GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 197
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

T167. Mineral Spectroscopy—Harnessing Energy to Probe Solid Bodies in the Solar System: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Debra L. Buczkowski and Rachel L. Klima, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
GSA PLANETARY GEOLOGY DIVISION G.K. GILBERT LECTURE: THE FUTURE OF SPECTROSCOPY
DYAR, M. Darby, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395, mdyar@mtholyoke.edu
Handouts
  • GSA_2016_future_092716.pdf (5.2 MB)
  • 8:25 AM
    MYSTERIES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST: PROBING THE MOON WITH MINERAL SPECTROSCOPY (Invited Presentation)
    PIETERS, Carle M., Earth, Environmental, and Planetery Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, Carle_Pieters@brown.edu
    8:40 AM
    THE MINERALOGY OF VENUS AND OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS: CURRENT VOLCANISM, PAST WATER, AND SURFACE WEATHERING
    SMREKAR, Suzanne E., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 and HELBERT, Jörn, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, D-12489, Germany, ssmrekar@jpl.nasa.gov
    9:10 AM
    SYNTHETIC PYROXENES: STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION OF REMOTE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
    KLIMA, Rachel L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, LANE, Melissa D., Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719 and GLOTCH, Timothy D., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu
    9:25 AM
    THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECTRAL LIBRARY VERSION 7
    SWAYZE, Gregg A.1, KOKALY, Raymond F.1, CLARK, Roger N.2, LIVO, Keith E.1, HOEFEN, Todd M.1, BENZEL, William F.1, LOWERS, Heather A.3, PEARSON, Neil C.4 and DRISCOLL, Rhonda L.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd., #106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Geological Sciences, MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, gswayze@usgs.gov
    9:40 AM
    IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF FERRIC IRON IN LUNAR GLASS BEADS USING FE-XAS
    MCCANTA, Molly, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, RUTHERFORD, Malcolm, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and LANZIROTTI, Antonio, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 434A, Lemont, IL 60439, molly.mccanta@gmail.com
    9:55 AM
    SILICATE MIXTURES UNDER SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT
    SHIRLEY, Katherine A., Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794, katherine.shirley@stonybrook.edu
    10:10 AM
    ATTEMPTING TO QUANTIFY METEORITIC CONTAMINATION OF MARS SEDIMENTS AT THE MSL LANDING SITE
    FASSETT, Caleb I., Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075 and LEPORE, Kate, Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu
    10:25 AM
    THE CHALLENGE OF DISTINGUISHING IRON (HYDR)OXIDES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MARS
    SKLUTE, Elizabeth C.1, DYAR, M. Darby1, KASHYAP, Srishti2 and HOLDEN, James2, (1)Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)Dept. of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9298, ecsklute@mtholyoke.edu
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    10:55 AM
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    10:40 AM
    MINERALOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE GALE CRATER RIM, WALL, AND FLOOR UNITS FROM REMOTE SENSING
    BUZ, Jennifer1, EHLMANN, Bethany L.2, PAN, Lu1 and GROTZINGER, John P.1, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109; Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, jbuz@gps.caltech.edu
    11:10 AM
    MULTISPECTRAL VNIR OBSERVATIONS BY THE OPPORTUNITY ROVER PANCAM OF MULTIPLE EPISODES OF AQUEOUS ALTERATION IN MARATHON VALLEY, ENDEAVOUR CRATER, MARS
    FARRAND, William H., Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, #205, Boulder, CO 80301, BELL III, James F., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, JOHNSON, Jeffrey R., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, ARVIDSON, Raymond E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, MITTLEFEHLDT, David W., Astromaterials Research Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center, mail code XI3, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, RUFF, Steven W., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305 and RICE, Melissa S., Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, farrand@spacescience.org
    11:25 AM
    CRUSTAL MAGNETIC SIGNATURE OF PLANETS: TRACKING THE SOLID SOLUTION OF FE AND EXSOLUTION OF MAGNETITE IN PLAGIOCLASE OF 2.05 GA THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA BY MAGNETIC, CHEMICAL AND MÖSSBAUER PROPERTIES
    MCENROE, Suzanne1, ROBINSON, Peter2, DYAR, M. Darby3, TEGNER, Christian4 and CHURCH, Nathan1, (1)Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands veg 1, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, (2)Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway, (3)Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (4)Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Hoegh-Guldbergsgade 2, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, suzanne.mcenroe@ntnu.no
    11:40 AM
    REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC-BEARING ROCKS: APPLICATIONS TO CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES AND PLANETARY SURFACES
    KAPLAN, Hannah H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and MILLIKEN, Ralph E., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, hannah_kaplan@brown.edu
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