Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote:
George William Herbert wrote:
[...]
Then you are setting your photo interpretation skills and
analysis above that of, oh, for example all the professional
planetary science photo interpreters who have been working
for their entire careers on this problem.

You mean the same Malin and Edgett who first claimed that there
was no water on the surface of Mars, [...]

Elifritz CV in planetary science:
-0-

Malin CV in planetary science:
see 20 pubs listed below

Elifritz confidence level 1 demonstrated credibility 0
Malin confidence level 0.5 demonstrated credibility 1.0

You lose. You may be right, but you are not right for
demonstrably well founded reasons, and that's just as
bad as being wrong. You don't understand the geology,
physics, or photointerpretation well enough to be that
sure, and worse yet you don't understand that you don't
know it.


-george william herbert



Malin Recent Publications:

Christensen, P. R., J. L. Bandfield, R. N. Clark, K. S. Edgett, V. E. Hamilton, T. Hoefen, H. H. Kieffer, R. O. Kuzmin, M. D. Lane, M. C. Malin, R. V. Morris, J. C. Pearl,
R. Pearson, T. L. Roush, S. W. Ruff, and M. D. Smith, Detection of crystalline hematite mineralization on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer: Evidence for
near-surface water, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press, 2000

James, P. B., B. A. Cantor, M. C. Malin, K. Edgett, M. H. Carr, G. E. Danielson, A. P. Ingersoll, M. E. Davies, W. K. Hartmann, A. S. McEwen, L. A. Soderblom, P. C.
Thomas, and J. Veverka, The 1997 spring regression of the martian south polar cap: Mars Orbiter Camera observations, Icarus in press, 2000.

Thomas, P. C., M. C. Malin, K. S. Edgett, M. H. Carr, W. K. Hartmann, A. P. Ingersoll, P. B. James, L. A. Soderblom, J. Veverka, and R. Sullivan, North-south
geological differences between the residual polar caps on Mars, Nature 404 161-164, 2000.

Edgett, K. S., and M. C. Malin, New views of Mars eolian activity, materials, and surface properties: Three vignettes from the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter
Camera, Journal of Geophysical Research 105 1623-1650, 2000.

Malin, M. C., and K. S. Edgett, Oceans or seas in the martian northern lowlands: High resolution imaging tests of proposed coastlines, Geophysical Research Letters,
26 3049-3052, 1999.

Malin, M. C., and M. H. Carr, Groundwater formation of martian valleys, Nature 397 589-591, 1999.

Thomas, P. C., M. C. Malin, M. H. Carr, G. E. Danielson, M. E. Davies, W. K. Hartmann, A. P. Ingersoll, P. B. James, A. S. McEwen, L. A. Soderblom, and J.
Veverka, Bright dunes on Mars, Nature 397 592-594, 1999.

Hartmann, W. K., M. Malin, A. McEwen, M. Carr, L. Soderblom, P. Thomas, E. Danielson, P. James, and J. Veverka, Evidence for recent volcanism on Mars from
Crater counts, Nature 397 586-589, 1999.

McEwen, A. S., M. C. Malin, M. H. Carr, and W. K. Hartmann, Voluminous volcanism on early Mars revealed in Valles Marineris, Nature 397 584-586, 1999.

Malin, M. C., M. H. Carr, G. E. Danielson, M. E. Davies, W. K. Hartmann, A. P. Ingersoll, P. B. James, H. Masursky, A. S. McEwen, L. A. Soderblom, P. Thomas, J.
Veverka, M. A. Caplinger, M. A. Ravine, T. A. Soulanille, and J. L. Warren, Early Views of the Martian surface from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global
Surveyor, Science, 279 1681-1685, 1998.

Malin, M. C., 1992, Mass movements on Venus: Preliminary results from Magellan Cycle I observations, J. Geophys. Res. 97 (E10), 16337-16352.

Malin, M. C., Danielson, G. E., Ingersoll, A. P., Masursky, H., Veverka, J., Ravine, M. A., and Soulanille, T. A., 1992, The Mars Observer Camera, J. Geophys. Res.
97 (E5) 7699-7718.

Malin, M. C., Danielson, G. E., Ravine, M. A., and Soulanille, T. A., 1991, Design and Development of the Mars Observer Camera, Int. J. Imaging Sys. Tech. 3, 76-91.

Phillips, R. J., Grimm, R. E., and Malin, M. C., 1991, Hot-spot evolution and the global tectonics of Venus, Science 252, 651-658.

McEwen, A. S. and Malin, M. C., 1989, Dynamics of sediment gravity flows: Lahars, avalanche, pyroclastic flows, and blast surge of Mount St. Helens, J. Volcan.
Geotherm. Res. 37, 205-231.

Kelley, A. D., Malin, M. C., and Nielson, G. M., 1988, Terrain simulation using a model of stream erosion, Computer Graphics 22 (4), 263-268.

Malin, M., 1986, Rates of geomorphic modification in ice-free areas, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Antarctic Journal of the United States 20 (5), 18-21.

Malin, M. C., 1986, Density of martian north polar layered deposits: Implications for composition: Geophys. Res. Lett. 13 (5), 444-447.