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. 167
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room L100H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T213. Robotic Exploration of Planetary Surfaces: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

David A. Williams and Larry Soderblom, Advocates
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8:00 AM
SPIRIT'S TRAVERSE AROUND HOME PLATE, COLUMBIA HILLS, MARS: METHODS AND SOME RESULTS
CRUMPLER, Larry S., New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, larry.crumpler@state.nm.us, larry.crumpler@state.nm.us
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8:15 AM
STRUCTURE OF HUSBAND HILL AND THE WEST SPUR OF THE COLUMBIA HILLS, GUSEV CRATER
COLE, Shoshanna B., Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 425 Space Sciences Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853, WATTERS, Wesley A., Department of Astronomy, Wellesley College, Whitin Observatory 122, Wellesley, MA 02481 and SQUYRES, Steven W., Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, shoshe@astro.cornell.edu, shoshe@astro.cornell.edu
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8:30 AM
COORDINATED CRISM AND OPPORTUNITY OBSERVATIONS TO DETERMINE THE MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF MERIDIANI PLANUM
ARVIDSON, Raymond, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University IN St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, arvidson@wunder.wustl.edu, arvidson@wunder.wustl.edu
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8:45 AM
THE FILLING OF ENDEAVOUR CRATER, MARS: A MODELING APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING HiRISE, CRISM, AND OPPORTUNITY OBSERVATIONS
ANDREWS-HANNA, Jeffrey C., Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jcahanna@mines.edu, jcahanna@mines.edu
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9:00 AM
FROM ROVER TO LABORATORY: EXAMINING JAROSITE DISSOLUTION AND COUPLED HEMATITE PRECIPITATION TO CONSTRAIN ANCIENT AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS AT MERIDIANI PLANUM
ELWOOD MADDEN, Megan E., School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73072, MADDEN, Andrew S., School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St. Rm. 710, Norman, OK 73019, PRITCHETT, Brittany, ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019, KENDALL, Matthew R., School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St. Rm 710, Norman, OK 73019, ZAHRAI, Shayda, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, RIMSTIDT, J. Donald, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and HAMILTON, Victoria E., Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, melwood@ou.edu, melwood@ou.edu
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9:15 AM
USING VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED MULTISPECTRAL IMAGERY FROM ROVER-BASED PLATFORMS TO DISTINGUISH ALTERED VOLCANIC TEPHRAS AND OXIDIZED MATERIALS
FARRAND, William H., Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80301, BELL III, James F., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, JOHNSON, Jeffrey R., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723 and SCHROEDER, Christian, University Bayreuth and Eberhard Karls, University of Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany, farrand@spacescience.org, farrand@spacescience.org
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9:30 AM
ROVERS AND ORBITERS REVEAL WIDE-RANGING AQUEOUS CONDITIONS ON MARS
WRAY, James J., School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, jwray@gatech.edu, jwray@gatech.edu
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9:45 AM
THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSION
GROTZINGER, John P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1200 E. California Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, grotz@gps.caltech.edu, grotz@gps.caltech.edu
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10:00 AM
IDENTIFYING SUITABLE TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS OF MARS SHOREZONE FEATURES: PLANETARY EXPLORATION GUIDELINES
JEWELL, Paul, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, Geology & Geophysics Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, NICOLL, Kathleen, University of Utah, 260 South Central Campus Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, PARKER, Timothy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, OKUBO, Chris H., Astrogeology Science Center, US Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, KOMATSU, Goro, Irsps, Univ. G.d'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro, 42, 65127, Pescara, Italy, ORMO, Jens, Centro de Astrobiologia, Torrejon de Ardoz, 28850, Spain and BARKER, Donald, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204, paul.jewell@utah.edu, paul.jewell@utah.edu
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10:15 AM
MEPAG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A 2018 MARS SAMPLE RETURN CACHING LANDER – SAMPLE TYPES, NUMBER, AND SIZES
ALLEN, Carlton C., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, SEPHTON, Mark, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, MCLENNAN, Scott M., Geosciences, Stony Brook Research Foundation, Stony Brook, NY 11794, BEATY, David W., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109-8001, BOSTON, Penny, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, GRADY, Monica, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, HEBER, Veronika, Univ. of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, HERD, Christopher D. K., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, RUFF, Steven W., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305 and SYMES, Steve, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, carlton.c.allen@nasa.gov, carlton.c.allen@nasa.gov
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10:30 AM
SEGMENTING IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY FOR GRANULOMETRY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF MARTIAN SOIL
KARUNATILLAKE, Suniti, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 and MCLENNAN, Scott M., Geosciences, Stony Brook Research Foundation, Stony Brook, NY 11794, swalimunide@rider.edu, swalimunide@rider.edu
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10:45 AM
Withdrawn
 
11:00 AM
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