T152. New Moon Rising: The Latest Geologic Results from the Lunar Surface

Session No. 224
Wednesday, 7 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
213BC (Charlotte Convention Center)

T152. New Moon Rising: The Latest Geologic Results from the Lunar Surface

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

R. Aileen Yingst, Noah Petro and Scott C. Mest, Advocates
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8:00 AM
EXPLORING THE MOON WITH LRO: CHARACTERIZING VOLCANISM ON THE LUNAR SURFACE (Invited Presentation)
LAWRENCE, Samuel J.1, JOLLIFF, B.L.2, GLOTCH, Timothy3, HAWKE, B. Ray4, GREENHAGEN, Benjamin T.5, STOPAR, Julie D.1, ROBINSON, Mark S.6, GARRY, W. Brent7 and GUSTAFSON, J. Olaf8, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 873603, Tempe, AZ 85287-3603, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (4)Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive MS 183-301, Campus Box 1169, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, (6)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (7)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (8)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 201 Humphreys Service Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, sjlawren@asu.edu, sjlawren@asu.edu
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8:15 AM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO SMALL LUNAR PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS
GADDIS, Lisa R., Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, lgaddis@usgs.gov, lgaddis@usgs.gov
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8:30 AM
LUNAR PLAINS-STYLE (SMALL SHIELD) VOLCANISM
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
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8:45 AM
THE EMPLACEMENT OF VALLIS SCHROTERI AND MARE IMBRIUM LAVA FLOWS, THE MOON
GARRY, W. Brent, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, wbgarry@psi.edu, wbgarry@psi.edu
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9:00 AM
INTEGRATING NEAR-INFRARED DERIVED MINERALOGY AND GAMMA RAY DERIVED CHEMISTRY OF THE MOON: PROBING IGNEOUS SOURCES FROM ORBIT
KLIMA, Rachel L., Space Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, CAHILL, Joshua T.S., Space Department, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, HAGERTY, Justin J., United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and LAWRENCE, David J., Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu
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9:15 AM
TESTING HYPOTHESES OF ORIGIN FOR LUNAR FLOOR-FRACTURED CRATERS: VISCOUS RELAXATION VERSUS MAGMATIC INTRUSION AND PREDICTIONS OF ASSOCIATED GRAVITY ANOMALIES
JOZWIAK, Lauren1, HEAD, James W.2, ZUBER, Maria T.3, SMITH, David E.3 and NEUMANN, Gregory A.4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St, Providence, RI 02906, (2)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (4)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, lauren_jozwiak@brown.edu, lauren_jozwiak@brown.edu
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9:30 AM
GRAVITY RECOVERY AND INTERIOR LABORATORY (GRAIL) MISSION: MISSION STATUS AND APPLICATIONS TO LUNAR GEOLOGY
ZUBER, Maria, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-518, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 and GRAIL, Science Team, Cambridge, MA 02139, zuber@mit.edu, zuber@mit.edu
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9:45 AM
High Resolution Gravitational Field of the Moon—Results from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory Mission
ASMAR, Sami1, ZUBER, Maria2, SMITH, David E.3, KONOPLIV, Alex1, WATKINS, Michael1 and PARK, Ryan1, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-518, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, ryan.s.park@jpl.nasa.gov, ryan.s.park@jpl.nasa.gov
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10:00 AM
LRO DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER EXPERIMENT RESULTS (Invited Presentation)
PAIGE, David, Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, dap@moon.ucla.edu, dap@moon.ucla.edu
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10:15 AM
ORIGIN OF PEAK-RING BASINS ON THE MOON: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRUSTAL STRUCTURE
BAKER, David M.H.1, HEAD, James W.2, NEUMANN, Gregory A.3, SMITH, David E.4 and ZUBER, Maria T.4, (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)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (4)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, david_baker@brown.edu, david_baker@brown.edu
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10:30 AM
N(50) CRATER RETENTION AGES FOR AN EXPANDED INVENTORY OF LUNAR BASINS: EVIDENCE FOR AN EARLY HEAVY BOMBARDMENT AND A LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT?
FREY, Herbert, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration–Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698 Planetary Geodynamics Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center, Gambrills, MD 20771 and BURGESS, Emily, Seton Keough High School, 1201 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21227, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov, Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov
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10:45 AM
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN BASED ON CRATER SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS
HIESINGER, Harald1, VAN DER BOGERT, Carolyn H.1, JOLLIFF, B.L.2, SCHMEDEMANN, Nico3, THIESSEN, Fiona1, PASCKERT, Jan Hendrik1 and ROBINSON, Mark S.4, (1)Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, Münster, 48149, Germany, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3)Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 12249, Germany, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, hiesinger@uni-muenster.de, hiesinger@uni-muenster.de
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11:00 AM
COMBINING COMPOSITIONAL AND MORPHOLOGIC DATA TO MAP THE COPERNICUS LUNAR QUADRANGLE: A CASE STUDY FOR NEW METHODS IN LUNAR GEOLOGIC MAPPING (Invited Presentation)
HAGERTY, Justin J.1, SKINNER Jr, J.a.2 and GADDIS, Lisa R.2, (1)United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, jhagerty@usgs.gov, jhagerty@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
CONSTRUCTION AND EROSION IN THE FORMATION OF LUNAR SINUOUS RILLES
GREGG, Tracy K.P., Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, ROBERTS, Carolyn, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and YINGST, R. Aileen, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, tgregg@buffalo.edu, tgregg@buffalo.edu
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11:30 AM
LUNAR ORIENTALE BASIN: A COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGIN OF BASIN RINGS AND GEOLOGICAL UNITS FROM NEW SPACECRAFT DATA
HEAD, James W.1, BAKER, David M.H.2, NEUMANN, Gregory A.3, SMITH, David E.4, ZUBER, Maria T.5 and VAUGHAN, William M.2, (1)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (4)Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, James_Head@brown.edu, James_Head@brown.edu
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11:45 AM
GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF ENORMOUS VOLUMES OF IMPACT MELT: A CASE STUDY OF THE ORIENTALE MELT SEA
VAUGHAN, William M., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, WILSON, Lionel, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom and HESS, Paul C., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, william_vaughan@brown.edu, william_vaughan@brown.edu
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