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

Session No. 197
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 254 (Oregon Convention Center)

P4. First Global View of The Geology of Mercury: Dynamic Landscapes on The Innermost Planet

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Louise Prockter and Sean C. Solomon, Conveners
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
THE HISTORY OF MERCURY EXPLORATION
STROM, Robert G., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, rstrom@lpl.arizona.edu, rstrom@lpl.arizona.edu
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2:15 PM
THE GEOPHYSICAL EVOLUTION OF MERCURY
SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, FREED, Andrew M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, HAUCK II, Steven A., Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, AW Smith 112, Cleveland, OH 44106-7216, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, KERBER, Laura, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, PHILLIPS, Roger J., Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, WATTERS, Thomas R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and ZUBER, Maria T., Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, scs@dtm.ciw.edu, scs@dtm.ciw.edu
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2:45 PM
VOLCANISM ON MERCURY
HEAD III, James W.1, MURCHIE, Scott L.2, PROCKTER, Louise3, ROBINSON, Mark S.4, SOLOMON, Sean C.5, STROM, Robert G.6, CHAPMAN, Clark R.7, WATTERS, Thomas R.8, BLEWETT, David T.2 and DENEVI, Brett W.9, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (5)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (6)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (8)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (9)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, James_Head@brown.edu, James_Head@brown.edu
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3:15 PM
THE COLOR OF MERCURY
DENEVI, Brett W.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.2, SOLOMON, Sean C.3, MURCHIE, Scott L.4, BLEWETT, David T.4, DOMINGUE, Deborah L.4, MCCOY, Timothy J.5, ERNST, Carolyn M.4, HEAD, James W.6, WATTERS, Thomas R.7 and CHABOT, Nancy L.4, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, (2)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (3)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (6)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (7)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, N/A, N/A
 
3:45 PM
Break
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4:00 PM
CRATERING ON MERCURY
CHAPMAN, Clark R.1, STROM, Robert G.2, HEAD, James W.3, FASSETT, Caleb I.4, MERLINE, William J.1, SOLOMON, Sean C.5, BLEWETT, David T.6 and WATTERS, Thomas R.7, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (5)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (7)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, cchapman@boulder.swri.edu, cchapman@boulder.swri.edu
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4:30 PM
THE CALORIS IMPACT BASIN AND ITS ROLE IN MODIFYING THE SURFACE OF MERCURY
FASSETT, Caleb I.1, HEAD, James W.2, BLEWETT, David T.3, CHAPMAN, Clark R.4, DICKSON, James L.5, MURCHIE, Scott L.3, OBERST, Jürgen6, SOLOMON, Sean C.7, STROM, Robert G.8 and WATTERS, Thomas R.9, (1)Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (4)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (6)Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany, (7)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (8)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (9)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu
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5:00 PM
THE TECTONICS OF IMPACT BASINS ON MERCURY
WATTERS, Thomas R., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, MURCHIE, Scott L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251 and PROCKTER, Louise, Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, watterst@si.edu, watterst@si.edu
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5:15 PM
LARGE RAYED CRATERS ON MERCURY
CHABOT, Nancy L.1, POWELL, Kathryn E.2, BLEWETT, David T.1 and IZENBERG, Noam R.2, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, Nancy.Chabot@jhuapl.edu, Nancy.Chabot@jhuapl.edu