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Publications

2025

Long-term and multi-stage ice accumulation in the martian mid-latitudes during the Amazonian

Ruj, T., Okuda, H., Komatsu, G., Hasegawa, H., Head, J. W., Usui, T., Mihira, S., and Kobayashi, M.

Geology (2025), Published online September 2, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1130/G53418.1

[Figure 1 alt text] Schematic showing obliquity cycles and redistribution of ice, CTX crater examples with cold traps, and cross-sections illustrating thin vs extensive fills.

[Figure 2 alt text] Composite of three craters with different fill intensities and corresponding block diagrams indicating progressive thickening and lateral expansion of ice-rich deposits.
The periglacial landforms and estimated subsurface ice distribution in the northern mid-latitude of Mars

Sako, T., Hasegawa, H., Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., and Sekine, Y.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(1), e2023JE008232
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008232

2024

Planetary Geologic Maps: Essential Tools for Scientific Inquiry and Space Exploration

Luna, J. W., Iqbal, W., … Osinski, G. (incl. Ruj, T.)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2024JE008442
doi:10.1029/2024JE008442

2023

Evidence for Structural Control of Mare Volcanism in Lunar Compressional Tectonic Settings

Zhang, F., Pizzi, A., Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Yin, A., Liu, Y., and Zou, Y.

Nature Communications, 14(1), 2892
doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38615-1
Formation age and seismicity of the lobate scarp in the vicinity of Chandrayaan-3 landing site in the southern high latitudes of the Moon

Sinha, R., Rani, A., Ruj, T., Bhardwaj, A.

Icarus, 115636
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115636

2022

Tectonism of Late Noachian Mars: Surface Signatures from the Southern Highlands

Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Schmidt, G., Karunatillake, S., and Kawai, K.

Remote Sensing, 14(22)
doi:10.3390/rs14225664
Recent boulder falls within the Finsen crater on the lunar far side: An assessment of the possible triggering rationale

Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Kawai, K., Okuda, H., Xiao, Z., and Dhingra, D.

Icarus, 114904
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114904

2021

Extension in the Pyrrhae Fossae region on Mars, an age estimation through buffer crater counting

De, K., Ruj, T., Kundu, A., Dasgupta, N., and Kawai, K.

Current Science, 127(7)
doi:10.18520/cs/v121/i7/906-911
A global investigation of wrinkle ridge formation events; Implications towards the thermal evolution of Mars

Ruj, T., and Kawai, K.

Icarus, 114625
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114625

2019

Timings of early crustal activity in southern highlands of Mars: Periods of crustal stretching and shortening

Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Pasckert, J. H., and Dohm, J. M.

Geoscience Frontiers, 10(3), 1029–1037
doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2018.05.016

2018

Morphometric analysis of a Hesperian aged Martian lobate scarp using high-resolution data

Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Pondrelli, M., Di Pietro, I., and Pozzobon, R.

Journal of Structural Geology, 113, 1–9
doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2018.04.018

2017

Generic identification and classification of morphostructures in the Noachis-Sabaea region, southern highlands of Mars

Ruj, T., Komatsu, G., Dohm, J. M., Miyamoto, H., and Salese, F.

Journal of Maps, 13(2), 755–766
doi:10.1080/17445647.2017.1379913

2014

Tectonic imprints within a granite exposed near Srinagar, Rajasthan, India

Ruj, T., and Dasgupta, N.

Journal of Earth System Science, 123(6), 1361–1374
doi:10.1007/s12040-014-0461-9

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