2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 170
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

P5. Preservation of Random Mega-Scale Events on Mars and Earth: Influence on Geologic History

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Mary G. Chapman and Lazlo Keszthelyi, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
THE SURFACE OF MARS: AN UNUSUAL LABORATORY THAT PRESERVES AND RECORDS UNUSUAL/CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CHAPMAN, Mary G., Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geol Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, mchapman@usgs.gov, mchapman@usgs.gov
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1:55 PM
DIFFICULTIES IN UNRAVELING CAUSE AND EFFECT OF NON-UNIFORM EVENTS IN EARTH HISTORY: INTERPRETING GLOBAL CATASTROPHE EVENT MECHANISMS
WARD, Peter D., Biology, Univ of Washingotn, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, argo@u.washington.edu, argo@u.washington.edu
3
2:15 PM
IMPACT CRATERING PROCESSES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON EARTH AND MARS
KRING, David A., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Univ Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721-0092, kring@LPL.arizona.edu, kring@LPL.arizona.edu
4
2:35 PM
MEGAFLOODS AND GLOBAL PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON MARS AND EARTH
BAKER, Victor R., Hydrology and Water Resources, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, baker@hwr.arizona.edu, baker@hwr.arizona.edu
5
2:55 PM
SUB-ICE VOLCANISM: HYDRAULICS, EDIFICE STRUCTURES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS EXAMPLES
SMELLIE, John L., Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, jlsm@bas.ac.uk, jlsm@bas.ac.uk
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
PLANETARY GAS EMISSIONS: MAGMA DECASSING BY FLOOD LAVA ERUPTIONS ON EARTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR VOLCANIC GAS EMISSIONS ON MARS
THORDARSON, Thor, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Hawaii at manoa, 1680 East-West Road, Post Building, Honolulu, HI 96822, moinui@soest.hawaii.edu, moinui@soest.hawaii.edu
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3:50 PM
SUPER-ERUPTIONS: EFFECTS ON CLIMATE AND LIFE OF THE LARGEST EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
RAMPINO, Michael R., Earth & Environmental Science Program, New York Univ, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, mrr1@nyu.edu, mrr1@nyu.edu
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4:10 PM
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4:30 PM
MEGA-SCALE EVENTS: NATURAL DISASTERS AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
KIEFFER, Susan W., Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois, 1301 West Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, BARTON, Paul, Research Geologist Emeritus, U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 954, Reston, VA 20192, PALMER, A.R., Institute for Cambrian Studies, 445 N. Cedarbrook Rd, Boulder, CO 80304, REITAN, Paul H., Department of Geology, Univ at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 and ZEN, E.-an, Dept. of Geology, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, skieffer@uiuc.edu, skieffer@uiuc.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion