Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Moreland, E.L., Dee, S., Jiang, Y., Bischof, G., Mischna, M., Hartigan, N., Russell, J., Moores, J., and Siebach, K. (2026). Seasonal ice cover could allow liquid lakes to persist in a cold Mars paleoclimate. AGU Advances, 7, e2025AV001891. doi:10.1029/2025AV001891. Selected as Editor’s Highlight in AGU Eos Science News Magazine.

Moreland, E. L., Siebach, K. L., Costin, G., Tice, M. M., Hurowitz, J. A., Treiman, A. H., et al. (2025). Multiple episodes of fluid alteration in Jezero crater indicated by MIST mineral identifications in PIXL XRF data from the first 1100 sols of the Mars 2020 mission. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130, e2024JE008797. doi:10.1029/2024JE008797

Hurowitz, J.A., Tice, M.M., Allwood, A.C., … , Moreland, E.L. et al. Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars. Nature 645, 332–340 (2025). doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09413-0

Siebach, K. L., Moreland, E. L., Costin, G., & Jiang, Y. (2025). MIST: An Online Tool Automating Mineral Identification by Stoichiometry. Computers & Geosciences 206(106021). doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2025.106021

Seelos, F. P., Seelos, K. D., Murchie, S. L., …, Moreland, E. L. et al. (2023). The CRISM Investigation in Mars Orbit: Overview, History, and Delivered Data Products. Icarus 419(115612). doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115612

Mitra, K., Moreland, E. L., Ledingham, G. J., and Catalano, J. G. (2023) Formation of manganese oxides on early Mars due to active halogen cycling. Nature Geoscience 16(133-139). doi:10.1038/s41561-022-01094-y

Moreland, E. L., Arvidson, R. E., Morris, R. V., Condus, T., Hughes, M. N., Weitz, C. M., & VanBommel, S. J. (2022). Orbital and In-Situ Investigation of the Bagnold Dunes and Sands of Forvie, Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007436. In Special Issue “The Curiosity Rover’s Investigation of Glen Torridon and the Surrounding Area”. doi:10.1029/2022JE007436

Mitra, K., Moreland, E.L., Knight, A., Catalano, J. G. (2022). Rates and Products of Iron Oxidation by Chlorate at Low Temperatures (0 to 25°C) and Implications for Mars Geochemistry. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 6(2), 250-260. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00379

Mitra, K., Moreland, E.L., and Catalano, J. G. (2020) Capacity of chlorate to oxidize Ferrous Iron: Implications for Iron Oxide Formation on Mars. Minerals 10(9), 729. Feature Paper in Special Issue “Expanding Views of Clays, Oxides, and Evaporites on Aquaplanets in the Solar System”. doi:10.3390/min10090729

Submitted and In-Prep Publications

Moreland, E.L., Bramble, M., Siebach, K.L., Pascuzzo, A.C., Morris, M., VanBommel, S.J., Jones, M., Siljeström, S., Srivastava, A., Treiman, A.H., Hurowitz, J. (2026). Alteration of a mantle-derived dunite boulder in Jezero Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters (submitted December 2025).

First-Author Conference Abstracts & Presentations

Moreland, E., Siebach, K., Costin, G., Tice, M., Hurowitz, J., Treiman, A., Simon, J., Liu, Y., Jiang, Y. Stoichiometric Minerals in PIXL Data from the Mars 2020 Mission. In Geological Society of America Connects 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025am-10307

Moreland, E. L., Dee, S., Jiang, Y., Bischof, G., Mischna, M., Hartigan, N., Russell, J., Moores, J., Siebach, K. Persisting Lakes on a Cold Mars: the Potential Role of Seasonal Ice Cover. In Geological Society of America Connects 2025. doi:10.1130/abs/2025am-10282

Moreland, E. L., Siebach, K. L., Hurowitz, J. A., Bedford, C. C., Treiman, A. H. (2025). Stoichiometric Mineral Identifications and Uncertainties from Sols 900–1400 of the Mars 2020 Mission with PIXL and MIST. 56th LPSC, Abstract ID #2474.

Moreland, E. L., Siebach, K. L., Costin, G., Jiang, Y., Tice, M. M., Hurowitz, J. A., Treiman, A. H. , Simon, J. I., Liu, Y. Udry, A., Dehouck, E. (2024). Identifying Stoichiometric Minerals in PIXL Data from the First Three Years of the Mars 2020 Mission Using the MIST Algorithm. In Tenth International Conference on Mars, Abstract ID #3077.

Moreland, E. L., Siebach, K. L., Liu, Y., Treiman, A. H., Tice, M. M., Hurowitz, J. A., Gasada, P. J., Kizovski, T. V., Clark, B. C., Costin, G., Allwood, A. (2024). Falcon_Lake: An Olivine-Rich Boulder in Jezero Crater, Mars. In 55th LPSC, Abstract ID #2030.

Moreland, E.L., Siebach, K.L., Costin, G., Jiang, Y., Clark, B. C. (2024). How Does Instrument Uncertainty Affect Stoichiometric Identification of Minerals in the Jezero Crater Floor? In 55th LPSC, Abstract ID #1987.

Moreland, E.L., Dee, S., Jiang, Y., Bischof, G., Mischna, M., Russel, J.M., Hartigan, N., Siebach, K.L. (2023). An Intermediate-Complexity Model for Simulating Lacustrine Environments on Early Mars. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2023 (EP53B-08).

Moreland, E.L., Siebach, K.L., Costin, G., Jiang, Y., Tice, M., Kizovski, T.V., Liu, Y., and Brown, A.J. (2023). Crystal Chemistry of Primary and Secondary Minerals in the Jezero Crater Floor. In 54th LPSC, Abstract ID #2196.

Moreland, E.L., Siebach, K.L., Costin, G., Jiang, Y., VanBommel, S., Kizovski, T., Hurowitz, J., Liu, Y., Tice, M. (2022). Stoichiometric Mineral Identifications in Mars 2020 Perseverance PIXL Data using the Automated MIST Algorithm. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2022 (P55A-06).

Moreland, E.L., Arvidson, R.E. (2021). Compositional Variance of Aeolian Deposits in Gale Crater, Mars. In 52nd LPSC, Abstract ID #2397.

Moreland, E.L., Arvidson, R.E., Christian, J.R. (2020). Windblown Basaltic Sands on the Northern Slopes of Mount Sharp and Adjacent Plains, Gale Crater, Mars. In American Geophysical Union Fall 2020 (EP018-0004).

Moreland, E.L., Mitra, K., and Catalano, J.G. (2020). Stoichiometric Efficiency of Iron Oxidation by Chlorate on Mars. In 51st LPSC, Abstract ID #1033.

Select Conference Proceedings

Hurowitz, J. A., Tice, M. M., Allwood, A. C., Cable, M. L., Hand, K. P., Murphy, A. E., … Moreland, E. L., et al. (2025). The Detection of a Potential Biosignature By the Perseverance Rover on Mars. In 56th LPSC, Abstract ID #2581.

Tice, M. M., Hurowitz, J. A., Siebach, K. L., Moreland, E. L., Kizovski, T. V., Schmidt, M. E., … & Simon, J. I. (2024). Regional paleoenvironments recorded in sedimentary rocks of the Western Fan-Delta, Jezero Crater, Mars. In 55th LPSC, Abstract ID #2181.

Siebach, K.L., Tice, M.M., Hurowitz, J.A., Moreland, E.L., Van Beek, J.K., Kizovski, T.V., et al. (2024). PIXL Analyses of Sedimentary Rocks in the Mars 2020 Perseverance Upper Fan Campaign in Jezero Crater. In 55th LPSC, Abstract ID #2365.

Siebach, K.L., Costin, G., Moreland, E.L., Jiang, Y. (2022). MIST: an Online Tool Automating Mineral Identification by SToichiometry in Geochemical Datasets. In AGU Fall Meeting 2022 (V42A-04).

Siebach, K., Costin, G., Moreland, E., Jiang, Y. (2022). MIST: An Algorithm for Automating Mineral Identification by SToichiometry. In 23rd General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, IMA2022-1686.

Condus, T., Arvidson, R.E., Moreland, E.L. (2021). CRISM-Derived Modal Mineralogy and Thermal Inertia for Oxia Planum. In 52nd LPSC, Abstract ID #1670.

Mitra, K., Moreland, E.L., Ledingham, G.J., Arvidson, R.E. and Catalano, J.G. (2020). Manganese Oxide Formation by Oxyhalogens: Faster Alternatives to Oxygen as Mn Oxidants on Mars. In AGU Fall 2020 (P041-03).

Christian, J.R., Arvidson, R.E., O’Sullivan, J.A., Moreland, E.L. (2020). High Spatial Resolution Thermal Inertia Mapping of Mount Sharp and Northern Plains, Gale Crater, Mars. In AGU Fall 2020 (P069-0013).

Mitra, K., Moreland, E.L., Ledingham, G.J., Arvidson, R.E. and Catalano, J.G. (2020). Dissolved Manganese Oxidation by Bromate and Chlorate: An Alternate Hypothesis of Manganese Oxide Formation on Mars. In 51st LPSC, Abstract ID #1068.

Mitra, K., Moreland, E.L., and Catalano, J.G. (2020). Fe(II) Oxidation and Fe(III) Mineral Production by Chlorate at Mars-Relevant Temperatures: Reaction Rates & Mineral Products. In 51st LPSC, Abstract ID #1069.