2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 20
Sunday, 18 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
A106 (Oregon Convention Center)

T93. Glacial Mars

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Roger J. Phillips and James W. Head, Advocates
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8:00 AM
RADAR SOUNDING OF THE POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS ON MARS
PHILLIPS, Roger J.1, PUTZIG, Nathaniel E.2, CAMPBELL, Bruce A.3, PLAUT, Jeffrey J.4, EGAN, Anthony F.5, CARTER, Lynn M.3, HOLT, John W.6, SMREKAR, Suzanne E.4, HEAD, James W.7 and SEU, Roberto8, (1)Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80402, (3)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 315, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)Department of Space Operations, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80402, (6)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758-4445, (7)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (8)InfoCom, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, 18-00184, Italy, roger@boulder.swri.edu, roger@boulder.swri.edu
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8:15 AM
WHAT CAUSES RADAR REFLECTIONS INSIDE MARTIAN POLAR DEPOSITS?
PLAUT, Jeffrey J., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, FISHBAUGH, Kathryn E., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC 20013-7012, HOLT, John, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758-4445, HERKENHOFF, Kenneth E., US Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, MILKOVICH, Sarah, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 230-205, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, BYRNE, Shane, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and PUTZIG, Nathaniel E., Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80402, plaut@jpl.nasa.gov, plaut@jpl.nasa.gov
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8:30 AM
A COMPARISON OF TERRESTRIAL COLD-DESERT ANALOGS: ANTARCTIC AND ARCTIC LANDFORMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL GLACIATION ON MARS
MARCHANT, David R., Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 and HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, marchant@bu.edu, marchant@bu.edu
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8:50 AM
INVENTORY OF NON-POLAR ICE-RELATED DEPOSITS ON MARS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
HEAD III, James W., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and MARCHANT, David R., Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, James_Head@brown.edu, James_Head@brown.edu
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9:05 AM
EVIDENCE FOR EXTENSIVE LATE AMAZONIAN, MID-LATITUDE GLACIATION NORTH OF ISMENIAE FOSSAE, MARS
BAKER, David M.H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and MARCHANT, David R., Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, david_baker@brown.edu, david_baker@brown.edu
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9:20 AM
CONCENTRIC CRATER FILL IN THE NORTHERN MID-LATITUDES OF MARS: FORMATION PROCESSES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO LINEATED VALLEY FILL AND LOBATE DEBRIS APRONS
LEVY, Joseph, Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and MARCHANT, David R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, Boston, MA 02215, Joseph_Levy@brown.edu, Joseph_Levy@brown.edu
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9:35 AM
PEDESTAL CRATER HEIGHTS ON MARS: CONSTRAINING THE THICKNESS OF AN ICE-RICH, MID-LATITUDE PALEODEPOSIT
KADISH, Seth J., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and BARLOW, Nadine G., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Seth_Kadish@Brown.edu, Seth_Kadish@Brown.edu
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9:50 AM
POSSIBLE CARBON DIOXIDE GLACIERS IN THE RECENT GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF MARS
KRESLAVSKY, Mikhail, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, N/A, N/A
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10:05 AM
GROUND-BASED THERMAL IMAGING OF AN INACTIVE ROCK GLACIER AS ANALOG TO MARTIAN DEBRIS APRONS
PIATEK, Jennifer L.1, HARDGROVE, Craig J.2 and MOERSCH, Jeffrey E.2, (1)Dept. of Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 506 Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Room 306, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, piatekjel@ccsu.edu, piatekjel@ccsu.edu
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10:20 AM
HESPERIAN-AGE THERMOKARST LAKES IN ARES VALLIS AS EVIDENCE FOR TRANSIENT WARM CONDITIONS ON MARS
WARNER, Nicholas1, GUPTA, Sanjeev1, KIM, Jung-Rack2, LIN, Shih-Yuan2 and MULLER, Jan-Peter2, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, RH5 6NT, United Kingdom, n.warner@imperial.ac.uk, n.warner@imperial.ac.uk
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10:35 AM
GLACIAL FLOW MODELING ON MARS
FASTOOK, James, Computer Sciences, U. Maine, Orono, ME 04469, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, MARCHANT, David R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, Boston, MA 02215 and FORGET, Francois, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université Paris 6 BP 99, Paris, 75252, France, fastook@maine.edu, fastook@maine.edu
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10:55 AM
CONTROLS ON GLACIAL VALLEY SPACING ON EARTH AND MARS
PELLETIER, Jon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and KARGEL, Jeffrey S., Hydrology & Water Resources, University of Arizona, Harshbarger Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jdpellet@email.arizona.edu, jdpellet@email.arizona.edu
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11:10 AM
SHALLOW RADAR SOUNDINGS OF THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS OF MARS
PUTZIG, Nathaniel E.1, PHILLIPS, Roger J.2, HEAD, James W.3, MELLON, Michael T.4, CAMPBELL, Bruce A.5, EGAN, Anthony F.6, PLAUT, Jeffrey J.7, CARTER, Lynn M.5 and SEU, Roberto8, (1)Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80402, (2)Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 392, Boulder, CO 80409, (5)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 315, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (6)Department of Space Operations, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80402, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, (8)InfoCom, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, 18-00184, Italy, nathaniel@putzig.com, nathaniel@putzig.com
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11:25 AM
OBSERVATIONS OF ROCK ORGANIZATION ON HIGH LATITUDE PATTERNED GROUND TERRAINS ON MARS
ORLOFF, Travis C.1, KRESLAVSKY, Mikhail1, ASPHAUG, Erik1, GRAY, Harrison2 and MAINE, Aviva1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, torloff@ucsc.edu, torloff@ucsc.edu
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11:40 AM
DISTRIBUTION AND NATURE OF MID-LATITUDE GROUND ICE ON MARS
BYRNE, Shane1, DUNDAS, Colin1, KENNEDY, M.R.2, MELLON, Michael T.3, MCEWEN, A.1, CULL, Selby C.4, DAUBAR, Ingrid1, SHEAN, David E.2, SEELOS, Kim D.5 and MURCHIE, Scott5, (1)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92191, (3)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 392, Boulder, CO 80409, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, (5)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, shane@lpl.arizona.edu, shane@lpl.arizona.edu
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