2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 197 Tuesday, 20 October 2009
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Oregon Convention Center: Portland Ballroom 254

P4. First Global View of The Geology of Mercury: Dynamic Landscapes on The Innermost Planet (GSA Planetary Geology Division)

Louise Prockter and Sean C. Solomon, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
197-11:30 PM THE HISTORY OF MERCURY EXPLORATION: STROM, Robert G., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, rstrom@lpl.arizona.edu and SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015
197-22:15 PM THE GEOPHYSICAL EVOLUTION OF MERCURY: SOLOMON, Sean C.1, FREED, Andrew M.2, HAUCK, Steven A. II3, HEAD, James W.4, KERBER, Laura4, PHILLIPS, Roger J.5, ROBINSON, Mark S.6, WATTERS, Thomas R.7, and ZUBER, Maria T.8, (1) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, scs@dtm.ciw.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, (4) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (5) Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, (6) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (7) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (8) Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
197-32:45 PM VOLCANISM ON MERCURY: HEAD, James W. III, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, James_Head@brown.edu, MURCHIE, Scott L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, PROCKTER, Louise, Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, STROM, Robert G., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, CHAPMAN, Clark R., Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, WATTERS, Thomas R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, BLEWETT, David T., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, and DENEVI, Brett W., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723
197-43:15 PM THE COLOR OF MERCURY: DENEVI, Brett W.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.2, SOLOMON, Sean C.3, MURCHIE, Scott L.4, BLEWETT, David T.5, DOMINGUE, Deborah L.4, MCCOY, Timothy J.6, ERNST, Carolyn M.4, HEAD, James W.7, WATTERS, Thomas R.8, and CHABOT, Nancy L.4, (1) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, Brett.Denevi@jhuapl.edu, (2) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (3) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (4) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (6) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (7) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (8) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
 3:45 PM Break
197-54:00 PM CRATERING ON MERCURY: CHAPMAN, Clark R.1, STROM, Robert G.2, HEAD, James W.3, FASSETT, Caleb I.3, MERLINE, William J.1, SOLOMON, Sean C.4, BLEWETT, David T.5, and WATTERS, Thomas R.6, (1) Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, cchapman@boulder.swri.edu, (2) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (5) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (6) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
197-64:30 PM THE CALORIS IMPACT BASIN AND ITS ROLE IN MODIFYING THE SURFACE OF MERCURY: FASSETT, Caleb I.1, HEAD, James W.1, BLEWETT, David T.2, CHAPMAN, Clark R.3, DICKSON, James L.1, MURCHIE, Scott L.4, OBERST, Jürgen5, SOLOMON, Sean C.6, STROM, Robert G.7, and WATTERS, Thomas R.8, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Caleb_Fassett@brown.edu, (2) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (3) Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (4) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5) Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany, (6) Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (7) Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (8) Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
197-75:00 PM THE TECTONICS OF IMPACT BASINS ON MERCURY: WATTERS, Thomas R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, watterst@si.edu, SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, HEAD, James W., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, MURCHIE, Scott L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, and PROCKTER, Louise, Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723
197-85:15 PM LARGE RAYED CRATERS ON MERCURY: CHABOT, Nancy L.1, POWELL, Kathryn E.2, BLEWETT, David T.3, and IZENBERG, Noam R.2, (1) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, Nancy.Chabot@jhuapl.edu, (2) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (3) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723

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