GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 342
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Tahoma 1 (The Conference Center)

T199. Basalt Weathering on Earth and Mars

GSA Planetary Geology Division
Melissa S. Rice, Leslie L. Baker and Michael D. Kraft, Advocates
1:30 PM
INVESTIGATING WEATHERING OF BASALTIC MATERIALS IN GALE CRATER, MARS: A COMBINED LABORATORY, MODELING AND TERRESTRIAL FIELD APPROACH (Invited Presentation)
HAUSRATH, Elisabeth M.1, RALSTON, Stephanie J.1, BAMISILE, Toluwalope1, MING, Douglas W.2, PERETYAZHKO, Tanya3, RAMPE, Elizabeth B.2 and GAINEY, Seth R.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (2)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Jacobs JETS Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, elisabeth.hausrath@unlv.edu
1:45 PM
ANOMALOUS PHYLLOSILICATE-BEARING OUTCROP SOUTH OF COPRATES CHASMA: A STUDY OF POSSIBLE EMPLACEMENT MECHANISMS
BUCZKOWSKI, Debra L.1, SEELOS, Kimberly D.2, VIVIANO-BECK, Christina E.1, SEELOS, Frank P.1 and MURCHIE, Scott L.1, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, Debra.Buczkowski@jhuapl.edu
2:00 PM
THE AMORPHOUS COMPOSITION OF THREE MUDSTONE SAMPLES FROM GALE CRATER: IMPLICATIONS FOR WEATHERING AND DIAGENETIC PROCESSES ON MARS
ACHILLES, Cherie N.1, DOWNS, Robert T.1, RAMPE, Elizabeth B.2, MORRIS, Richard V.2, BRISTOW, Thomas F.3, MING, Douglas W.2, BLAKE, David F.3, VANIMAN, David T.4, MORRISON, Shaunna M.5, SUTTER, Brad6, MCADAM, Amy7, ARCHER, P. Doug6, THOMPSON, Lucy M.8, GELLERT, Ralf9, CHIPERA, Steve10, TREIMAN, Allan H.11, YEN, Albert S.12, HAZEN, Robert M.5, CRAIG, Patricia I.11, CRISP, Joy A.12 and GROTZINGER, John P.13, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 945035, (4)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, (5)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 20015, (6)Jacobs/NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (8)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, (9)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada, (10)Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73154, (11)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, (12)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (13)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, cheriea@email.arizona.edu
2:15 PM
CHANGES IN TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION BETWEEN FLOAT BASALTS AND THE SEDIMENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE BAY, GALE CRATER, MARS
JACKSON, Ryan S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, NEWSOM, Horton, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, COUSIN, Agnes, IRAP (Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie), 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse, 31028, France, PAYRE, Valérie, GeoRessources, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France and WIENS, Roger C., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, rjacks04@unm.edu
2:30 PM
DUSTY ROCKS IN GALE CRATER: ESTIMATING COVERAGES ON APXS TARGETS FROM MAHLI IMAGES AND THE INFLUENCE OF DUST ON ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS
SCHMIDT, Mariek1, BRAY, Samantha1, BRADLEY, Nicholas1, PERRETT, Glynis2, CAMPBELL, J.L.3 and TESSELAAR, Dustin3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (2)Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, 616A Space Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3)Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada, mschmidt2@brocku.ca
2:45 PM
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF CHLORINE MINERALS ON HYDROGEN SULFIDE FORMATION FROM SULFUR MINERALS DURING EVOLVED GAS ANALYSIS (EGA) TO CONSTRAIN MARTIAN BASALTIC MINERALOGY
WONG, Gregory M.1, MCADAM, Amy2, EIGENBRODE, Jennifer L.2, LEWIS, James M.T.3 and HOUSE, Christopher H.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 543 Deike Building, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771; USRA, Columbia, MD 21046, gkw5061@psu.edu
3:00 PM
VARIABILITY IN BASALTIC WEATHERING RINDS FROM A SINGLE WEATHERING ENVIRONMENT: INTERPRETING COLOR DIFFERENCES ON WEATHERED ROCKS ON EARTH AND MARS
KRAFT, Michael D.1, SPENCER, Madison N.2, FRISTAD, Kirsten2 and RICE, Melissa S.2, (1)Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225; Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, Michael.Kraft@wwu.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
APATITE AS A RECORDER OF HYDROTHERMAL AND METASOMATIC EVENTS ON MARS (Invited Presentation)
LIU, Yang, Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, yang.liu@jpl.nasa.gov
3:45 PM
FORMATION AND WEATHERING OF ACIDIC HYDROTHERMAL SULFUR-RICH DEPOSITS IN ICELAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR SULFATE FORMATION ON MARS
ENDE, Jessica J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996, SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and FAIIA, Anthony M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996, jende@vols.utk.edu
4:00 PM
EVALUATION OF CLIMATIC AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS AND THE INFLUENCE OF ENSO EVENTS ON LONG-TERM WEATHERING AND CO2 CONSUMPTION ACROSS THE PANAMA CANAL WATERSHED
SMITH, Devin F., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, HARMON, Brendan A., Landscape Architecture, School of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27595; School of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ESPINOSA, Jorge, Panama City, P.O. Box 0819-05006, Panama, GOLDSMITH, Steven T., Department of Geography and the Environment, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085 and HARMON, Russell S., Dept. of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, dsmith59@villanova.edu
4:15 PM
THE EARLY WEATHERING OF OCEAN ISLANDS: A SYNTHESIS OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOPHYSICS, KOHALA PENINSULA, HAWAII, USA
NELSON, Stephen T.1, MCBRIDE, John H.2, SOWARDS, Kimberly F.3, BICKMORE, Barry R.4, TINGEY, David G.4, REY, Kevin A.4 and YAEDE, Johnathan R.2, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (3)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602; Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young, Provo, UT 84602, (4)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, oxygen.isotope@gmail.com
4:30 PM
VOLATILE CONSUMPTION RESULTING FROM BASALT WEATHERING ON MARS
BAKER, Leslie L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, PO Box 442339, Moscow, ID 83844-2339, lbaker@uidaho.edu
4:45 PM
COLD-CLIMATE WEATHERING OF BASALT ON MARS AND OPPORTUNISTIC PERIGLACIATION
SOARE, Richard J., Geography, Dawson College, 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3Z 1A4, Canada, CONWAY, Susan J., Laboratoire de planetologie et geodynamique - UMR CNRS 6112, 2 rue de la Houssiniere - BP 92208, Nantes, Cedex 3, France and OSINSKI, Gordon R., Department of Earth Sciences/ Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, rsoare@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
5:00 PM
BASALT WEATHERING IN A COLD AND ICY CLIMATE: THREE SISTERS, OREGON AS AN ANALOG FOR EARLY MARS
RAMPE, Elizabeth B.1, HORGAN, Briony H.N.2, SMITH, Rebecca J.2, SCUDDER, Noel A.2, RUTLEDGE, Alicia M.2, BAMBER, Emily3 and MORRIS, Richard V.4, (1)NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, 2101 Nasa Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (4)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, elizabeth.b.rampe@nasa.gov
 
5:15 PM
Discussion
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