Mark J. Wenzel

Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley.
Expected graduation: May, 2006

M.Sc., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2002
Associate Geologist, Samson Investments, 1998-1999
A.B., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1998

Contact: mjwenzel AT eps.berkeley.edu
510-643-8328


Publications:
Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael, and Jellinek, A. Mark, "Tharsis as a consequence of Mars' dichotomy and layered mantle," Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L04702, doi:10.1029/2003GL019306, 2004. (pdf)


Abstracts:
AGU Fall 2005: Wenzel, Mark J. and Steinle-Neumann, Gerd, "Absence of charge localization in magnetite under pressure" (poster [1.1 MB pdf])

Joint 20th AIRAPT - 43rd EHPRG International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology: Wenzel, M. J. and Steinle-Neumann, G., "Absence of charge localization in Fe3O4 magnetite under pressure from first principles computations" (abstract)

NAI 2005: Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael, Lillis, Robert J., and McNamara, Allen K., "Implications of two dynamo episodes for interior evolution" (poster [1.4 MB pdf])

LPSC 36: Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael and Lillis, Robert J., "Mantle convection and two epsiodes of martian dynamo activity" (pdf)

LPI Workshop on Hemispheres Apart: The Origin and Evolution of the Martian Crustal Dichotomy: Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael and Jellinek, A. Mark, "Effect of the dichotomy on mantle plume locations" (pdf)

SEDI 2004: Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael, and Jellinek, A. Mark, "Forming Tharsis: Variable heat flux and layered mantle convection on Mars" (poster [10.6 MB pdf])

AGU Fall 2003: Wenzel, Mark J., Manga, Michael, and Jellinek, A. Mark, "Tharsis as a consequence of Mars' dichotomy and layered mantle"(txt)

AGU Spring 2000: Wenzel, Mark J., and Lithgow-Bertelloni, Carolina, "The sensitivity of the geoid to mantle viscosity structure and seismic tomography-derived density structure"(txt)