CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 142
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room L100H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T214. Exploring Mercury by Spacecraft: First MESSENGER Results from Orbit

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Louise Prockter and Sean C. Solomon, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
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1:30 PM
RESULTS FROM MESSENGER's FIRST SOLAR DAY OF ORBITAL IMAGING OF MERCURY
MURCHIE, Scott L.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.2, HEAD, James W.3, STROM, Robert G.4, PROCKTER, Louise5, SOLOMON, Sean C.6, WATTERS, Thomas R.7, BLEWETT, David T.1, CHABOT, Nancy L.1 and DENEVI, Brett W.8, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (5)Applied Physics Lab, Planetary Exploration Group, MP3-E178, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (6)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (7)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (8)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, scott.murchie@jhuapl.edu, scott.murchie@jhuapl.edu
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1:45 PM
THE GEOPHYSICS OF MERCURY: MESSENGER's VIEW FROM ORBIT
HAUCK II, Steven A.1, ZUBER, Maria T.2, SMITH, David E.2, JOHNSON, Catherine L.3, PHILLIPS, Roger J.4, LEMOINE, Frank G.5, MARGOT, Jean-Luc6, NEUMANN, Gregory A.5, PEALE, Stanton J.7 and SOLOMON, Sean C.8, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, AW Smith 112, Cleveland, OH 44106-7216, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (3)Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (4)Planetary Science Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, (5)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (6)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (7)Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Broida Hall, Mail Code 9530, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (8)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, hauck@case.edu, hauck@case.edu
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2:00 PM
MAJOR ELEMENTS ON MERCURY'S SURFACE FROM MESSENGER X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
NITTLER, Larry R.1, WEIDER, Shoshana Z.1, STARR, Richard D.2, MCCOY, Timothy J.3, EBEL, Denton S.4, LAWRENCE, David J.5, MCNUTT Jr, Ralph5, SCHLEMM II, Charles E.5, SOLOMON, Sean C.6 and SPRAGUE, Ann L.7, (1)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Physics Department, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, (3)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, (5)Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (6)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, lnittler@ciw.edu, lnittler@ciw.edu
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2:15 PM
RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS MEASURED ON MERCURY BY MESSENGER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PLANET'S FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
EVANS, Larry G.1, PEPLOWSKI, Patrick2, HAUK II, Steven A.3, MCCOY, Timothy J.4, BOYNTON, William V.5, GOLDSTEN, John O.2, HAMARA, Dave K.5, RHODES, Edgar A.2, SPRAGUE, Ann L.5 and SOLOMON, Sean C.6, (1)NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 691/CSC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclide Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106, (4)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (5)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, Larry.G.Evans@nasa.gov, Larry.G.Evans@nasa.gov
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2:30 PM
MESSENGER: IMPLICATIONS FOR MERCURY FORMATION HYPOTHESES
EBEL, Denton S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, ALEXANDER, Conel M. O'D., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, HAUCK II, Steven A., Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, AW Smith 112, Cleveland, OH 44106-7216, LAWRENCE, David J., Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, NITTLER, Larry R., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, PEPLOWSKI, Patrick, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, SPRAGUE, Ann L., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, STARR, Richard D., Physics Department, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064 and STEWART, Sarah T., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, Debel@amnh.org, Debel@amnh.org
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2:45 PM
WIDESPREAD AND VOLUMINOUS FLOOD VOLCANISM IN THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS OF MERCURY REVEALED BY MESSENGER
FASSETT, Caleb I.1, DENEVI, Brett W.2, WHITTEN, Jennifer L.3, GOUDGE, Timothy A.3, BAKER, David M.H.4, HURWITZ, Debra M.4, OSTRACH, Lillian R.5, XIAO, Zhiyong6, BYRNE, Paul K.7 and KLIMCZAK, Christian8, (1)Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (5)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (6)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 1629 E. University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W, Washington, DC 20015, (8)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu
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3:00 PM
SURFACE LAVA FLOW FEATURES ON MERCURY
BYRNE, Paul K.1, KLIMCZAK, Christian2, DENEVI, Brett W.3, WATTERS, Thomas R.4, SOLOMON, Sean C.2, ENNS, Andrew5, HEAD, James W.6, HURWITZ, Debra M.7 and BAKER, David M.H.7, (1)Universities Space Research Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, (4)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (5)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, (6)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, byrne@lpi.usra.edu, byrne@lpi.usra.edu
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3:15 PM
THICKNESS OF VOLCANIC FILL IN IMPACT BASINS ON MERCURY
ERNST, Carolyn M.1, MURCHIE, Scott L.1, BARNOUIN, Olivier S.2, CHABOT, Nancy L.1, HEAD, James W.3, PROCKTER, Louise2, SOLOMON, Sean C.4 and WATTERS, Thomas R.5, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (5)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, carolyn.ernst@jhuapl.edu, carolyn.ernst@jhuapl.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:45 PM
EXTENSION IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS OF MERCURY
WATTERS, Thomas R.1, SOLOMON, Sean C.2, HEAD, James W.3, ERNST, Carolyn M.4, DENEVI, Brett W.5, ROBINSON, Mark S.6, KLIMCZAK, Christian2 and GOUDGE, Timothy A.7, (1)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, (6)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, watterst@si.edu, watterst@si.edu
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4:00 PM
STRAIN ANALYSIS OF EXTENSION IN VOLCANICALLY FLOODED IMPACT CRATERS ON MERCURY
KLIMCZAK, Christian1, WATTERS, Thomas R.2, BYRNE, Paul K.3, ERNST, Carolyn M.4, SOLOMON, Sean C.1, GOUDGE, Timothy A.5, HEAD, James W.6 and XIAO, Zhiyong7, (1)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (3)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (6)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 1629 E. University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, cklimczak@CIW.EDU, cklimczak@CIW.EDU
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4:15 PM
THE GEOLOGY OF MEDIUM-SIZED IMPACT BASINS ON MERCURY
PROCKTER, Louise1, BAKER, David M.H.2, HEAD, James W.3, MURCHIE, Scott L.1, ERNST, Carolyn M.1, CHAPMAN, Clark R.4, DENEVI, Brett W.5, SOLOMON, Sean C.6, WATTERS, Thomas R.7 and MASSIRONI, Matteo8, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (4)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (5)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, (6)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (7)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (8)Department of Geoscience, University of Padova, Padova, 35137, Italy, Louise.Prockter@jhuapl.edu, Louise.Prockter@jhuapl.edu
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4:30 PM
MERCURY'S PEAK-RING BASIN POPULATION AND THE FORMATION OF PEAK RINGS: OBSERVATIONS FROM MESSENGER FLYBY AND ORBITAL DATA
BAKER, David M.H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, PROCKTER, Louise, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 and SOLOMON, Sean C., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, david_baker@brown.edu, david_baker@brown.edu
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4:45 PM
STATISTICS OF MORPHOLOGIES OF SMALL PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CRATERS ON MERCURY'S NORTHERN PLAINS
CHAPMAN, Clark R.1, MERLINE, William J.1, OSTRACH, Lillian R.2, XIAO, Zhiyong3, SOLOMON, Sean C.4, HEAD, James W.5 and WHITTEN, Jennifer L.6, (1)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (2)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (3)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 1629 E. University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (5)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, cchapman@boulder.swri.edu, cchapman@boulder.swri.edu
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5:00 PM
CRATER STATISTICS FOR THE NORTHERN POLAR REGION OF MERCURY DERIVED FROM MESSENGER ORBITAL DATA
OSTRACH, Lillian R.1, CHAPMAN, Clark R.2, FASSETT, Caleb I.3, HEAD, James W.4, MERLINE, William J.2, ROBINSON, Mark S.1, SOLOMON, Sean C.5, STROM, Robert G.6 and XIAO, Zhiyong7, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (2)Southwest Research Institute, Suite 300, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO 80302, (3)Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (4)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (5)Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20015, (6)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 1629 E. University Blvd, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, lostrach@ser.asu.edu, lostrach@ser.asu.edu
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5:15 PM
SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF AN UNUSUAL IMPACT MELT FLOW ON MERCURY: INTEGRATING COLOR IMAGERY WITH SPECTRAL DATA ACQUIRED BY MASCS ON MESSENGER
KLIMA, Rachel L.1, D'AMORE, Mario2, DENEVI, Brett W.3, ERNST, Carolyn M.4, GILLIS-DAVIS, Jeffrey J.5, HELBERT, Jörn2, IZENBERG, Noam R.6, PASHAI, Pegah7, STROM, Robert G.8 and VILAS, Faith9, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, D-12489, Germany, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, (6)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (7)University of maryland, College Park, 20742, (8)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (9)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu
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