The Micro-structure of Zircon's
Hello everyone! I have returned from my two week travel to Houston and Baltimore studying the micro-structures of zircons and learning...
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Gavin Tolometti
Feb 3, 20206 min read
Scatter Plots and Math - Replicating Radar Research
I have been reading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) research papers to decide how to best interpret the quantified radar data of the...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jan 18, 20203 min read
Research Update: January 2020
Hello everyone! This is just a very short post updating you guys about my research in January 2020. I will be posting these research...
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Gavin Tolometti
Dec 1, 20198 min read
Radar vs LiDAR: Holuhraun Lava Flow Surface Roughness
Hello everyone! If you remember from my last post (Radar Images and Interpreting the Data Part 1-2), I discussed the image processing I...
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Gavin Tolometti
Oct 31, 20194 min read
Radar Images and Interpreting the Data – Part 2
Let us quickly summarize what I went through in Part 1: I downloaded the radar polarized-echo products from the UAVSAR JPL website,...
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Gavin Tolometti
Oct 27, 20195 min read
Radar Images and Interpreting the Data – Part 1
When I started this blog, I attended to summarize everything into one story. However, I realized that I might have to split this into two...
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Gavin Tolometti
Sep 15, 20196 min read
Holuhraun: Wherefore Art Thou Lava Flow
Let us get into the details on why I went to Holuhraun by first talking about the research motivation. Studies on Martian lava flows have...
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Gavin Tolometti
Aug 31, 20196 min read
Holuhraun Field Work and The Role I Played
Hello everyone! So the summer is officially coming to an end at Western University and the undergraduate students are slowly trickling...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jul 10, 20195 min read
Field Work: How To Stay Organized and Plan Efficiently
Hello everyone! It has been awhile has it not! I will say, the month of July has been crazy with lunar sample return analogue workshops,...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jun 12, 20195 min read
Volcanic Analogues, Surface Morphology and Roughness of Lava Flows: An Open Discussion
Hello everyone, I have had this thought in my head for a while and after sitting in the lab writing out sample plans, reading over...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jun 2, 20194 min read
Issues with LRO WAC Mosaicing
Help from LRO WAC Mosaic Processing Hello everyone, it has definitely been a while since I have posted. I was taking a Lunar Geology...
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Gavin Tolometti
May 8, 20195 min read
Surface and Subsurface Radar Scattering
Hello everyone, It has been an emotional rollercoaster of a month. I made some good progress on my Mistastin research, which has kept me...
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Gavin Tolometti
Apr 29, 20198 min read
CPSX Space Day 2019! The Biggest and Busiest So Far
Hello everyone! This weeks blog is not about my research but an summary of the annual Center for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX)...
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Gavin Tolometti
Mar 30, 20192 min read
Digital Image Analysis Part 2 - We Have Data!
After hours of tracing vesicles and clasts, I have collected over 1000 particle data points from 12 impact melt rock samples from the...
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Gavin Tolometti
Mar 14, 20195 min read
Digital Image Analysis Part 1 - The Melt of Mistastin Impact Structure
Hey everyone, This week we have a research update blog, I know right it has been a while. Took some time to get back into the swing of...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jan 16, 20192 min read
Bonus: Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA) - Mistastin Impact Melt
Hey everyone! As I promised to be more consistent with my blogs, I am releasing a bonus one this week. This blog was a last minute...
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Gavin Tolometti
Jan 11, 20194 min read
The Start of a New Year! More to Come in 2019
Hello everyone and welcome to 2019, the year where have a feeling a lot of great things are going to happen to everyone! I hope everyone...
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Gavin Tolometti
Dec 4, 20182 min read
Research is Slowly Moving Back on Track!
Hello everyone! In the last blog I mentioned I would report an update on my research and present new data to you guys. Unfortunately, I...
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Gavin Tolometti
Nov 20, 20182 min read
PhD Candidacy Passed!
It is official! I am a PhD candidate at Western University! I am not going to lie, it has been a long two months of reading, note taking,...
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Gavin Tolometti
Oct 3, 20182 min read
PhD Quals and Lots of Revision
Hey everyone, I actually don't have much to report on this week. My parents have been in town for the past week and a half so when I am...
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