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  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
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    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 284
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room L100H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T215. Terrestrial Analogs in Solar System Studies

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Simon A. Kattenhorn and Larry S. Crumpler, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
TRAVERSING THE AQUEOUS HISTORY OF MARS THROUGH ANALOGS
MUSTARD, John F.1, GREENBERGER, Rebecca1, SALVATORE, Mark R.2 and EHLMANN, Bethany L.3, (1)Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Planetary Geosciences Group, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, john_mustard@brown.edu, john_mustard@brown.edu
2
1:55 PM
PLANETARY FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY STUDIES USING TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS
BURR, Devon M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Science Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and HOWARD, Alan D., Univ Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903-3188, dburr1@utk.edu, dburr1@utk.edu
3
2:15 PM
NEOGENE DRAINAGE RATES IN THE BIGHORN BASIN FROM JAROSITE 40Ar/39Ar CHRONOMETRY; A HYDROLOGIC ANALOG FOR MERIDIANI PLANUM, MARS
KULA, Joseph, Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, KRAUS, Mary J., Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, BROCK-HON, Amy L., Geology, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Dept 2352, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403 and BALDWIN, Suzanne L., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, jkula@syr.edu, jkula@syr.edu
4
2:30 PM
13C-ENRICHED METHANE PRODUCED BIOLOGICALLY AT HYPERSALINE MARS ANALOG SITES
KELLEY, Cheryl A.1, POOLE, Jennifer A.1, TAZAZ, Amanda M.2, CHANTON, Jeffrey P.2 and BEBOUT, Brad M.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (3)Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, KelleyC@missouri.edu, KelleyC@missouri.edu
5
2:45 PM
THE MIRACKINA PALEOCHANNEL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AS AN ANALOG FOR PAIRED SINUOUS RIDGES ON MARS
WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.1, IRWIN III, Rossman P.1, MCCLELLAND, Phillip2 and BURR, Devon M.3, (1)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (2)Ultramag Geophysics Pty Ltd, 21 Cowmeadow Road, Mount Hutton, 2280, Australia, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Science Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, williams@psi.edu, williams@psi.edu
6
3:00 PM
SINUOUS RILLES IN HESPERIA PLANUM, MARS: WATER, LAVA, OR SOMETHING ELSE?
GREGG, Tracy K.P., Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and ROBERTS, Carolyn, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, tgregg@buffalo.edu, tgregg@buffalo.edu
7
3:15 PM
VERIFICATION OF SPECTRAL MAPPING OF THE MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS USING IN SITU AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUES
SALVATORE, Mark R.1, MUSTARD, John F.1, HEAD, James W.2 and SEELEY, Jack3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, john_mustard@brown.edu, john_mustard@brown.edu
8
3:30 PM
LAVA FLOW DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY VARIATIONS
DINIEGA, Serina, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, M/S 183-401, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, SMREKAR, Suzanne E., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, ANDERSON, Steven W., MAST Institute and the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639 and STOFAN, Ellen R., Proxemy Research, Bowie, MD 20715, serina.diniega@jpl.nasa.gov, serina.diniega@jpl.nasa.gov
9
3:45 PM
THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC VENTS ACROSS THE EASTERN THARSIS PLAINS, MARS
PENDLETON, Matthew W.1, BLEACHER, Jacob E.2, HAMILTON, Christopher W.2 and GLAZE, Lori S.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 825 West 7th Street, 322 Mines Bldg, Moscow, ID 83844, (2)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, pend5955@vandals.uidaho.edu, pend5955@vandals.uidaho.edu
10
4:00 PM
CRATER MORPHOLOGY IN MONOGENETIC VOLCANIC FIELDS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO
DE HON, R.a., Department of Geography, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, dehon@txstate.edu, dehon@txstate.edu
11
4:15 PM
PIT CRATERS AND OPEN VERTICAL VOLCANIC CONDUITS OF EARTH AND MARS
HALLIDAY, William R., Commission on Volcanic Caves, International Union of Speleology, 6530 Cornwall Court, Nashville, TN 37205, STEFANSSON, Arni, Thrihnukar EHF, Kambsvegur 10, Reykjavik, 104, Iceland and FAVRE, Gerald, Swiss Speleological Museum, 16, route de Crassier, Borex, Vaud, 1277, Switzerland, wrhbna@bellsouth.net, wrhbna@bellsouth.net
12
4:30 PM
TERRESTRIAL DILATIONAL FAULTS: ANALOGS FOR NORMAL FAULTS ON MARS AND POSSIBLY ICY MOONS
KATTENHORN, Simon A., ConocoPhillips Company, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, Simon.A.Kattenhorn@conocophillips.com, Simon.A.Kattenhorn@conocophillips.com
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