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Session No. 126
Monday, 1 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 502 (Colorado Convention Center)

P2. Evolving Moon: Recent Advances in Understanding Our Planetary Neighbor From NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Other Missions

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

David A. Williams, Convener
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
USING THE MOON FOR SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION
NEAL, Clive R., Univ Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hl Engrng, Notre Dame, IN 46556-0767, neal.1@nd.edu, neal.1@nd.edu
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1:50 PM
MOUNTAINS IN MINUTES AND MELT SEAS IN SECONDS ON THE MOON: THE ROLE OF IMPACT BASINS IN LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, James_Head@brown.edu, James_Head@brown.edu
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2:10 PM
DESTINATION SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN: SAMPLE RETURN, GEOLOGY OF THE MOON, AND RECORD OF SOLAR SYSTEM CATACLYSM
JOLLIFF, B.L., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, GADDIS, L.R., Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, SHEARER, Charles K., Institute of Meteoritics, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, COHEN, Barbara, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Dr, Huntsville, AL 35812, HAGERTY, Justin J., United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, PETRO, Noah, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/GSFC, NASA/GSFC, Building 33, Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, PIETERS, Carle M., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, WARREN, Paul H., Institute of Geophysics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and ZEIGLER, Ryan A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, blj@wustl.edu, blj@wustl.edu
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2:30 PM
TOPOGRAPHY AND GEODESY OF THE MOON FROM THE LUNAR ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER (LOLA)
ZUBER, Maria T.1, SMITH, David E.1, NEUMANN, Gregory A.2 and MAZARICO, Erwan1, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (2)Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, zuber@mit.edu, zuber@mit.edu
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2:50 PM
LOLA TEST OF CANDIDATE LARGE LUNAR IMPACT BASINS PREVIOUSLY FOUND USING OLDER TOPOGRAPHY AND CRUSTAL THICKNESS DATA
FREY, Herbert V., Planetary Geodynamics Lab, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and ROMINE, Gregory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
LUNAR SINUOUS RILLES ORIGINATING IN HIGHLAND SETTINGS: REVELATIONS FROM LRO
GARRY, W. Brent, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, GADDIS, Lisa R., Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and TORNABENE, Livio, Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration, University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON ON N6A 5B7, Canada, wbgarry@psi.edu, wbgarry@psi.edu
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3:50 PM
USING MINI-RF TO IMPROVE ACCURACY OF LUNAR TiO2 DISTRIBUTION MAPS
GILLIS-DAVIS, Jeffrey J., Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, TRANG, David, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 503, Honolulu, HI 96822, BUSSEY, Ben, Applied Physics Lab, MP3-E180, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, WILLIAMS, Kevin K., Earth Sciences, SUNY Buffalo State, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222 and CARTER, Lynn M., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 315, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, Gillis@higp.hawaii.edu, Gillis@higp.hawaii.edu
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4:10 PM
THE GEOLOGY OF THE APOLLO 17 TAURUS-LITTROW SITE IN LIGHT OF LRO IMAGERY
SCHMITT, Harrison H., Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.O. Box 90730, Albuquerque, NM 87199 and ROBINSON, Mark S., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, hhschmitt@earthlink.net, hhschmitt@earthlink.net
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4:30 PM
IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORATION FROM RECENT ROBOTIC MISSIONS
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, MP3-E169, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
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