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

Session No. 164
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T89. Geophysics of the Terrestrial Planets: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

R. Aileen Yingst and Sean C. Solomon, Advocates
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1:30 PM
THE SHAPE OF THINGS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM: THE MYRIAD CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARIA ZUBER TO PLANETARY GEOLOGY
SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W, Washington, DC 20015, scs@dtm.ciw.edu, scs@dtm.ciw.edu
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1:50 PM
UNRESOLVED PROBLEMS IN THE THERMAL EVOLUTION OF MARS
ZUBER, Maria T., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, 54-518, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, zuber@mit.edu, zuber@mit.edu
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2:10 PM
ON THE ROLE OF LARGE-SCALE MELTING, MELT EXTRACTION AND MANTLE OVERTURN IN THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETS
PARMENTIER, E.M.1, ELKINS-TANTON, Linda T.2 and HESS, P.C.1, (1)Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Boston, MA 02139, em_parmentier@brown.edu, em_parmentier@brown.edu
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2:30 PM
SEASONAL MASS MOTIONS ON MARS
SMITH, David E., Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, ZUBER, Maria T., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, TORRENCE, Mark H., SGT, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and DUNN, Peter J., Raytheon, Greenbelt, 20771, dsmith@tharsis.gsfc.nasa.gov, dsmith@tharsis.gsfc.nasa.gov
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2:50 PM
EXTENSIONAL BOUDINAGE OF COOLING LITHOSPHERE
NEUMANN, Gregory A., Planetary Geodynamics - Code 698, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Bldg. 33 Rm. G207, Greenbelt, MD 20771, neumann@tharsis.gsfc.nasa.gov, neumann@tharsis.gsfc.nasa.gov
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3:05 PM
THE EARLY LUNAR ORBIT AND PRINCIPAL MOMENTS OF INERTIA
GARRICK-BETHELL, Ian and ZUBER, Maria T., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, iang@mit.edu, iang@mit.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE: THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSE SHAPES OF LARGE VOLCANOES ON VENUS
MCGOVERN, Patrick J., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 and RUMPF, M. Elise, Dept. of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14261, mcgovern@lpi.usra.edu, mcgovern@lpi.usra.edu
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3:50 PM
GLOBAL CRUSTAL CONSEQUENCES OF MEGA IMPACTS ON MARS
AHARONSON, Oded, Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, MARINOVA, Margarita, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 150-21, Pasadena, CA 91125 and ASPHAUG, Erik, Department of Earth Sceince, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, oa@gps.caltech.edu, oa@gps.caltech.edu
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4:05 PM
THE MARTIAN CRUSTAL DICHOTOMY: EVIDENCE FOR A GIANT IMPACT
ANDREWS-HANNA, Jeffrey C., Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-526, Cambridge, MA 02139 and ZUBER, Maria T., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, jhanna@mit.edu, jhanna@mit.edu
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4:20 PM
ROTATION OF A LITHOSPHERE-SHELL DRIVEN BY AN ONE-PLUME MANTLE CONVECTION -- A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE CRUSTAL DICHOTOMY AND THARSIS RISE
ZHONG, Shijie, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, szhong@colorado.edu, szhong@colorado.edu
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4:35 PM
TOPOGRAPHY, GRAVITY AND MAGNETICS: GEOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EARLY IMPACT AND DYNAMO HISTORY OF MARS
FREY, Herbert V., Planetary Geodynamics Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and LILLIS, Robert J., Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov
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4:50 PM
LOCALIZATION MECHANISMS IN PLANETARY LITHOSPHERES
MONTÉSI, Laurent G.J., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, montesi@whoi.edu, montesi@whoi.edu
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5:05 PM
PLANETARY WRINKLE RIDGES: A TALE OF SCALE
WATTERS, Thomas R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, watterst@si.edu, watterst@si.edu
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