Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Mc Keown, L.E., Diniega, S., Poston, M.P., Portyankina, G., Hansen, C.J., Aye, K.-M., Mishra, I., Carey, E., Scully, J.E.C., Piqueux, S., Choukroun, M, 2026. CO2 Condensation and Sublimation on a Range of Substrates Under Simulated Mars Conditions, Icarus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2026.11693

  • Mc Keown, L.E., Lesage, E., Scully, J.E.C., Leonard, E.J., Pappalardo, R.T., Potter, M., Tsai, V.C., Choukroun, M., Gloesener, E., Diniega, S., 2025. Lake Stars as an Earth Analog for Europa’s Manannán Crater Spider Feature. The Planetary Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae18a0

  • Scully, J.E.C., Malaska, M.J., Leonard, E.J., Cameron, M.E., Lethcoe, H.A., Phillips, C.B., Cartwright, R.J., Lesage, E., Melwani Daswani, M., & McKeown, L.E. (2025). Small in Number but Mighty in Significance: Impact Craters as Windows Into Europa’s Subsurface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008670

  • Poston, M. J., Baker, S. R., Scully, J. E. C., Carey, E. M., Mc Keown, L. E., Castillo-Rogez, J. C. & Raymond, C. A., 2024. Experimental Examination of Brine and Water Lifetimes after Impact on Airless Worlds. The Planetary Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/

  • Mc Keown, L. E., Poston, M. J., Diniega, S., Portyankina, G., Hansen, C. J., Aye, K.-M., Carey, E. M., Scully, J. E. C., Piqueux, S., Shiraishi, L. R. & Cruz, S. N., 2024. A Lab-scale Investigation of the Mars Kieffer Model. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(9), p.195. doi:10.3847/PSJ/ad67c8.

  • Hansen, C. J., Byrne, S., Calvin, W. M., Diniega, S., Dundas, C. M., Hayne, P. O., McEwen, A. S., Mc Keown, L. E., Piqueux, S., Portyankina, G., Schwamb, M. E., Titus, T. N. & Widmer, J. M., 2024. A comparison of CO₂ seasonal activity in Mars’ northern and southern hemispheres. Icarus, 419, p. 115801. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115801.

  • Landis, M. E., Acharya, P. J., Alsaeed, N. R., Andres, C., Becerra, P., Calvin, W. M., Cangi, E. M., Cartwright, S. F. A., Chaffin, M. S., Diniega, S., Dundas, C. M., Hansen, C. J., Hayne, P. O., Herkenhoff, K. E., Kass, D. M., Khuller, A. R., Mc Keown, L. E., Russell, P. S., Smith, I. B., Sutton, S. S., Widmer, J. M. & Whitten, J. L., 2024. Polar science results from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Multiwavelength, multiyear insights. Icarus, 419, p.115794. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115794.

  • Koutnik, M., Butcher, F. E. G., Soare, R. J., Hepburn, A., Hubbard, B., Brough, S., Gallagher, C., Mc Keown, L. E. & Pathare, A., 2024. Glacial deposits, remnants, and landscapes on Amazonian Mars: Using setting, structure, and stratigraphy to understand ice evolution and climate history. In: R. J. Soare, J.-P. Williams, K. J. Ahrens, F. E. G. Butcher & M. R. El-Maarry, eds. Ices in the Solar-System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to its Far Reaches. Elsevier, pp. 101–142. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99324-1.00004-3.

  • Soare, R. J., Costard, F., Williams, J.-P., Gallagher, C., Hepburn, A. J., Stillman, D., Koutnik, M., Conway, S. J., Philippe, M., Butcher, F. E. G., Mc Keown, L. E. & Godin, E., 2024. Evidence, arguments, and cold-climate geomorphology that favour periglacial cycling at the Martian mid-to-high latitudes in the Late Amazonian Epoch. In: R. J. Soare, J.-P. Williams, C. J. Ahrens, F. E. G. Butcher & M. R. El-Maarry, eds. Ices in the Solar-System: A Volatile-Driven Journey from the Inner Solar System to its Far Reaches. Elsevier, Chapter 5, pp. 143–192. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99324-1.00008-0.

  • Mc Keown, L. E., Diniega, S., Portyankina, G., Hansen, C. J., Aye, K.-M., Piqueux, S. & Scully, J. E. C., 2023. Martian araneiforms: A review. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128(4), e2022JE007684. doi:10.1029/2022JE007684.

  • Mc Keown, L. E., Diniega, S., Bourke, M. C. & Schwamb, M. E., 2023. Morphometric trends and implications for the formation of araneiform clusters. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 607, 118049. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118049.

  • Harris, J. K., Mc Keown, L. E., Parenti, C., Grindrod, P. M., 2023. An updated catalog of rayed craters on Mars. Earth and Space Science, [online] Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA001814

  • Diniega, S., Bramson, A. M., Buratti, B. J., Buhler, P., Burr, D. M., Chojnacki, M., Conway, S. J., Dundas, C. M., Hansen, C. J., McEwen, A. S., Lapôtre, M. G. A., Levy, J. S., Mc Keown, L. E., Piqueux, S., Portyankina, G., Swann, C., Titus, T. N. & Widmer, J. M., 2021. Modern Mars' geomorphological activity, driven by wind, frost, and gravity. Geomorphology, 380, 107627. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107627.

  • Soare, R. J., Conway, S. J., Williams, J.-P., Philippe, M., Mc Keown, L. E., Godin, E. & Hawkswell, J., 2021. Possible ice-wedge polygonisation in Utopia Planitia, Mars and its latitudinal gradient of distribution. Icarus, April 2021. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114208.

  • McKeown, L. E., Bourke, M., McElwaine, J., Sylvest, M. & Patel, M., 2021. The formation of araneiforms by carbon dioxide venting and vigorous sublimation dynamics under Martian atmospheric pressure. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6445. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-82763-7.

  • Soare, R. J., Conway, S. J., Williams, J.‑P., Gallagher, C. & Mc Keown, L. E., 2019. Possible pingo and ice-wedge/thermokarst complexes in Utopia Planitia, Mars. Icarus, 342, 113233. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113233.

  • Mc Keown, L. E., Bourke, M. C. & McElwaine, J. N., 2017. Experiments on sublimating carbon dioxide ice and implications for contemporary surface processes on Mars. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 14181. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14132-2.