GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 141
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)

T162. From Stardust to Planets: A Geological Tour of the Career of Harry Y. McSween Jr.

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Tasha Dunn and Rhiannon Mayne, Advocates
1:30 PM
A TRIBUTE TO AND ROAST OF HAP MCSWEEN: TENNESSEE’S RESIDENT MARTIAN
TAYLOR, Lawrence, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Planetary Geosciences Institute, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, lataylor@utk.edu
1:45 PM
IRON SPECIATION IN E, O, AND R CHONDRITES AS AN INDICATOR OF OXIDATION, REDUCTION AND SULFIDATION IN THE SOLAR NEBULA
FAGAN, T.J. and TANIMURA, Y., Earth Sciences Dept., Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japan, fagan@waseda.jp
2:00 PM
METAMORPHISM OF CK CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES: SO, WHAT’S YOUR PETROLOGIC TYPE?
DUNN, Tasha, Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, GROSS, Juliane, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and IVANOVA, Marina, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry, 119991 Moscow, Russia, tldunn@colby.edu
2:15 PM
LINKING PRIMITIVE ASTEROIDS WITH CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEORITES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SPACE MISSIONS TO ASTEROIDS
TAKIR, Driss, U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, EMERY, Joshua P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and HIBBITTS, Charles A., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, dtakir@usgs.gov
2:30 PM
ARE THE HEDS AND THE IIIABS KEEPING IT ALL IN THE FAMILY?
MAYNE, Rhiannon1, MCCOY, Timothy J.2 and CORRIGAN, Catherine2, (1)Monnig Meteorite Collection, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298830, Fort Worth, ME 76129, (2)Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington, DC 20013, r.g.mayne@tcu.edu
2:45 PM
AN IRON-RAIN MODEL FOR CORE FORMATION ON ASTEROID 4 VESTA
KIEFER, Walter S., Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 and MITTLEFEHLDT, David W., Astromaterials Research Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center, mail code XI3, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, kiefer@lpi.usra.edu
3:00 PM
EXOGENIC IMPACT MELT DROPLET FOUND IN A METEORITE ANALOG FOR THE SURFACE OF ASTEROID 4 VESTA
LUNNING, Nicole1, CORRIGAN, Catherine1, MCSWEEN, Harry Y.2, TENNER, Travis3, KITA, Noriko T.4 and BODNAR, Robert J.5, (1)Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington, DC 20013, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 57545, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, (5)Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, lunningn@si.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
THE ENIGMATIC ORIGIN OF MERCURY: EVIDENCE FROM THE MESSENGER MISSION
EBEL, Denton S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024; Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Rout 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016 and STEWART, Sarah T., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, Debel@amnh.org
3:45 PM
RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING OF NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTANCE DATA OF MERCURY
STOCKSTILL-CAHILL, Karen R., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, DOMINGUE, Deborah L., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719 and CAHILL, Joshua T.S., Space Department, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, cahill@psi.edu
4:00 PM
LOCALIZED AND AREALLY EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS IN MARATHON VALLEY, ENDEAVOUR CRATER RIM, MARS (Invited Presentation)
MITTLEFEHLDT, David W.1, GELLERT, R.2, VAN BOMMEL, Scott2, ARVIDSON, Raymond E.3, CLARK III, Benton C.4, COHEN, Barbara A.5, FARRAND, William H.6, MING, Douglas W.7, SCHRÖDER, Christian8, YEN, A.S.9 and JOLLIFF, Bradley L.3, (1)Astromaterials Research Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center, mail code XI3, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Dept. of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (3)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, (4)Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, (5)National Space Science and Techology Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, NSSTC, Huntsville, AL 35805, (6)Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, #205, Boulder, CO 80301, (7)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (8)Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, david.w.mittlefehldt@nasa.gov
4:15 PM
THE MYSTERY WATER OF MARS (GALE CRATER)
BURT, Donald M. and KNAUTH, L. Paul, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, dmburt@asu.edu
4:30 PM
TEXTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS OF TERRESTRIAL BASALTIC SEDIMENTS: TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MARTIAN SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
FEDO, Christopher M.1, EIBL, Mary A.1 and MCGLYNN, Ian O.2, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Knoxville, TN 37996, cfedo@utk.edu
4:45 PM
HOW TO INTERPRET THE ARGON AGES OF MATIAN SHERGOTTITES: LESSONS FROM THE MANICOUAGAN IMPACT CRATER, CANADA
JARET, Steven J.1, HEMMING, Sidney R.2, RASBURY, Troy1, GLOTCH, Timothy D.3 and THOMPSON, Lucy M.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, (4)Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, steven.jaret@stonybrook.edu
5:00 PM
WHAT’S MISSING FROM THE SNCS? ESTABLISHING A WISH LIST FOR RETURNED IGNEOUS SAMPLES FROM MARS
HERD, Christopher D.K., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, herd@ualberta.ca
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