Dr. Steve Clifford

Primary area of research: the nature, evolution and geophysical investigation of planetary volatiles, with a special emphasis on water on Mars. Work has included research on the factors and processes affecting the distribution, stability and transport of H2O in the Martian near- and deep-subsurface; glacial flow and polar evolution; the formation and stability of gas hydrates; large-scale groundwater flow; the hydrologic consequences of impact cratering; the existence and fate of an early ocean; as well as other aspects of the long-term evolution of the Martian hydrosphere.