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

Session No. 100
Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 344 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T173. Impact Cratering on Earth and in the Solar System

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division
Christian Koeberl and Jeffrey Plescia, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
Penrose Medal Lecture: PLANETARY EVOLUTION: A GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, James_Head@brown.edu
 
8:25 AM
Discussion
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8:35 AM
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8:55 AM
IMPACT CRATER: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE MOON
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
9:10 AM
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS AROUND COMPLEX IMPACT CRATERS ON MERCURY
SUSORNEY, Hannah C.1, BARNOUIN, Olivier S.2, ERNST, Carolyn M.2 and NEUMANN, Gregory A.3, (1)Earth and Planetary Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Mail Code 698, Greenbelt, MD 20771, hsusorn1@jhu.edu
9:25 AM
RECENT METEOROID IMPACTS ON MARS: SEISMIC SIGNAL PREDICTIONS
SCHMERR, Nicholas C., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, Geology Building #237, College Park, MD 20742, BANKS, Maria E., Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719 and DAUBAR, Ingrid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, nschmerr@umd.edu
9:40 AM
EUROPA’S ICE CAN BE BREACHED BY IMPACT: HYDROCODE MODELING CONSTRAINS THE CONDITIONS
COX, Rónadh, Geosciences, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 and BAUER, Aaron W., Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, rcox@williams.edu
9:55 AM
NEW JERSEY, A MOST HABITABLE PLACE DURING AN ASTEROID STRIKE: SHOCKED QUARTZ AND IRIDIUM SPIKE CO-OCCUR BELOW A MAASTRICHTIAN MOLLUSK COMMUNITY ON THE NJ COASTAL PLAIN
EBEL, Denton S.1, MAHMOOD, Shaun2, JARET, Steven J.3, BIGOLSKI, John N.4, ALDOROTY, Rachel J.5, SESSA, Jocelyn A.6 and LANDMAN, Neil H.6, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, TX 10024-5192; Earth and Environmental Science, Wesleyan University, 45 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT 06459, (3)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, (4)The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, (6)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, debel@amnh.org
10:15 AM
MICROTEKTITES AND MICROKRYSTITES: DEFINITIONS AND MODES OF FORMATION
GLASS, Billy P., Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716, bglass@udel.edu
10:35 AM
GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF TEKTITES
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, christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at
10:50 AM
NEW OBSERVATIONS OF BAHIA BLANCA MELT BRECCIAS: NARROWING THE SEARCH FOR A LARGE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE BOUNDARY IMPACT CRATER IN ARGENTINA
HARRIS, R. Scott, Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307, SCHULTZ, Peter H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, P.O. Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and ZARATE, Marcelo Aristides, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, INCITAP, Avenida Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, 6300, Argentina, scott.harris@fernbank.edu
11:05 AM
GEOCHEMICAL AND SR, ND, AND OS ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES OF TARGET ROCKS AND IMPACTITES FROM THE ZHAMANSHIN CRATER, KAZAKHSTAN
SCHULZ, Toni1, SACKL, Florian1 and KOEBERL, Christian2, (1)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (2)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, toni.schulz@univie.ac.at
11:20 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE AGE OF AN IMPACTOGENIC THE ARAGUAINHA IMPACT STRUCTURE IN CENTRAL BRAZIL: AN END-PERMIAN IMPACTOGENIC TSUNAMI?
TOHVER, Eric, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, 6009, Australia, SCHMIEDER, Martin, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, ERICKSON, Timmons M., Department of Applied Geology, Curtin Univ, PO Box 9000, Perth, 6102, Australia, LANA, Cristiano, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, 35.400-000, Brazil, TIMMS, Nick, Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, W, Australia and JOURDAN, Fred, Western Australian Argon Isotope Facility, JdL Centre & Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia, eric.tohver@uwa.edu.au
11:35 AM
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE BY MOLECULAR SYMBIOSIS AT HYDROTHERMAL IMPACT CRATER LAKES
CHATTERJEE, Sankar, Geosciences, Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79409, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu
 
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks
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