2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 202
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
301 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T225. MicroMars to MegaMars: Integration of Surface and Orbital Investigations

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Nathan Bridges, Alfred McEwen and Dave Rubin, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
HEAVILY-CRATERED SEDIMENTARY ROCK OCCURRENCES AT THE SURFACE OF MARS
EDGETT, Kenneth S., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 and MALIN, Michael C., Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148
8:20 AM
GUSEV CRATER AND MERIDIANI PLANUM: THE VIEW FROM THE SURFACE
SQUYRES, Steven W., Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
8:40 AM
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS OF PHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGY IN GALE CRATER, MARS
RUBIN, David M.1, GROTZINGER, John2, GUPTA, Sanjeev3, EDGAR, Lauren A.4, EDGETT, Kenneth S.5, LEWIS, Kevin6, STACK, Kathryn M.2, SUMNER, Dawn Y.7, WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.8 and SCIENCE TEAM, MSL9, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, (2)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)Department of Geosciences, Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08544, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (8)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91011
8:55 AM
SYNTHESIZING MSL CURIOSITY ROVER OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING TO BUILD A REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY FOR AEOLIS PALUS, GALE CRATER
STACK, Kathryn M.1, GROTZINGER, John P.2, SUMNER, Dawn Y.3, CALEF, Fred4, EDGAR, Lauren A.5, GUPTA, Sanjeev6, LEWIS, Kevin7, RICE, Melissa S.2, RUBIN, David M.8 and WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.9, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (6)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (7)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, (9)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
9:10 AM
CRATER DENSITY AS AN AID TO MAPPING THE CRATERED SURFACE AT GALE CRATER, MARS
JACOB, Samantha R., Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1680 East West Rd, POST 615, Honolulu, HI 96822, ROWLAND, Scott K., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, EDGETT, Kenneth S., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, DAY, Mackenzie D., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, CALEF, Fred, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, PALUCIS, Marisa, Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and ANDERSON, Ryan B., USGS, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
9:25 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF BRADBURY RISE CONGLOMERATES IN THE MSL LANDING ELLIPSE
CALEF III, Fred J.1, ARVIDSON, Raymond E.2, PARKER, Timothy1, LEWIS, Kevin3, RICE, Melissa S.4, EDGAR, L.A.5, STACK, Kathryn M.6, WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.7, PALUCIS, Marisa8 and DIETRICH, William9, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (4)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (5)Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (7)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (8)Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, (9)Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
9:40 AM
GEOLOGY OF THE KIMBERLEY WAYPOINT, GALE CRATER: OBSERVATIONS FROM ORBIT AND MSL CURIOSITY
RICE, Melissa, Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, STACK, Kathryn M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, GROTZINGER, John, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, SUMNER, Dawn, Geology Department, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, RUBIN, David M., Coastal and Marine Geology, US Geol Survey, US Geological Survey Pacific Sciences Center, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, GUPTA, Sanjeev, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, EDGETT, Kenneth, Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, EDGAR, Lauren A., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 and LEWIS, Kevin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
9:55 AM
TERRAIN ASSESSMENT IN GALE CRATER FROM SOL 0-500 USING ORBITAL THERMAL INERTIA AND IN SITU VISIBLE DATA
YINGST, R. Aileen, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, HAMILTON, Victoria E., Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut St, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, ARVIDSON, Raymond, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University IN St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, CALEF, Fred, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, GROTZINGER, John P., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, LEWIS, Kevin, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08544 and WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
10:15 AM
VARIATIONS IN ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION AND TEXTURE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AT GALE CRATER, MARS
HEYDARI, Ezat1, YINGST, R. Aileen2, MINITTI, Michelle E.2, EDGETT, Kenneth S.3, MALIN, Michael C.4, GELLERT, Ralf5, THOMPSON, Lucy M.6, ROWLAND, Scott K.7 and KAH, Linda C.8, (1)Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, (2)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technolgy, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, (5)Dept. of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (6)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, (7)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
10:30 AM
ORBITAL AND 3D CONTEXT OF THE MSL CURIOSITY ROVER'S ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY SPECTROMETER (APXS) DATA FROM GALE CRATER
ELLIOTT, Beverley E., Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B5A3, Canada, THOMPSON, Lucy M., University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, SCHMIDT, Mariek, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, CALEF III, Fred J., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, SPRAY, John G., Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada and GELLERT, Ralf, Dept. of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
10:45 AM
CURIOSITY’S MARS HAND LENS IMAGER (MAHLI) – PRIMARY MISSION (FIRST MARS YEAR) RESULTS
EDGETT, Kenneth S.1, YINGST, R. Aileen2, MINITTI, Michelle E.2, HEYDARI, Ezat3, ROWLAND, Scott K.4, HERKENHOFF, Kenneth E.5, KAH, Linda C.6, KENNEDY, Megan R.7, KREZOSKI, Gillian M.7 and MCBRIDE, Marie J.7, (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)Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, (4)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (5)US Geological Survey, 2255 N Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-1698, (6)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (7)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148
11:00 AM
STUDIES OF AEOLIAN BEDFORMS AND WIND ACTIVITY IN GALE CRATER FROM SURFACE TO ORBITAL SCALES
BRIDGES, Nathan T.1, ARVIDSON, Raymond E.2, AYOUB, Francois3, EHLMANN, Bethany L.4, FRAEMAN, Abigail A.2, LAPOTRE, Mathieu5, MARTÍN-TORRES, F. Javier6, NEWSOM, Horton7, RUBIN, David M.8 and SULLIVAN, R.9, (1)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3)Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1200 EAST CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (5)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, 91106, Pasadena, CA 91125, (6)Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Granada, Spain, (7)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, (9)Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
11:15 AM
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN WIND INDICATORS IN GALE CRATER
DAY, Mackenzie D.1, KOCUREK, Gary2, BRIDGES, Nathan T.3, EWING, Ryan4, ANDERSON, William5, NEWMAN, Claire E.6, MARTÍN-TORRES, F. Javier7, ZORZANO, María-Paz8, ULLÁN, Aurora8 and SCIENCE TEAM, MSL9, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78751, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (4)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843, (5)School of Engineering and Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (6)Ashima Research, 600 S. Lake Avenue, Suite 104, Pasadena, CA 91106, (7)Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Granada, Spain, (8)Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid, Spain, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91011
11:30 AM
COMPARISON OF IRON METEORITES FOUND AT THREE MARS LANDING SITES — SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MARTIAN WEATHERING PROCESSES
ASHLEY, James W., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
11:45 AM
VITREOUS, BRECCIATED MARS: INTEGRATING GLOBAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY WITH ROVER DATA AND MARTIAN METEORITES
CANNON, Kevin M. and MUSTARD, John F., Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912
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