2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 241
Wednesday, 10 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T144. Mars Mineralogy: The View from MER

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Bradley L. Jolliff and William H. Farrand, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
MARS MINERALOGY: CONTEXT FROM SPACECRAFT AND METEORITES
MCSWEEN, Harry Y., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and WYATT, Michael B., Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287, mcsween@utk.edu, mcsween@utk.edu
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1:50 PM
THE MINERALOGY OF THE MER LANDING SITES AS INVESTIGATED BY THE MINI-TES EXPERIMENT
CHRISTENSEN, Philip R., Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305, phil.christensen@asu.edu, phil.christensen@asu.edu
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2:10 PM
HEMATITE IN THE THERMAL INFRARED: COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS MADE BY TES, MINI-TES AND IN THE LABORATORY
GLOTCH, Timothy D.1, CHRISTENSEN, Philip R.1, CALVIN, Wendy M.2, WYATT, Michael B.1 and ROGERS, Deanne1, (1)Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305, (2)Geological Sciences, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, tglotch@asu.edu, tglotch@asu.edu
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2:25 PM
MINERALOGY AT GUSEV CRATER AND MERIDIANI PLANUM FROM THE MOESSBAUER SPECTROMETERS ON THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS
MORRIS, Richard V., Code SR, NASA Johnson Space Ctr, Houston, TX 77058, KLINGELHOEFER, Goestar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Staudinger Weg 9, 55099 Mainz, Germany and TEAM, Athena Science, Mars Exploration Rovers, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109, richard.v.morris@nasa.gov, richard.v.morris@nasa.gov
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2:45 PM
JAROSITE ON MARS: AN INDICATOR OF WATER-LIMITED CHEMICAL WEATHERING
ELWOOD MADDEN, Megan E., BODNAR, Robert J. and RIMSTIDT, J. Donald, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, melwood@vt.edu, melwood@vt.edu
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3:00 PM
RED HEMATITE AT MERIDIANI PLANUM, MARS AS OBSERVED BY THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVER OPPORTUNITY
FARRAND, William H., Space Sci Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80301 and ATHENA SCIENCE TEAM, JPL, Pasadena, CA 91109, farrand@spacescience.org, farrand@spacescience.org
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3:15 PM
WATER AND MER: DETERMINING SURFACE HYDRATION FROM MINI-TES
CALVIN, Wendy, Geological Sciences, MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557 and ATHENA SCIENCE TEAM, the, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109, wcalvin@unr.edu, wcalvin@unr.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:45 PM
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MARS SURFACE MINERALOGY FROM THE INFRARED IMAGING
MUSTARD, John1, BIBRING, J-P.1, LANGEVIN, Y.2, GENDRIN, A.2, POULET, A.2, GONDET, B.2, ERARD, S.3, MILLIKEN, R.1 and PELKEY, S.1, (1)Planetary Geosciences, Brown Univ, 324 Brook Street, Providence, RI 02912, (2)IAS, University of Paris-XI, 91405 Orsay cedex, France, (3)IAS, University of Paris-XI, 91405 Orsay cedex, john_mustard@brown.edu, john_mustard@brown.edu
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4:05 PM
COMPOSITIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON MINERALOGY AT THE MERIDIANI PLANUM LANDING SITE
JOLLIFF, Bradley L., Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130 and ATHENA SCIENCE TEAM, JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, blj@levee.wustl.edu, blj@levee.wustl.edu
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4:20 PM
POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF AMORPHOUS MAGNESIUM SULFATE HYDRATES IN SOME CEMENTED SOILS ON MARS
VANIMAN, David1, CHIPERA, Steve J.2, BISH, David L.3, CAREY, J. William4 and FIALIPS, Claire I.2, (1)Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, Los Alamos National Lab, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, (4)Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology (EES-6), MS D462, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, vaniman@lanl.gov, vaniman@lanl.gov
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4:35 PM
EXPERIMENTAL STABILITY OF MAGNESIUM SULFATE HYDRATES THAT MAY BE PRESENT ON MARS
CHIPERA, Steve J., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, EES-6, Los Alamos National Lab, Mail Stop D469, Los Alamos, NM 87545, VANIMAN, David, Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology, Los Alamos National Lab, MS D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, BISH, David L., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47401 and CAREY, J. William, Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Geology (EES-6), MS D462, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, chipera@lanl.gov, chipera@lanl.gov
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4:50 PM
THE MINERALOGY OF NATURAL ROCK SURFACES FROM THERMAL INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: TERRESTRIAL STUDIES
MICHALSKI, Joseph R.1, KRAFT, Michael1, SHARP, Thomas G.2 and CHRISTENSEN, Philip R.3, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287, (2)Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, P.O Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (3)Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305, michalski@asu.edu, michalski@asu.edu
 
5:05 PM
Discussion
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