Chris Fedo

Mars & Mars Analog Research

Chris Fedo has two major directions that I am working on and plan to develop in the future. First, in collaboration with Hap McSween, he is working on the textural and compositional evolution of martian soil.  Despite the reserch community making some interesting advances on this topic, a number of problems remain, including mass-balancing weathered products with known surface and rock compositions on Mars. He is interested in understanding how the effects of chemical weathering and sorting during transport can impact soil composition.  His terrestrial research on the early Earth and weathering and provenance plays a central role in helping him better frame problems on Mars where conditions during the Noachian may have been similar to Hadean and Archean Earth.

Second, he is interested in interpreting sedimentary environments on Mars using a mix of remote sensing and lander data. 

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Contact

Phone: 865-974-6002

Email: cfedo@utk.edu

Professional Website: chrisfedogeology.net

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Research Interests

I study clastic sediments and sedimentary rocks in order to interpret planetary surface processes including weathering, transport, sedimentary environments, stratigraphy, and lithification.