Session No. 43
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

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

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

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EARTH SEDIMENTS AS AN ANALOGUE FOR MARTIAN DEPOSITS: A NEOPROTEROZOIC MODEL
SCHREIBER, B. Charlotte, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, PO Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 and MACHEL, Hans G., Univ Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Bldg, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, geologo@comcast.net
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THE DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN OF NODULES AND MINIBOWLS WITHIN THE SHEEPBED MEMBER: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY DIAGENESIS IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY, GALE CRATER, MARS
STACK, Kathryn M.1, GROTZINGER, John P.1, KAH, Linda C.2, SUMNER, Dawn Y.3, EDGAR, Lauren A.4, RICE, Melissa S.1, OEHLER, Dorothy Z.5, FAIRÉN, Alberto G.6, SIEBACH, Kirsten L.1 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The1, (1)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, NASA - Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (6)Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 426 Space Science Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853, Ithaca, NY 14853, kstack@caltech.edu
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CURIOSITY AT GALE CRATER, MARS: GEOLOGIC OBSERVATIONS, IMAGE SCALE, AND RANGE-FINDING WITH THE MARS HAND LENS IMAGER (MAHLI) ON THE ROVER’S ROBOTIC ARM
EDGETT, Kenneth S.1, YINGST, R. Aileen2, MAKI, Justin N.3, MINITTI, Michelle E.4, ROBINSON, Matthew L.3, KENNEDY, Megan R.5, KAH, Linda C.6, HEYDARI, Ezat7, ROWLAND, Scott K.8 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, (6)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (7)Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, (8)Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai'i, 1680 East-West Rd., POST 606, Honolulu, HI 96822, edgett@msss.com
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A UNIQUE MEASUREMENT OF MARTIAN DUST BY THE ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY SPECTROMETER ON CURIOSITY IN GALE CRATER, MARS
BERGER, Jeff A.1, CAMPBELL, J.L.2, EDGETT, Kenneth S.3, GELLERT, Ralf4, KING, Penelope L.5, PERRETT, Glynis M.2, PRADLER, Irina2, SCHMIDT, Mariek6 and MSL SCIENCE TEAM, The, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, 1151 Richmond St N, BGS Rm 1026, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, (2)Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (5)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200, Australia, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, jberge44@uwo.ca
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MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN HYPERSALINE SEDIMENTS OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT
LYNCH, Kennda, SPEAR, John R. and MUNAKATA MARR, Junko, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, klynch@mymail.mines.edu
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ASTROBIOLOGY AND NASA’S PROPOSED MARS 2020 ROVER
DES MARAIS, David J., NASA, Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Bldg. 239, Rm. 321, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001 and MARS 2020 SCIENCE DEFINITION TEAM, The, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, David.J.DesMarais@nasa.gov
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SELECTING THE LANDING SITE FOR THE MARS 2020 ROVER
GRANT, John, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, DC 20560 and MARS 2020 SCIENCE DEFINITION TEAM, The, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, grantj@si.edu
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