Christopher House

Professor of Geosciences

Christopher House

Publication Tags

Mars Crater Mars Craters Water Gas Sulfur Analysis Sediments Stratigraphy Gases Sedimentary Rocks Rocks Energy Craters Laboratory Curiosity Rover Carbon Science Biogeochemistry Ridges Stoichiometry Sulfates Sediment Carbonates Planets

Most Recent Publications

Sedimentary Organics in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the SAM Instrument Suite and Supporting Laboratory Analyses

M. Millan, A. J. Williams, A. C. McAdam, J. L. Eigenbrode, A. Steele, C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, C. Szopa, A. Buch, R. E. Summons, J. M.T. Lewis, G. M. Wong, C. H. House, B. Sutter, O. McIntosh, A. B. Bryk, H. B. Franz, C. Pozarycki, J. C. Stern, R. Navarro-Gonzalez, D. P. Archer, V. Fox, K. Bennett, S. Teinturier, C. Malespin, S. S. Johnson, P. R. Mahaffy, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Oxidized and Reduced Sulfur Observed by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Suite on the Curiosity Rover Within the Glen Torridon Region at Gale Crater, Mars

Gregory M. Wong, Heather B. Franz, Joanna V. Clark, Amy C. McAdam, James M.T. Lewis, Maëva Millan, Douglas W. Ming, Felipe Gomez, Benton Clark, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Rafael Navarro-González, Christopher H. House, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Evolved Gas Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks From the Glen Torridon Clay-Bearing Unit, Gale Crater, Mars: Results From the Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Suite

A. C. McAdam, B. Sutter, P. D. Archer, H. B. Franz, G. M. Wong, J. M.T. Lewis, J. V. Clark, M. Millan, A. J. Williams, J. L. Eigenbrode, C. A. Knudson, C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, J. C. Stern, R. Navarro-González, C. N. Achilles, D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, T. F. Bristow, E. B. Rampe, M. T. Thorpe, C. H. House, S. Andrejkovičová, A. B. Bryk, V. K. Fox, S. S. Johnson, P. R. Mahaffy, C. A. Malespin, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Reply to Schoell: Implications of a temperature trend in methane evolved from Cumberland during Mars evolved gas analyses experiments

Christopher H. House, Heather B. Franz, Gregory M. Wong, Paul R. Mahaffy, Alexander Pavlov, Andrew Steele, Sushil Atreya, Charles A. Malespin, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Organic carbon concentrations in 3.5-billion-year-old lacustrine mudstones of Mars

Jennifer C. Stern, Charles A. Malespin, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Christopher R. Webster, Greg Flesch, Heather B. Franz, Heather V. Graham, Christopher H. House, Brad Sutter, Paul Douglas Archer, Amy E. Hofmann, Amy C. McAdam, Douglas W. Ming, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Andrew Steele, Caroline Freissinet, Paul R. Mahaffy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Orbital and In-Situ Investigation of Periodic Bedrock Ridges in Glen Torridon, Gale Crater, Mars

Kathryn M. Stack, William E. Dietrich, Michael P. Lamb, Robert J. Sullivan, John R. Christian, Claire E. Newman, Catherine D. O’Connell-Cooper, Jonathan W. Sneed, Mackenzie Day, Mariah Baker, Raymond E. Arvidson, Christopher M. Fedo, Sabrina Khan, Rebecca M.E. Williams, Kristen A. Bennett, Alexander B. Bryk, Shannon Cofield, Lauren A. Edgar, Valerie K. Fox, Abigail A. Fraeman, Christopher H. House, David M. Rubin, Vivian Z. Sun, Jason K. Van Beek, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars

Christopher H. House, Gregory M. Wong, Christopher R. Webster, Gregory J. Flesch, Heather B. Franz, Jennifer C. Stern, Alex Pavlov, Sushil K. Atreya, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Alexis Gilbert, Amy E. Hofmann, Maëva Millan, Andrew Steele, Daniel P. Glavin, Charles A. Malespin, Paul R. Mahaffy, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Convergent Microbial Community Formation in Replicate Anaerobic Reactors Inoculated from Different Sources and Treating Ersatz Crew Waste

Lisa M. Steinberg, Amanda J. Martino, Christopher H. House, 2021, Life

Generalized Stoichiometry and Biogeochemistry for Astrobiological Applications

Christopher P. Kempes, Michael J. Follows, Hillary Smith, Heather Graham, Christopher H. House, Simon A. Levin, 2021, The Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics

Origin of life on mars: Suitability and opportunities

Benton C. Clark, Vera M. Kolb, Andrew Steele, Christopher H. House, Nina L. Lanza, Patrick J. Gasda, Scott J. Vanbommel, Horton E. Newsom, Jesús Martínez-Frías, 2021, Life

Most-Cited Papers

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from Yellowknife Bay to the Namib Dune

B. Sutter, A. C. McAdam, P. R. Mahaffy, D. W. Ming, K. S. Edgett, E. B. Rampe, J. L. Eigenbrode, H. B. Franz, C. Freissinet, J. P. Grotzinger, A. Steele, C. H. House, P. D. Archer, C. A. Malespin, R. Navarro-González, J. C. Stern, J. F. Bell, F. J. Calef, R. Gellert, D. P. Glavin, L. M. Thompson, A. S. Yen, 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets on p. 2574-2609

Background levels of methane in Mars' atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

Christopher R. Webster, Paul R. Mahaffy, Sushil K. Atreya, John E. Moores, Gregory J. Flesch, Charles Malespin, Christopher P. McKay, German Martinez, Christina L. Smith, Javier Martin-Torres, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Maria Paz Zorzano, Michael H. Wong, Melissa G. Trainer, Andrew Steele, Doug Archer, Brad Sutter, Patrice J. Coll, Caroline Freissinet, Pierre Yves Meslin, Raina V. Gough, Christopher H. House, Alexander Pavlov, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, Daniel P. Glavin, John C. Pearson, Didier Keymeulen, Lance E. Christensen, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Jorge Pla-García, Scot C.R. Rafkin, Álvaro Vicente-Retortillo, Henrik Kahanpää, Daniel Viudez-Moreiras, Michael D. Smith, Ari Matti Harri, Maria Genzer, Donald M. Hassler, Mark Lemmon, Joy Crisp, Stanley P. Sander, Richard W. Zurek, Ashwin R. Vasavada, 2018, Science on p. 1093-1096

Desiccation cracks provide evidence of lake drying on Mars, Sutton Island member, Murray formation, Gale Crater

N. Stein, J. P. Grotzinger, J. Schieber, N. Mangold, B. Hallet, H. Newsom, K. M. Stack, J. A. Berger, L. Thompson, K. L. Siebach, A. Cousin, S. Le Mouélic, M. Minitti, D. Y. Sumner, C. Fedo, C. H. House, S. Gupta, A. R. Vasavada, R. Gellert, R. C. Wiens, J. Frydenvang, O. Forni, P. Y. Meslin, V. Payré, E. Dehouck, 2018, Geology on p. 515-518

Evidence for a Diagenetic Origin of Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale Crater, Mars: Summary and Synthesis of Curiosity's Exploration Campaign

A. A. Fraeman, L. A. Edgar, E. B. Rampe, L. M. Thompson, J. Frydenvang, C. M. Fedo, J. G. Catalano, W. E. Dietrich, T. S.J. Gabriel, A. R. Vasavada, J. P. Grotzinger, J. L'Haridon, N. Mangold, V. Z. Sun, C. H. House, A. B. Bryk, C. Hardgrove, S. Czarnecki, K. M. Stack, R. V. Morris, R. E. Arvidson, S. G. Banham, K. A. Bennett, J. C. Bridges, C. S. Edwards, W. W. Fischer, V. K. Fox, S. Gupta, B. H.N. Horgan, S. R. Jacob, J. R. Johnson, S. S. Johnson, D. M. Rubin, M. R. Salvatore, S. P. Schwenzer, K. L. Siebach, N. T. Stein, S. M.R. Turner, D. F. Wellington, R. C. Wiens, A. J. Williams, G. David, G. M. Wong, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

A Lacustrine Paleoenvironment Recorded at Vera RubinRidge, Gale Crater: Overview of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Observed by the Mars ScienceLaboratory Curiosity Rover

L. A. Edgar, C. M. Fedo, S. Gupta, S. G. Banham, A. A. Fraeman, J. P. Grotzinger, K. M. Stack, N. T. Stein, K. A. Bennett, F. Rivera-Hernández, V. Z. Sun, K. S. Edgett, D. M. Rubin, C. House, J. Van Beek, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Large sulfur isotope fractionations in Martian sediments at Gale crater

H. B. Franz, A. C. McAdam, D. W. Ming, C. Freissinet, P. R. Mahaffy, D. L. Eldridge, W. W. Fischer, J. P. Grotzinger, C. H. House, J. A. Hurowitz, S. M. McLennan, S. P. Schwenzer, D. T. Vaniman, P. D. Archer, S. K. Atreya, P. G. Conrad, J. W. Dottin, J. L. Eigenbrode, K. A. Farley, D. P. Glavin, S. S. Johnson, C. A. Knudson, R. V. Morris, R. Navarro-González, A. A. Pavlov, R. Plummer, E. B. Rampe, J. C. Stern, A. Steele, R. E. Summons, B. Sutter, 2017, Nature Geoscience on p. 658-662

Carbon isotopic analyses of ca. 3.0 Ga microstructures imply planktonic autotrophs inhabited earth's early oceans

C. H. House, D. Z. Oehler, K. Sugitani, K. Mimura, 2013, Geology on p. 651-654

Seeding life on the moons of the outer planets via lithopanspermia

R. J. Worth, Steinn Sigurdsson, Christopher H. House, 2013, Astrobiology on p. 1155-1165

Late-stage diagenetic concretions in the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

Vivian Z. Sun, Kathryn M. Stack, Linda C. Kah, Lucy Thompson, Woodward Fischer, Amy J. Williams, Sarah S. Johnson, Roger C. Wiens, Rachel E. Kronyak, Marion Nachon, Christopher H. House, Scott VanBommel, 2019, Icarus on p. 866-890

Investigation of pyridine carboxylic acids in CM2 carbonaceous chondrites: Potential precursor molecules for ancient coenzymes

Karen E. Smith, Michael P. Callahan, Perry A. Gerakines, Jason P. Dworkin, Christopher H. House, 2014, Geochmica et Cosmochimica Acta on p. 1-12