GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 54
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Tahoma 1 (The Conference Center)

T202. Experimental Planetary Geology: Using Laboratory and Other Experiments to Advance Our Understanding of Geology on Planetary Bodies

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Devon M. Burr and Danielle Wyrick, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
EMISSIVITY MEASUREMENTS FOR HOT PLANETARY SURFACES
DYAR, M. Darby1, HELBERT, Jörn2, MATURILLI, Alessandro2, FERRARI, Sabrina2, MÜLLER, Nils3 and SMREKAR, Suzanne3, (1)Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, D-12489, Germany, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA / CALTECH), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, mdyar@mtholyoke.edu
1:50 PM
EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE PARTITIONING BEHAVIOR OF F, CL, AND OH BETWEEN APATITE AND BASALTIC MELT
MCCUBBIN, Francis M., NASA, Johnson Space Center, Mailcode XI2, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, BARNES, Jessica J., ARES, NASA Johson Space Center, 2101 E NASA Pkwy, mailcode XI, Houston, TX 77058, VANDER KAADEN, Kathleen E., Jacobs Tecnology, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, mailcode XI, Houston, TX 77058, BOYCE, Jeremy W., NASA, Johnson Space Center, Mailcode XI3, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, USTUNISIK, Gokce, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 and WHITSON, Eric S., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, francis.m.mccubbin@nasa.gov
2:05 PM
COORDINATED MICROANALYSIS OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, MICROSTRUCTURE, AND VOLATILE INVENTORY OF APATITE IN HIGH-TI MARE BASALTS FROM THE MOON
BARNES, Jessica J.1, THOMPSON, Michelle1, MCCUBBIN, Francis M.1, BOYCE, Jeremy W.1, MESSENGER, Scott R.1, RAHMAN, Zia1, KELLER, Lindsay P.1 and ZEGA, Tom2, (1)ARES, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Mailcode XI2, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, (2)LPL, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jessica.j.barnes@nasa.gov
2:20 PM
THE SEDIMENT EXPERIMENTALIST NETWORK (SEN): ADVANCING THE TRANSPARENCY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS (Invited Presentation)
HSU, Leslie, U.S. Geological Survey, Community for Data Integration (CDI), Denver, CO 80225, lhsu@usgs.gov
2:40 PM
THE ROLE OF GRAIN SHAPE IN REGOLITH PROCESSES: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
WYRICK, Danielle Y., PATTERSON, Ruby V., MURPHY, Ashley and BAILLIE, Rachel, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, dwyrick@swri.org
2:55 PM
GEOMECHANICAL TESTING OF REGOLITH SIMULANTS
PATTERSON, Ruby V., WYRICK, Danielle Y., MURPHY, Ashley and BAILLIE, Rachel, Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, rpatterson@swri.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:25 PM
SCALED ANALOG MODELING AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR EXPERIMENTAL PLANETARY GEOLOGY (Invited Presentation)
BYRNE, Paul K., Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Jordan Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208 and WYRICK, Danielle Y., Space Science and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, paul.byrne@ncsu.edu
3:45 PM
JUPITER’S MOON EUROPA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO GOBAL RESURFACING PROCESSES AND PLANETARY ICE TECTONICS FROM PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS (Invited Presentation)
GROSS, Juliane, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, KLASER, Michael, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and TINDALL, Sarah, Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530, jgross@eps.rutgers.edu
4:00 PM
SPECTRAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY STUDIES RELEVANT TO PLANETARY GEOLOGY (Invited Presentation)
HANLEY, Jennifer, Lowell Observatory, 1400 W. Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, jhanley@lowell.edu
4:20 PM
ISOTOPIC MIXING MODELS OF EUROPA SEAWATER BRINES FROM LABORATORY SIMULATIONS
THEILING, Bethany P. and MAJOR, Jonathan D., Geosciences, University of Tulsa, 800 S Tucker Dr, Tulsa, OK 74104, bethany-theiling@utulsa.edu
4:35 PM
THE TITAN TUMBLER: INITIAL RESULTS FROM LABORATORY SIMULATION OF ICY SEDIMENT COMMINUTION AND ROUNDING
LEVY, Joseph1, BURR, Devon M.2 and MAUE, Anthony D.2, (1)Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, dburr1@utk.edu
4:50 PM
DETERMINING IMPACTOR CONDITIONS FROM OBLIQUE IMPACTS: INSIGHTS FROM EXPERIMENTS
SCHULTZ, Peter H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, P.O. Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, peter_schultz@brown.edu
5:05 PM
USGS ASTEROID RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS ARE FEASIBLE
KESZTHELYI, Laszlo P., US Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, RIDLEY, W. Ian, US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, TRILLING, David, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, MEINERT, Lawrence D., U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Program, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 913, Reston, VA 20192, HAGERTY, Justin J., United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and KING, Trude, US Geological Survey, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, laz@usgs.gov
Handouts
  • Keszthelyi_Resources_GSA2017.pdf (1.6 MB)
  • 5:20 PM
    APPROACHES TO MODELING THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTANCE IN CRISM AND OMEGA OBSERVATIONS FROM 1-5 μM
    POWELL, Kathryn E.1, ARVIDSON, Raymond E.1, HE, Linyun2 and O'SULLIVAN, Joseph A.2, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, (2)Electrical & Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, kathryn.powell@wustl.edu
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