Dr. Dave Leverington

Education
Ph D, University of Manitoba, Geological Sciences
MS, University of Ottawa, Earth Science
BA, University of Ottawa, Physical Geography
Postdoctoral, Other, Geology / Geomorphology

Experience
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University - Geosciences
Associate Professor, Texas Tech University - Geosciences

 

Intellectual Contributions
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New (Published)
Leverington, David (June 2023). "Large volcanic channels of the inner solar system"

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Berman, Derek , Leverington, David (May 2023). "Constraints on the effusive volcanic eruptions that formed Kallistos Vallis, Venus" (vol. 435, pp. 108752).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (March 2022). "Development of Shalbatana Vallis (Mars) by dry volcanic processes"

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New (Published)
Leverington, David (June 2021). "Dry megafloods on Mars: Formation of the outflow channels by voluminous effusions of low viscosity lava" Elsevier:

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (August 2020). "Incision of Ma'adim Vallis (Mars) by dry volcanic megafloods effused from multiple highland sources" (vol. 191, pp. 105021).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (August 2019). "Formation of Ares Vallis (Mars) by effusions of low-viscosity lava within multiple regions of chaotic terrain" (vol. 345, pp. 106828). Elsevier.

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019). "Constraints on the nature of the effusive volcanic eruptions that incised Ravi Vallis, Mars" (vol. 167, pp. 54-70). Elsevier.

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Schindler, Michael , Leverington, David (November 26, 2018). "Delineating areas of past environmental degradation near smelters using rock coatings: A case study at Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec" (vol. 8, pp. 17364). Nature Springer.

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 5, 2017). "Is Kasei Valles (Mars) the largest volcanic channel in the solar system?" (vol. 301, pp. 37-57).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David , Schindler, Michael (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016). "Detection and mapping of black rock coatings proximal to base metal smelters, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada" (301 ed., vol. 8).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Malcolm, Kelly , Schindler, Michael , Leverington, David (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015). "A Landsat-based study of black rock coatings proximal to base metal smelters, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada" (vol. 36, pp. 3932-3960).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (June 2014). "Did large volcanic channel systems develop on Earth during the Hadean and Archean?" (vol. 246, pp. 226-239).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David , Moon, Wooil (May 2012). In Dr. Prasad Thenkabail (USGS); Editor-in-Chief(Ed.), "Landsat-TM-based discrimination of lithological units associated with the Purtuniq ophiolite, Quebec, Canada" (vol. 4, pp. 1208-1231). Basel Switzerland:

Book Review (Published)
Leverington, David (May 2012). "Review of textbook "Planetary Surface Processes" by Jay Melosh (Cambridge University Press)" (vol. 36, pp. 294-296).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (September 2011). "A volcanic origin for the outflow channels of Mars: Key evidence and major implications" (vol. 132, pp. 51-75).

Abstract (Published)
Leverington, David (March 2011). "A volcanic origin for the outflow channels of Mars: Key evidence and major implications" Houston, TX USA: Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2010). "Discrimination of sedimentary lithologies using Hyperion and Landsat TM data: A case study at Melville Island, Canadian High Arctic" (1 ed., vol. 31, pp. 233-260).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2009). "Reconciling channel formation mechanisms with the nature of elevated outflow systems at Ophir and Aurorae Plana, Mars." (E10005 ed., vol. 114, pp. doi:10.1029/2009JE003398).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (November 2007). "Was the Mangala Valles system incised by volcanic flows?" (vol. 112, pp. E11005, doi:10.1029/2007JE002896).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (November 2006). "Volcanic processes as alternative mechanisms of landform development at a candidate crater-lake site near Tyrrhena Patera, Mars" (vol. 111, pp. e11002, doi:10.1029/2004JE002382).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Hawke, B. Ray, Campbell, Bruce A., Leverington, David , Ghent, Rebecca R., Thompson, Tommy W. (June 2006). "Radar probing of planetary regoliths: An example from the northern rim of Imbrium Basin" (vol. 111, pp. E06S14, doi:10.1029/2005JE002566).

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New (Published)
Duguay, Claude , Zhang, T. , Romanovsky, V. E., Leverington, David (November 2005). "Satellite remote sensing of permafrost and seasonally frozen ground" (pp. AGU Geophysical Monograph 163, pp.91-118). American Geophysical Union.

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Moon, Wooil M. , Leverington, David (September 2005). "On the use of consensus algorithms to address variability in the results of neural network classifications: Preliminary tests involving two northern study areas" (vol. 31, pp. 269-273). Canada:

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Campbell, Don B., Leverington, David , Campbell, Bruce , Hawke, B. Ray, Ghent, Rebecca (February 2005). "Earth-based observations of radar-dark crater haloes on the Moon: Implications for regolith properties" (vol. 110, pp. E02005, doi:10.1029/2004JE002366).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Leverington, David (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2004). "Volcanic rilles, streamlined islands, and the origin of outflow channels on Mars" (vol. 109, pp. E06006, doi:10.1029/2004JE002237).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Maxwell, Ted , Leverington, David (June 2004). "An igneous origin for features of a candidate crater-lake system in western Memnonia, Mars" (vol. 109, pp. E06006, doi:10.1029/2004JE002237).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Teller, Jim , Leverington, David (May 2004). "Glacial Lake Agassiz: A 5000-year history of change and its relationship to the delta 18O record of Greenland" (vol. 116, pp. 729-742).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Dyke, Art , Leverington, David , Clarke, Garry , Teller, Jim (February 2004). "Paleohydraulics of the last outburst flood from glacial Lake Agassiz and the 8200 BP cold event" (vol. 23, pp. 389-407).

Journal Article, Academic Journal (Published)
Ghent, Rebecca , Leverington, David (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2004). "Differential subsidence and rebound in response to changes in water loading on Mars: Possible effects on the geometry of ancient shorelines" (vol. 109, pp. E01005, doi:10.1029/2003JE002141).

 

 

Presentations
Leverington, David , Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "A Volcanic Interpretation of the Maja Valles Outflow System (Mars)," AGU, (December 2025).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "The Shalbatana Vallis outflow system is a product of dry volcanic megafloods," NASA + Lunar and Planetary Institute, (March 2021).

Leverington, David , Berman, Derek , Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "The attributes and formation mechanisms of Kallistos Vallis, Venus," (December 2020).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Incision of Ma'adim Vallis by dry volcanic megafloods effused from multiple highland sources," (March 2020).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Formation of Ares Vallis by effusions of low-viscosity lava at Iani, Aram, Margaritifer, and Hydaspis chaos," LPI, Houston. (March 2019).

Leverington, David W, Schindler, Michael , 39th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, "Assessing the spatial distribution of black rock coatings proximal to the Horne smelter using Landsat 8 images: Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec," Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (June 20, 2018).

Leverington, David , Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, "Constraints on the nature of the effusive volcanic eruptions that incised Kasei Valles, Mars," IAVCEI, Portland, OR. (August 14, 2017).

Schindler, Michael , Leverington, David , Imaging & Geospatial Technology Forum, "Hyperspectral detection and mapping of black rock coatings near smelters," American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Fort Worth. (April 13, 2016).

Malcolm, Kelly , Schindler, Michael , Leverington, David , 36th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, "A Landsat-based study of black rock coatings proximal to base metal smelters, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada," St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. (June 9, 2015).

Leverington, David , Invited talk, " Is early development of large volcanic channels typical of all rocky planets?," Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. (April 17, 2015).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Did large volcanic channel systems form on Earth during the Hadean and Archean?," Houston, TX. (March 2014).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Development of Kasei Vallis through mechanical and thermal erosion by voluminous low-viscosity lava flows," Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Houston, TX. (March 2013).

Leverington, David , AGU Annual Meeting, "Do all rocky planets undergo early development of large volcanic outflow channels?," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 2012).

Hopper, Joshua , Leverington, David , AGU Annual Meeting, "Thermal and mechanical erosion by low-viscosity lava flows at Hrad Vallis, Mars," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 2012).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "A volcanic origin for the outflow channels of Mars: Key evidence and major implications," Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Houston, TX. (March 2011).

Leverington, David , Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "Inconsistencies in the estimates of near-surface water abundance are reconciled by the volcanic origin of Martian outflow channels," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco. (December 2010).

Roy, Larry , Leverington, David , Ghent, Rebecca , Pollard, Wayne , Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "GPR-based characterization of retrogressive thaw slumps near Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco. (December 2010).

Hopper, Josh , Leverington, David , Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "The properties of Hrad Vallis are consistent with volcanic origins," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco. (December 2010).

Leverington, David , Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, "Formation of Kasei Valles through incision by low-viscosity lava flows," Geological Society of America, Denver. (November 2010).

Lodge, Jason , Leverington, David , Holterhoff, Peter , Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, "Classifying digital imagery of modern isolated carbonate platforms for facies conditioning of reservoir models: Examples from offshore Belize and Yucatan," New Orleans. (April 2010).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Volcanic interpretations of the Martian outflow channels are consistent with surface mineralogy," (March 2010).

Leverington, David , Calderon, Saundra , Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, "GIS-Based paleotopographic reconstructions of the Queen Elizabeth Islands at 8500 14C yr B.P.," San Francisco. (December 2009).

Leverington, David , 17th International Conference on Geoinformatics, "Mapping surface cover using EO-1 Hyperion data: Ongoing studies in arid environments," Fairfax, Virginia. (August 2009).

Leverington, David , International Conference on Comparative Planetology, "Potential implications of a common origin for outflow systems on Venus, Mars, and the Moon," European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. (May 2009).

Leverington, David , Lodge, Jason , American Association of Petroleum Geologists - Southwest Section Meeting, "Classifying digital imagery of modern isolated carbonate platforms for facies conditioning of reservoir models: Alacran Reef, Gulf of Mexico," American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Midland, TX. (April 2009).

Lodge, Jason , Holterhoff, Peter , Leverington, David , Southwest Section - AAPG, "Classifying Digital Imagery of Modern Isolated Carbonate Platforms in Order to Create Reservoir Models, Alacran Reef, Gulf of Mexico," WTGS, Midland, TX. (April 2009).

Leverington, David , Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, "Reconciling channel formation processes with the nature of elevated Hesperian outflow systems at Valles Marineris," Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. (March 2009).