Session No. 200
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

T5. Impact Cratering in the Solar System: Fire to Ice—Vacuum to Atmospheres

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

 

Jeffrey B. Plescia, Christian Koeberl and Mark B. Boslough, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introduction
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8:10 AM
THE CHELYABINSK SUPERBOLIDE: CHARACTERIZATION OF METEOROID AND LESSONS FOR THE EARTH IMPACT HAZARD
KOEBERL, Christian, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, also of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, FERRIÈRE, Ludovic, Deartment of Mineralogy and Petrography, Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, Vienna, A-1010, Austria and BRANDSTAETTER, Franz, Mineralogy and Petrology, Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, Vienna, A1010, Austria, christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at
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8:30 AM
CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT CRATER – DEVELOPMENT OF “BRIM” SEDIMENTATION
DYPVIK, Henning1, EDWARDS, Lucy E.2, GOHN, Gregory3, HORTON, J. Wright3 and POWARS, David S.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047 Blindern, Oslo, NO-0316, Norway, (2)US Geol Survey, 926-A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, henning.dypvik@geo.uio.no
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8:50 AM
DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL IN CA. 2.49 GA KURUMAN SPHERULE LAYER, SOUTH AFRICA
SIMONSON, Bruce M.1, GODERIS, Steven2, BEUKES, Nicolas J.3 and CLAEYS, Philippe2, (1)Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Earth System Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (3)Geology Dept, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa, bruce.simonson@oberlin.edu
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9:05 AM
MODELING AND INVERSION RESULTS FROM AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICS OVER A BURIED IMPACT STRUCTURE IN DECORAH, IOWA, USA
KASS, M. Andy1, BEDROSIAN, Paul A.2, DRENTH, Benjamin J.3, BLOSS, Benjamin R.2, MCKAY, Robert M.4, LIU, Huaibao5, FRENCH, Bevan M.6 and WITZKE, Brian J.7, (1)Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, (2)US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg 20, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Geological and Water Survey, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (5)Iowa Geological & Water Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (6)Meteorite Impact Crater Studies, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, NMNH, Room E-310, MRC 0121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (7)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, mkass@usgs.gov
 
9:20 AM
Break
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9:35 AM
LINKING TISSINT SHOCK GLASS TO IMPACT MELT ON MARS
CANNON, Kevin M.1, MUSTARD, John F.1, HIROI, Takahiro2 and HERD, Christopher D.K.3, (1)Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, kevin_cannon@brown.edu
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9:50 AM
OBSERVATIONS OF ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI FROM THE SUDBURY IMPACT EVENT
HUBER, Matthew S., Essc, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium and KOEBERL, Christian, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, also of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, matthew.huber@vub.ac.be
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10:05 AM
IMPACT MELT VOLUMES IN SIMPLE LUNAR CRATERS: CONSTRAINTS ON THEORETICAL MODELING
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, BARNOUIN, Olivier S., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 and CINTALA, Mark J., Johnson Space Center, Code KR, Houston, TX 77058, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
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10:25 AM
THE HAASTTSE-BAAD CONCENTRIC RING GRABEN COMPLEX, NORTHERN APHRODITE TERRA (VENUS):  A VALHALLA-TYPE RING STRUCTURE
LÓPEZ, Iván, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, 28933, Spain and HANSEN, Vicki L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, vhansen@d.umn.edu
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10:40 AM
MODELING IMPACT BLAST WINDS ON MARS: THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT WIND STREAKS
QUINTANA, Stephanie N., Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and SCHULTZ, Peter H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, P.O. Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, stephanie_quintana@brown.edu
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10:55 AM
FORMATION OF AIRBLAST FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUNG MARTIAN CRATERS
BART, Gwendolyn D. and SPINOLO, P. Luke, Physics, Univ. of Idaho, Campus Box 440903, Moscow, ID 83844-0903, gbarnes@uidaho.edu
 
11:10 AM
Discussion
 
11:25 AM
Concluding Remarks
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