2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 26
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T88. Early Mars

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Herbert Frey and Kenneth Tanaka, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
GEODYNAMICS OF EARLY MARS
PHILLIPS, Roger J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Box 1169, Washington Univ, 1 Brookings Dr, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899, phillips@wustite.wustl.edu, phillips@wustite.wustl.edu
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8:35 AM
EVIDENCE FOR BURIED CRUST OLDER THAN THE OLDEST OBSERVED SURFACE UNITS ON MARS
FREY, Erin, South River High School, Edgewater, MD 21037, FREY, Herbert, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 921, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, HARTMANN, William K., Planetary Sci Institute, Tucson, AZ 85705 and TANAKA, Kenneth, United States Geol Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, dancer7068@aol.com, dancer7068@aol.com
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8:50 AM
LARGE BURIED AND VISIBLE BASINS ON MARS: TOTAL POPULATION AGES OF THE HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS
FREY, Herbert V., Geodynamics Branch, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 921, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, frey@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov, frey@core2.gsfc.nasa.gov
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9:05 AM
NOACHIAN-AGED LARGE IMPACT BASINS: A COMPARISON
HEAD III, James W., Geological Sciences, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912 and SOLOMON, Sean C., Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015-1305, James_Head_III@brown.edu, James_Head_III@brown.edu
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9:20 AM
POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF THE UTOPIA BASIN, MARS
WILLIAMS, Jean-Pierre, Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, DOHM, James M., Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ of Arizona, Building 11 - Room 122, P. O. Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 and ANDERSON, Robert C., Jet Propulsion Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, jpierre@mars.ucla.edu, jpierre@mars.ucla.edu
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9:35 AM
MARS: SPECULATIONS REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE NOACHIAN HYDROSPHERE AND CLIMATE
CLIFFORD, Stephen M., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77059 and PARKER, Timothy J., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, clifford@lpi.usra.edu, clifford@lpi.usra.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
SEDIMENTARY ROCK OUTCROPS OF NORTHERN TERRA MERIDIANI, MARS
EDGETT, Kenneth S., Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 910148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, edgett@msss.com, edgett@msss.com
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10:25 AM
ANCIENT FLUVIAL ACTIVITY IN THE MARTIAN HIGHLANDS
MEST, Scott C., Department of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, 200 SRCC, Pittsburgh, PA 15260-3332 and CROWN, David A., Planetary Sci Institute, 620 N. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705-8331, scmst25@pitt.edu, scmst25@pitt.edu
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10:40 AM
ANCIENT MARTIAN DRAINAGE BASIN RE-INTEGRATION BY SEDIMENT INFILLING AND BASIN OVERFLOW
IRWIN III, Rossman P., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 6th St. and Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560, MAXWELL, Ted A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 6th St and Independence Ave, SW, NASM-MRC-310, Washington, DC 20560-0310, LEVERINGTON, David W., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC 20560-0315, CRADDOCK, Robert A., Smithsonian Inst, NASM Rm 3776, Washington, DC 20560-0315 and HOWARD, Alan D., Univ Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903-3188, Irwinr@nasm.si.edu, Irwinr@nasm.si.edu
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10:55 AM
HOW AND WHEN DID THE NOACHIAN PERIOD ON MARS END?
TANAKA, Kenneth L.1, SKINNER, James A.1, HARE, Trent M.1 and BARLOW, Nadine G.2, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6010, ktanaka@usgs.gov, ktanaka@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: NOACHIAN HIGHLANDS, HESPERIAN LOWLANDS AND TYRRHENA PATERA
GREGG, Tracy K.P., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ at Buffalo, State Univ of New York, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, The University at Buffal0, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, CROWN, David A., Planetary Sci Institute, 620 N. 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705-8331 and SAKIMOTO, Susan E.H., Code 921, Geodynamics Branch, UMBC, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Ctr, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, tgregg@nsm.buffalo.edu, tgregg@nsm.buffalo.edu
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