GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 113
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Tahoma 1 (The Conference Center)

T205. Impact Cratering: From Fire to Ice—Cratering across the Solar System

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division
Christian Koeberl, Jeffrey B. Plescia, Philippe Claeys and David A. Kring, Advocates
8:00 AM
TOPOGRAPHIC DEGRADATION BY IMPACT CRATERING ON AIRLESS BODIES IS DOMINATED BY DIFFUSIVE EROSION FROM DISTAL EJECTA (Invited Presentation)
MINTON, David A.1, FASSETT, Caleb I.2, HIRABAYASHI, Masatoshi3, HOWL, Bryan A.1 and RICHARDSON Jr., James E.4, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, (3)Department of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, daminton@purdue.edu
8:15 AM
PRELIMINARY LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS OF EJECTA EMPLACEMENT DYNAMICS AND MORPHOLOGY WITH PLANETARY APPLICATIONS (Invited Presentation)
RUNYON, Kirby D., Planetary Exploration Group, Applied Physics Laboratory, 11101 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723 and BARNOUIN, Olivier S., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, kirby.runyon@jhuapl.edu
8:30 AM
NO CHANGE IN THE LUNAR IMPACT FLUX THROUGH THE COPERNICAN PERIOD FROM MODELING IMPACT GLASS SPHERULE AGE DISTRIBUTION IN LUNAR REGOLITH
HUANG, Ya-Huei1, MINTON, David A.1, ZELLNER, Nicolle E.B.2, HIRABAYASHI, Masatoshi3, RICHARDSON, James E.4 and FASSETT, Caleb I.5, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Physics, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, (3)Department of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, (5)NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, huang474@purdue.edu
8:45 AM
IMPACT CRATER MELT RHEOLOGY
PLESCIA, Jeffrey, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Drive, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, jeffrey.plescia@jhuapl.edu
9:00 AM
EXAMINING EJECTA PROPERTIES FOR YOUNG LUNAR CRATERS USING MINI-RF BISTATIC OBSERVATIONS
STICKLE, Angela M., PATTERSON, G. Wesley and CAHILL, Joshua T.S., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, angela.stickle@jhuapl.edu
9:15 AM
HOW MUCH CAN PHOSPHATES IN LUNAR BRECCIAS TELL US ABOUT THE IMPACT HISTORY OF THE MOON?
SNAPE, Joshua F.1, NEMCHIN, A.A.2, THIESSEN, Fiona1, BELLUCCI, Jeremy1 and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, (2)Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, joshua.snape@nrm.se
9:30 AM
FORMATION OF LINEAR GROOVES ON MARTIAN DOUBLE LAYERED EJECTA IMPACT CRATERS BY EROSIVE VORTICES
KIEFFER, Susan W., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 245 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, BOYCE, Joseph, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai'i, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, MOUGINIS-MARK, Peter J., Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822, BEST, James L., Departments of Geology, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, MEIBURG, Eckart, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and AUSTIN, Joanna M., Aerospace Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Guggenheim Lab, Pasadena, CA 91125, s1kieffer@gmail.com
9:45 AM
DID LARGE IMPACTS SEED THE FIRST CONTINENTS?
SCHMITT, Harrison H., Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.O. Box 90730, Albuquerque, NM 87199, hhschmitt@earthlink.net
10:00 AM
SEARCH FOR IMPACTOR REMNANTS PRESERVED IN MICRO-SCALE DEPOSITION LAYERS IN AUSTRALASIAN MICROTEKTITES (Invited Presentation)
WEISZ, David G.1, JACOBSEN, Benjamin1, WEBER, Peter1 and KOEBERL, Christian2, (1)Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA 94550, (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, weisz3@llnl.gov
10:15 AM
LATE EOCENE IMPACT EJECTA IN ITALY: ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRAIN THE IMPACTOR COMPOSITION FROM ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF SPINEL-RICH SAMPLES
KOEBERL, Christian1, MONTANARI, Alessandro2, SCHULZ, Toni3, MOUGEL, Berengere4 and MOYNIER, Frederic4, (1)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, (2)Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, Cda. Coldigioco 4, Apiro, 60121, Italy, (3)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (4)Institut de Physique du Globe, 1 rue Jussieu, Paris, 75238, France, christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at
10:30 AM
THE END-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION EVENT: THE CASE FOR AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL RATHER THAN TERRESTRIAL CAUSE
DE GRAAFF, Sietze J., Analytical Environmental and Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussel, 1050, Belgium, JANSEN, Max N., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, SMIT, Jan, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands and KYTE, Frank T., Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, sietze.de.graaff@vub.ac.be
10:45 AM
MARE-STYLE IMPACT-ASSISTED VOLCANISM AT THE TRIASSIC-JUURASSIC BOUNDARY?
HARRIS, R. Scott, Department of Space Sciences, Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307 and JARET, Steven J., Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, scott.harris@fernbank.edu
11:00 AM
NEW 40AR/39AR AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL DATA INDICATE A KPB AGE FOR THE CHICXULUB-LINKED SPHERULE BED AT GORGONILLA ISLAND, PACIFIC OF COLOMBIA
RENNE, Paul R.1, ARENILLAS, Ignacio2, ARZ, José Antonio2, GILABERT, Vicente2 and BERMÚDEZ, Hermann D.3, (1)Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720; Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, (2)Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12, Zaragoza, E-50009, Spain, (3)Grupo de Investigación Paleoexplorer, Calle 98bis 71D-20, Bogotá, 111111, Colombia, prenne@bgc.org
11:15 AM
EVIDENCE FOR CHICXULUB IMPACT SEISMICITY AT GORGONILLA ISLAND K/PG SECTION, PACIFIC OF COLOMBIA
BERMUDEZ, Hermann D.1, ARZ, José Antonio2, RENNE, Paul R.3, ARENILLAS, Ignacio2, GILABERT, Vicente2, RODRIGUEZ, Jose Vicente1, BOLIVAR, Liliana1 and BOLIVAR, Luz Stella1, (1)Grupo de Investigación Paleoexplorer, Calle 98 bis 71D-20, Bogota, 111111, Colombia, (2)Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12, Zaragoza, E-50009, Spain, (3)Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720; Berkeley Geochronology Center,, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, hdbermudez@yahoo.com
11:30 AM
TANIS, A MIXED MARINE-CONTINENTAL EVENT DEPOSIT AT THE KPG BOUNDARY IN NORTH DAKOTA CAUSED BY A SEICHE TRIGGERED BY SEISMIC WAVES OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT
SMIT, Jan, Earth and life sciences, VU university amsterdam, De boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081HV, Netherlands, DEPALMA II, Robert A., Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, RICHARDS, Mark, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, ALVAREZ, Walter, Dept. Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, BURNHAM, David A., University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045 and MANNING, Phillip L., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 Goerge Street, Charleston, SC 29424, J.smit@vu.nl
11:45 AM
LIFE AFTER IMPACT: A REMARKABLE MAMMAL BURROW FROM THE CHICXULUB AFTERMATH IN THE HELL CREEK FORMATION, NORTH DAKOTA
DEPALMA II, Robert A., Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045; Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431; Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History, 2805 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306, BURNHAM, David A., University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, SMIT, Jan, Earth and life sciences, VU university amsterdam, De boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081HV, Netherlands, SCHMERGE, Joshua, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, MANNING, Phillip Lars, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, LARSON, Peter L., Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, PO Box 643, 117 Main St, Hill City, SD 57745, GURCHE, Loren, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045; Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History, 2805 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33306, RICHARDS, Mark, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and ALVAREZ, Walter, Dept. Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, rdepalma@pbmnh.org
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