2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 22
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T123. Mars Analogue Research and Instrument Field Testing

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

John C. Armstrong, Luther Beegle and R. Glenn Sellar, Advocates
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8:00 AM
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: THE NEXT STEP TO MARS
MEYER, Michael A., Mars Explroation Program, NASA Headquarters, Washinton, DC 20546, mmeyer@hq.nasa.gov, mmeyer@hq.nasa.gov
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8:20 AM
ROLE OF INTEGRATED MICROSCALE IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY IN THE EXPLORATION FOR ANCIENT HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS
FARMER, Jack D., Dept. Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, jack.farmer@asu.edu, jack.farmer@asu.edu
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8:40 AM
COMBINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES IN ALTIPLANIC LAKES AND THE PAST HABITABILITY OF MARS
CABROL, Nathalie A.1, HOCK, Andrew N.2, GRIN, Edmond A.1, KOVACS, Gregory T.3 and PARAZYNSKI, Scott4, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, (2)UCLA, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (3)Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering, CIS 202-X Mailcode: 4075, Stanford, CA 94305-4075, (4)NASA JSC, Astronaut Office, Mail Code CB, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, 77058-3696, ncabrol@mail.arc.nasa.gov, ncabrol@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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9:00 AM
INFRARED SPECTRAL STUDIES ON EARTH THAT ADDRESS THREE PRIME ISSUES ON MARS: UNCERTAINTY, UNCERTAINTY, UNCERTAINTY
KIRKLAND, Laurel, Lunar and Planetary Institute/ The Aerospace Corporation, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058-1113, HERR, Kenneth, The Aerospace Corporation, Mail Station M2/747, 2350 East El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245-4691 and ADAMS, Paul, The Aerospace Corporation, Mail Station M2/250, 2350 East El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245-4691, kirkland@lpi.usra.edu, kirkland@lpi.usra.edu
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9:20 AM
MORPHOCLIMATE ZONATION IN THE ANTARCTIC DRY VALLEYS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEAR-SURFACE ICE ON MARS
MARCHANT, David, Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, Boston, MA 02215 and HEAD III, James, Geological Sciences, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, marchant@bu.edu, marchant@bu.edu
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9:35 AM
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9:50 AM
STABILITY OF SELIMA PLANUM, EARTH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MERIDIANI PLANUM, MARS
MAXWELL, Ted A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 6th St and Independence Ave, SW, NASM-MRC-310, Washington, DC 20560-0310, HAYNES Jr, C. Vance, Departments of Anthropology and Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0030, JOHNSTON, Andrew K., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, MRC 315, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, CAMPBELL, Bruce A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, 6th and Independence SW, Washington, DC 20560 and GRANT III, John A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 315, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, tmaxwell@nasm.si.edu, tmaxwell@nasm.si.edu
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10:05 AM
DETERMINATION OF HEXAHYDRITE-STARKEYITE EQUILIBRIA BY THE HUMIDITY-BUFFER TECHNIQUE AT 0.1 MPA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MARTIAN H2O CYCLE
CHOU, I. Ming1, SEAL II, Robert1 and PIATAK, Nadine2, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, imchou@usgs.gov, imchou@usgs.gov
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10:20 AM
TOPOGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND VOLCANOLOGY OF ESRP BASALTIC SHIELDS STUDIED AS ANALOGS TO MARS PLAINS-STYLE VOLCANOES
HUGHES, Scott S., Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, SAKIMOTO, Susan E.H., Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 and GREGG, Tracy T.K.P., Department of Geological Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, hughscot@isu.edu, hughscot@isu.edu
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10:35 AM
DRILLING TO SEARCH FOR SUBSURFACE LIFE ON MARS: ANALOG DRILLING EXPERIMENT IN RIO TINTO, SPAIN
STOKER, Carol R., NASA Ames Research Center, 245-3, Moffett Field CA 94035, Moffett Field, CA 94035, cstoker@mail.arc.nasa.gov, cstoker@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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10:50 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF SCALING VISIBLE AND NEAR IR SPECTROSCOPIC DATA ON DETECTION OF MINERALOGY: A CASE STUDY IN RIO TINTO, SPAIN
HUTCHISON, Leah E.A.1, MUSTARD, John1, GENDRIN, Aline1, AMARAL ZETTLER, Linda A.2 and FERNANDEZ-REMOLAR, David3, (1)Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3)Centro de Astrobiologia, INTA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, Leah_Hutchison@brown.edu, Leah_Hutchison@brown.edu
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11:05 AM
BIOSIGNATURE DETECTION IN THE ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE
AUBREY, Andrew D.1, SKELLEY, Alison M.2, WILLIS, Peter A.3, GRUNTHANER, Frank J.3, MATHIES, Richard A.2, EHRENFREUND, Pascale4 and BADA, Jeffrey L.1, (1)Geoscience Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Sverdrup Hall, 8615 Discovery Way, La Jolla, CA 92037, (2)Mathies Research Group, Berkeley Department of Chemistry, 306 Lewis Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)In Situ Exploration Technology Group, JPL-California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, (4)Astrobiology Group, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands, jbada@ucsd.edu, jbada@ucsd.edu
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11:20 AM
RAMAN SPECTRA OF HYDRATED MG- AND CA-SULFATES AND FIELD TESTING THE MARS MICROBEAM RAMAN SPECTROMETER (MMRS)
WANG, Alian, FREEMAN, John, GREENHAGEN, Benjamin T. and JOLLIFF, Bradley L., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brooking Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, alianw@levee.wustl.edu, alianw@levee.wustl.edu
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11:35 AM
MAPPING HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ON HAWAIIAN SHIELD VOLCANOES USING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY: APPLICATIONS TO THE SEARCH FOR RELICT HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS ON MARS
SWAYZE, Gregg A., LEE, Lopaka, CLARK, Roger N. and SUTLEY, Stephen J., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 DFC, M.S. 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, gswayze@usgs.gov, gswayze@usgs.gov
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