GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 49
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)

T173. The Evolution of Mars from Mantle through Crust: New Views from Petrology and Geochemistry

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Arya Udry and Juliane Gross, Advocates
1:30 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARTIAN BASALTS WITH CONSTRAINTS ON MAGMA GENESIS (Invited Presentation)
FILIBERTO, Justin, Geology, Southern Illinois University, MC 4324, 1259 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901, filiberto@siu.edu
1:50 PM
EXPERIMENTALLY MELTING A MG#80 MARTIAN MANTLE AT 0.5 TO 2 GPA: IMPLICATIONS FOR BASALT GENESIS
MCCOY, Christopher1, CHARTRAND, Zachary1, CARPENTER, Paul K.2, GROSS, Juliane3 and FILIBERTO, Justin4, (1)Geology, Southern Illinois University, Parkinson, Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, (3)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (4)School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Science, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, chrismccoy42@yahoo.com
2:05 PM
IMPACT OF THE MARTIAN LITHOSPHERE ON MANTLE MELTING AND MAGMA TRANSPORT
BALTA, J. Brian, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3148 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, balta@tamu.edu
2:20 PM
NORTHWEST AFRICA 10416 AMONG THE OLIVINE-PHYRIC SHERGOTTITES: SIMILAR BUT DISTINCT (Invited Presentation)
HERD, Christopher D.K.1, WALTON, Erin L.2, ZIEGLER, Karen3, VACI, Zoltan3, AGEE, Carl B.3, CASTLE, Nicholas1 and TSCHAUNER, Oliver4, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (2)Physical Sciences, MacEwan University, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (3)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, herd@ualberta.ca
2:40 PM
OLIVINES IN MARTIAN METEORITE NWA 10416: ALTERATION AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE EVOLUTION
ZIEGLER, Karen, VACI, Zoltan and AGEE, Carl B., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, kziegler@unm.edu
2:55 PM
PETROLOGY AND MINERAL CHEMISTRY OF THE MARTIAN METEORITE NORTHWEST AFRICA 10169: CONSTRAINTS ON ENRICHED POIKILITIC SHERGOTTITE PETROGENESIS
COMBS, Logan M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, UDRY, Arya, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy LFG 104, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, DAY, James M.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0244, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244 and LAPEN, Thomas J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204, combsl1@unlv.nevada.edu
3:10 PM
EMPLACEMENT PROCESSES AND MARTIAN MANTLE SOURCE COMPOSITION OF NAKHLITES AND CHASSIGNITES
UDRY, Arya, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Pkwy LFG 104, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and DAY, James M.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive #0244, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, arya.udry@unlv.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
ORBITAL EVIDENCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD FELDSPATHIC ROCKS ON MARS
WRAY, James J., SESSA, Alexander M., EGGERS, Gabriel L. and DUFEK, Josef, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0340, jwray@gatech.edu
3:55 PM
GRANITIC COMPOSITIONS IN GABBROIC MARTIAN METEORITE NWA 6963: EXTREME FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF A HYDROUS MAGMA?
GROSS, Juliane, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058; Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024 and FILIBERTO, Justin, School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Science, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom; Geology, Southern Illinois University, MC 4324, 1259 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901, jgross@eps.rutgers.edu
4:10 PM
EVIDENCE FOR A HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN THE MARTIAN INTERIOR (Invited Presentation)
MCCUBBIN, Francis1, BOYCE, Jeremy W.2, SRINIVASAN, Poorna3, SANTOS, Alison R.3, ELARDO, Stephen M.4, FILIBERTO, Justin5, STEELE, Andrew4 and SHEARER, Charles K.3, (1)NASA, Johnson Space Center, Mailcode XI2, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (3)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (4)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad branch Rd, NW Washington, DC 20015, (5)Geology, Southern Illinois University, MC 4324, 1259 Lincoln Dr, Carbondale, IL 62901, francis.m.mccubbin@nasa.gov
4:30 PM
DIVERSE IGNEOUS PROTOLITH CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEDIMENTS IN GALE CRATER: VARIABLE METASOMATISM OF THE MARS MANTLE
SCHMIDT, Mariek1, IZAWA, Matthew R.M.1, THOMAS, Alicia E.P.1, THOMPSON, Lucy M.2 and GELLERT, R.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (2)Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, (3)Dept. of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, mschmidt2@brocku.ca
4:45 PM
MANTLE METASOMATISM IN MARS: POTASSIC BASALTIC SANDSTONE IN GALE CRATER DERIVED FROM PARTIAL MELT OF PHLOGOPITE-PERIDOTITE
TREIMAN, Allan H. and MEDARD, Etienne, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, treiman@lpi.usra.edu
Handouts
  • 2016Treiman_GSA_talk.pdf (12.2 MB)
  • 5:00 PM
    STRATIGRAPHIC DEPENDENCE OF CHLORINE ISOTOPE VALUES IN GALE CRATER
    MARTIN, Peter E.1, FARLEY, Kenneth A.1, ARCHER, P. Doug2, ATREYA, Sushil3, CONRAD, Pamela G.4, FRANZ, Heather B.5, MAHAFFY, Paul R.5, NAVARRO-GONZALEZ, Rafael6 and SUTTER, Brad2, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Jacobs, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4)Planetary Environments Laboratory, NASA Goddard SFC, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (6)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, pmmartin@caltech.edu
    See more of: Technical Sessions