2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 135
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T92. Up Close and Personal: Geology on Mars and Earth at the Handlens Scale

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

R. Aileen Yingst and Juergen Schieber, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MARS UP CLOSE, AS SEEN BY THE MER MICROSCOPIC IMAGERS
HERKENHOFF, Kenneth E., US Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698 and ATHENA, Science Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109, kherkenhoff@usgs.gov, kherkenhoff@usgs.gov
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8:20 AM
THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MARS HAND LENS IMAGER (MSL MAHLI)
MINITTI, Michelle E.1, EDGETT, Kenneth2 and MSL, Mastcam/MAHLI/MARDI Team2, (1)Center for Meteorite Studies, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (2)Malin Space Science Systems, Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, minitti@asu.edu, minitti@asu.edu
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8:40 AM
DIFFERENTIAL DISSOLUTION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION: MICROSCALE CLUES TO PRECURSOR MINERAL SOLUBILITY
SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu
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9:00 AM
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9:20 AM
MICROSCALE OBSERVATIONS OF A POTENTIAL MARS ANALOG USING ROVER-INSPIRED METHODS
YINGST, R. Aileen, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, LENTZ, Rachel, Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, 1680 East-West Road, POST 602, Honolulu, HI 96822 and SCHMIDT, Mariek, Department of Meteorites, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington DC, DC 20013-7012, yingst@psi.edu, yingst@psi.edu
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9:35 AM
SCALE OF LAMINATION IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AS A GUIDE TO DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS ON MARS
STOLPER, Daniel, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, KENNEDY, Marlene, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and GROTZINGER, John, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, dstolper@fas.harvard.edu, dstolper@fas.harvard.edu
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9:50 AM
HAND-LENS SCALE TEXTURAL FEATURES PRODUCED BY AOELIAN EROSION OF MUDSTONES
HOWALD, TreVor Von, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405, thowald@indiana.edu, thowald@indiana.edu
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10:05 AM
HAND-LENS SCALE SEDIMENTARY AND TEXTURAL FEATURES IN MUDSTONES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
YAWAR, Zalmai, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405, zyawar@indiana.edu, zyawar@indiana.edu
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10:20 AM
POLYGONAL CRACK SYSTEMS IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE: A WEATHERING ANALOG TO MARS
CHAN, Marjorie1, YONKEE, Adolph2, FORD, Richard2, SEILER, Winston M.3 and NETOFF, Dennis I.4, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408, (3)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (4)Department of Geography and Geology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77341, marjorie.chan@utah.edu, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
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10:35 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES DUE TO EPSOMITE HYDRATION/DEHYDRATION REACTIONS IN SIMULATED EVAPORITES AT THE HAND-LENS SCALE - IMPLICATIONS FOR MARTIAN SEDIMENTS
PODRATZ, Laura A., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405 and BISH, David L., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, lpodratz@indiana.edu, lpodratz@indiana.edu
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10:50 AM
NOW YOU SEE IT – NOW YOU DON'T: COMPARING TEXTURAL DETAILS VISIBLE WITH THE HAND LENS IMAGERS OF THE MER ROVERS AND MARS SCIENCE LAB
SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10th Str, Bloomington, IN 47405, jschiebe@indiana.edu, jschiebe@indiana.edu
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11:05 AM
MICROTEXTURES FORMED DURING ACID-SULFATE WEATHERING OF BASALTIC TEPHRA: RESULTS OF A FIELD AND LABORATORY-BASED STUDY
LACLAIR, Deidre, Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, FARMER, Jack, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 and ATHENA, Science Team, Binghamton, NY 13902, dlaclai1@binghamton.edu, dlaclai1@binghamton.edu
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11:20 AM
FIELD AND HANDLENS GEOLOGY AT LONAR CRATER, INDIA: DISTINGUISHING SMALL SCALE FEATURES OF IMPACT FROM THOSE OF BASALTIC VOLCANISM AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS LANDERS/ROVERS
WRIGHT, Shawn P., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and CHRISTENSEN, Phil, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Mars Space Flight Facility, Box 876305, Tempe, AZ 85287, spwright@unm.edu, spwright@unm.edu
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