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Timothy Goudge

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Program Co-Director

CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023

Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration

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Tim Goudge’s research program seeks to understand how geologic systems that operate on planetary surfaces (e.g., rivers, dunes, lakes) have shaped the landscapes we see across our Solar System, from Earth to Mars to Saturn’s moon Titan. In addition to studying modern planetary landscapes, his team also focuses on understanding the activity of ancient geologic processes as they are preserved in the sedimentary rock record.

Goudge’s scientific approach centers on the analysis of planetary mission remote sensing data, combined with field studies on Earth and numerical modeling approaches. By integrating information on the topography, stratigraphy, and mineralogy of planetary surfaces and sedimentary rock outcrops, his team aims to characterize the evolution of past planetary environments, for example the hydroclimate of Mars more than 3.5 billion years ago. These paleoenvironmental reconstructions help to inform a better understanding of planetary habitability, and settings in which life might have existed or been able to thrive.

Awards

  • Rosenstiel Award, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, 2024
  • Jackson School of Geosciences Community Partnership, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award, 2023
  • NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award, 2021
  • AGU Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences, 2021
  • G. Moses and Carolyn G. Knebel Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Geological Sciences/The University of Texas at Austin, 2019, 2020

Relevant Publications

  • Bamber, E. R., T. A. Goudge, C. I. Fassett, G. R. Osinski, and G. Stucky de Quay (2022), Paleolake inlet valley formation: Factors controlling which craters breached on early Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2022GL101097, DOI: 10.1029/2022GL101097.
  • Goudge, T. A., A. M. Morgan, G. Stucky de Quay, and C. I. Fassett (2021). The importance of lake breach floods for valley incision on early Mars. Nature, 597, 645–649, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03860-1.
  • Stucky de Quay, G., T. A. Goudge, E. S. Kite, C. I. Fassett, and S. D. Guzewich (2021), Limits on runoff episode duration for early Mars: Integrating lake hydrology and climate models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093523, DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093523.

Institution

University of Texas at Austin

Department

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Education

  • PhD (Geological Sciences), Brown University
  • ScM (Geological Sciences), Brown University
  • BSc (Geological Engineering), Queen’s University

Country

United States

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