aphrodite Terra, Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 2129-2132, 1990.

Herrick, R. R., B. G. Bills, and S. A. Hall, Variations in effective compensation depth across Aphrodite Terra, Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16 , 543-546, 1989.

Herrick, R. R., Analysis of gravity data over Aphrodite Terra, Venus, M.S. Thesis, University of Houston, 1988.

Other Publications and Media

Gilmore, M. S., P. M. Beauchamp, R. Lynch, M. J. Amato, and the VFM study team (I was Orbiter Lead), 2020 Venus Flagship Mission Study, A Planetary Mission Concept Study Report for the Planetary and Astrobiology Decadal Survey, 222 pp., 2020.

Ghail, R., C. Wilson, T. Widemann, L. Brozzone, C. Dumoulin, J. Helbert, R. Herrick, E. Marcq, P. Mason, P. Rosenblatt, A. C. Vandaele, L. Burz, EnVision: understanding why our most Earth-like neighbor is so different, ESA M5 proposal, posted at https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.09010, 2017.

Herrick, R. R., Producer for Aurora Storm, a full-dome planetarium movie featuring time-lapse imaging of the aurora and describing its basic science and cultural significance, 2014 [distributed internationally by Loch Ness Productions].

VEXAG, Goals, Objectives, and Investigations for Venus Exploration: 2014, 19 pp., 2014 [I led the VEXAG focus group that took community input and created this document].

Herrick, R., G. Osinski, and E. Pierazzo, Proceedings of the workshop, Bridging the Gap II: Effect of target properties on the impact cratering process, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 43, 1915-1916, 2008.

Osinski, G., E. Pierazzo, and R. Herrick, eds., Bridging the Gap II: Effect of Target Properties on the Impact Process, abstract volume, LPI Contribution 1360, 2007. [Co-editor of abstract volume and special issue of Meteoritics and Planetary Science for this workshop].

Herrick, R. R., Meteorite crater, Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2007.

Pierazzo, E., and R. Herrick, Proceedings of the workshop, Impact cratering: Bridging the gap between modeling and observations, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 39, 167-168, 2004.

Herrick, R. R., and E. Pierazzo, Improving knowledge of impact cratering: Bringing together "modelers" and "observationalists", EOS, 84, 291, 2003.

Herrick, R. R., and E. Pierazzo, eds., Results of the Workshop on Impact Cratering: Bridging the Gap Between Modeling and Observations, LPI Contribution 1162. [Editor of abstract volume, technical report, and 2004 special issue of Meteoritics and Planetary Science for this workshop].

Crisp, D., and 61 others (including me), Divergent evolution among Earth-like planets: The case for Venus exploration, in The Future of Solar System Exploration (2003-2013), ASP Conference Proceedings, vol. 272, ed. Mark Sykes, Astronomical Society of the Pacifice, San Fransisco, 5-34, 2002.

Herrick, R. R., Corona (Venus), pp. 163-164; Hot spot tectonics, p. 310; and Tesserae, pp. 807-808; articles for Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences, eds. J. H. Shirley and R. W. Fairbridge, Chapman and Hall, London, 1997.

Herrick, R. R., JGR-Planets should be ended, Eos, Trans. AGU , 77 (41), 395, 1996.