Session No. 6
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

T1. Curiosity at Gale—Past and Present Environments of Mars

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Kenneth S. Edgett, Juergen Schieber and Linda C. Kah, Advocates
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8:00 AM
AN OVERVIEW OF CURIOSITY’S SEARCH FOR ANCIENT HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS
BRISTOW, Thomas F., NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239, Moffett Field, CA 945035, EIGENBRODE, Jennifer L., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771, EDGETT, Kenneth S., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, thomas.f.bristow@nasa.gov
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8:20 AM
THE RELATIVE TIMING OF ALLUVIAL ACTIVITY IN GALE CRATER, MARS
GRANT, John1, WILSON, Sharon Purdy1, CALEF, Fred2 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, DC 20560, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, grantj@si.edu
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8:35 AM
GALE CRATER AND IMPACT PROCESSES: THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE
NEWSOM, Horton1, WILLIAMS, Joshua M.1, OLLILA, Ann M.1, MANGOLD, Nicolas2, KAH, Linda C.3, CALEF, Fred4, YINGST, R. Aileen5, SPRAY, John G.6, BRIDGES, John7 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique de Nantes, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (6)Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, (7)Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Space Research Center, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, newsom@unm.edu
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8:50 AM
AN OVERVIEW OF PAST DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS EXPLORED BY THE CURIOSITY ROVER AT BRADBURY LANDING AND YELLOWKNIFE BAY, GALE CRATER, MARS
STACK, Kathryn M. and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, kstack@caltech.edu
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9:10 AM
MINERALOGY AT BRADBURY LANDING AND YELLOWKNIFE BAY, GALE CRATER, MARS AS MEASURED BY THE CHEMCAM LIBS
DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, BRIDGES, John, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Space Research Center, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, WIENS, Roger C., Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, mdyar@mtholyoke.edu
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9:25 AM
STRATIGRAPHY OF YELLOWKNIFE BAY, MARS: CHEMCAM OBSERVATIONS OF CHEMICAL VARIABILITY BETWEEN MEMBERS
GORDON, Suzanne R.1, NEWSOM, Horton E.1, OLLILA, Ann M.1, WIENS, Roger C.2, ANDERSON, Ryan B.3, CLEGG, Sam M.2, MAURICE, Sylvestre4, GASNAULT, Olivier4, MANGOLD, Nicolas5 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)USGS, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (4)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie, Toulouse, 31028, France, (5)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique de Nantes, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, gordons@unm.edu
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9:40 AM
CRYSTAL-CHEMISTRY OF MARS MINERALS AT ROCKNEST, JOHN KLEIN AND CUMBERLAND
MORRISON, Shaunna M., Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, shaunnamm@email.arizona.edu
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9:55 AM
INTEGRATED GEOCHEMICAL HISTORY OF THE SHEEPBED MUDSTONE, GALE CRATER BY ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY SPECTROMETER
SCHMIDT, Mariek1, KING, Penelope L.2, GELLERT, Ralf3, GROTZINGER, John P.4, HUROWITZ, Joel A.5, LEE, Rebekka1, MCLENNAN, Scott M.6, THOMPSON, Lucy M.7 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200, Australia, (3)Dept. of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (4)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 183-401, Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)Department of Geoscience, State University of New York - Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (7)Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, mschmidt2@brocku.ca
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10:10 AM
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF MARTIAN MUDSTONES
SCHIEBER, Juergen, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, GUPTA, Sanjeev, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, GROTZINGER, John, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, SUAREZ-RIVERA, Roberto, Schlumberger Innovation Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, jschiebe@indiana.edu
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10:25 AM
MAPPING OF LIGHT-TONED VEINS AND NODULES OF THE JOHN KLEIN BOREHOLE WALL IN GALE CRATER, MARS
WILLIAMS, Joshua M.1, NEWSOM, Horton1, VANIMAN, David2, LE MOUÉLIC, Stéphan3, EDGETT, Kenneth4, WIENS, Roger C.5, GROTZINGER, John P.6, MANGOLD, Nicolas7 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)NA, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell Road, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, CNRS/Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssiniere, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes cedex 3 France, Nantes, 92208, France, (4)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (6)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (7)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique de Nantes, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, josh505@unm.edu
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10:40 AM
LITHIUM IN THE ROCKS AND SOILS OF GALE CRATER, MARS, AS OBSERVED BY CHEMCAM
OLLILA, Ann M.1, NEWSOM, Horton E.1, CLARK III, Benton2, LANZA, Nina3, COUSIN, Agnes3, WIENS, Roger C.4, VANIMAN, David5, ROSEN-GOODING, Anya6 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, MS J565, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (5)NA, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell Road, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (6)Albuquerque Public High School, Albuquerque, NM 87102, aollila@unm.edu
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10:55 AM
ET-THEN: A POSSIBLE MARTIAN MAGMA?
BALTA, J. Brian, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1412 Circle Drive, EPS building room 102, Knoxville, TN 37909 and MCSWEEN, H.Y., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, jbalta@utk.edu
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11:10 AM
OVERVIEW OF RECENT GEOLOGIC ACTIVITY AT THE CURIOSITY LANDING SITE
LEWIS, Kevin, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08544, BRIDGES, Nathan T., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, EDGETT, Kenneth S., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, FISK, Martin.R., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331, HALLET, Bernard, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, 365 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, KOCUREK, Gary, Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712, NEWMAN, Claire E., Ashima Research, 600 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 104, Pasadena, CA 91106, RUBIN, David M., Coastal and Marine Geology, US Geol Survey, US Geological Survey Pacific Sciences Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, SLETTEN, Ronald S., Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, 19 Johnson Hall, University of Washington Box 351360, Seattle, WA 98195 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, kwlewis@princeton.edu
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11:30 AM
ANCIENT PLAYA IN GLENELG REGION, GALE CRATER, MARS: EVIDENCE DERIVED FROM THE POLYGONAL FLAGSTONE NETWORK IN MUDSTONE IMAGED BY CURIOSITY
STEWART, Wayne, Earth and Space Sciences & Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, 262 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, HALLET, Bernard, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, 365 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, SLETTEN, Ronald S., Earth & Space Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, 19 Johnson Hall, University of Washington Box 351360, Seattle, WA 98195, RENNO, Nilton O., Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, FAIRÉN, Alberto G., Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 426 Space Science Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853, Ithaca, NY 14853 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, sletten@uw.edu
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11:45 AM
SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH NASA’S MARS 2020 ROVER MISSION
MUSTARD, John F., Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and MARS 2020 SCIENCE DEFINITION TEAM, The, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, john_mustard@brown.edu
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