2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 340
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 344 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T175. Oceans, Fire, and Ice of the Outer Solar System

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
D. Alex Patthoff and Emily S. Martin, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
SURFACE EVOLUTION FROM ORBITAL DECAY ON PHOBOS AND TRITON
HURFORD, Terry1, ASPHAUG, Erik2, SPITALE, Joseph3, HEMINGWAY, Douglas4, RHODEN, Alyssa2, HENNING, Wade5, BILLS, Bruce6, KATTENHORN, Simon7 and WALKER, Matthew8, (1)Planetary Systems Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (2)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (3)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, (4)University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (7)Geological Technology, Conoco Phillips Company, Houston, TX 77079, (8)Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, terry.a.hurford@nasa.gov
1:50 PM
MODELING AN EXOGENIC ORIGIN FOR THE EQUATORIAL RIDGE ON IAPETUS
STICKLE, Angela M., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Unviersity, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MS200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723 and ROBERTS, James H., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, angela.stickle@jhuapl.edu
2:05 PM
RIDGES OF ENCELADUS, EUROPA, AND OTHER ICY WORLDS
PATTHOFF, D. Alex, Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena, CA 91109, PAPPALARDO, Robert T., Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, MAUE, Anthony D., Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, CHILTON, Heather, Departments of Physics and Geology, California State University Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831-3599, CRAFT, Kathleen L., Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723 and MARTIN, Emily S., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, patthoff@jpl.nasa.gov
2:20 PM
RIDGES ON ENCELADUS: INITIAL MODELS OF FORMATION AND FLEXURE
CRAFT, Kathleen L., Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, PATTHOFF, D. Alex, Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena, CA 91109, MARTIN, Emily S., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, DOMBARD, Andrew J., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, M/C 186, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 and RHODEN, Alyssa, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, Kate.Craft@jhuapl.edu
2:35 PM
GLOBAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF ENCELADUS
PATTERSON, Gerald Wesley1, COLLINS, Geoffrey C.2, PAPPALARDO, Robert T.3, BECKER, Tammy L.4, EDMUNDSON, Kenneth L.4 and BLAND, Michael4, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, MP3-E106, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Physics and Astronomy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766, (3)Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, Gerald.Patterson@jhuapl.edu
2:55 PM
MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF TECTONIC FEATURES ON ENCELADUS’S LEADING HEMISPHERE TERRAIN
MAUE, Anthony D., Department of Astronomy, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, PATTHOFF, D. Alex, Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena, CA 91109 and PAPPALARDO, Robert T., Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 321-560, Pasadena, CA 91109, amaue@bu.edu
3:10 PM
GEOMORPHIC UNITS ON TITAN
LOPES, Rosaly M.C., Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109, MALASKA, Michael J., Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, SCHOENFELD, Ashley, Planetary Science Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91107, BIRCH, Samuel P.D., Astronomy Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, HAYES, Alexander G., Astronomy, Cornell University, 412 Space Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, SOLOMONIDOU, Anezina, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-601, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, RADEBAUGH, Jani, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and WILLIAMS, David, School of Earth & Space Exploration, ASU, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, rosaly.m.lopes@jpl.nasa.gov
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
DETAILED MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIONE'S WISPY TERRAINS
MARTIN, Emily S.1, MCDANIEL, Jessica2 and WATTERS, Thomas R.1, (1)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, martines@si.edu
3:55 PM
VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION OF CRATERS AND THERMAL HISTORIES OF THE MID-SIZED ICY SATELLITES OF SATURN
ROBERTS, James H., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 and PHILLIPS, Cynthia B., NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109, James.Roberts@jhuapl.edu
4:10 PM
CRYOVOLCANIC EMPLACEMENT OF DOMES ON EUROPA
QUICK, Lynnae C., Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, GLAZE, Lori S., Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and BALOGA, Stephen M., Proxemy Research, 20528 Farcroft Lane, Laytonsville, MD 20715, lynnae.c.quick@nasa.gov
4:30 PM
CRYOMAGMATISM ON EUROPA
MANGA, Michael, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, MICHAUT, Chloe, Paris, 75005, France and CULHA, Cansu, Palo Alto, CA 94305, manga@seismo.berkeley.edu
4:45 PM
ENDLESS (FROZEN) SUMMER: IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT WAVE
WALKER, Catherine C., School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, cat.walker@eas.gatech.edu
5:00 PM
AUTOMATED SAMPLE PREPARATION AND IN SITU SEQUENCING OF A DNA BIOSIGNATURE FOR ASTROBIOLOGICAL ANALOGUE SAMPLES
BRADBURNE, Christopher, Asymmetric Opersations Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 12-S132, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723 and CRAFT, Kathleen L., Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, chris.bradburne@jhuapl.edu
5:15 PM
A JURASSIC SPRING-FED LAKE SYSTEM IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION, TEN MILE GRABEN, UTAH, USA; BIOSIGNATURE PRESERVATION AND ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
WILLIAMS, Jason1, POTTER-MCINTYRE, Sally L.2, PHILLIPS-LANDER, Charity3 and O'CONNELL, Laura1, (1)Geology, Southern Illinois University, Parkinson Lab Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Parkinson Lab - Geology Department, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., Norman, OK 73019, jasbfree@yahoo.com
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