GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 166
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 236-237 (Indiana Convention Center)

T145. Apollo 17 Forty-Five Years on: Reanalysis of the Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Field Geology in Light of Data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Other Recent Missions

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Geoinformatics Division

 

Noah E. Petro, Jacob E. Bleacher, C.R. Neal and H.H. Schmitt, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
HOW THE MEDIAN S-BAND CIRCULAR POLARIZATION RATIO OF KILOMETER-SCALE CRATERS EVOLVES WITH TIME ON THE LUNAR MARIA
FASSETT, Caleb I., NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, KING, Isabel R., Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, NYPAVER, Cole A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, PA 37996-1526 and THOMSON, Bradley J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Strong Hall, room 602, Knoxville, TN 37986
8:15 AM
MINI-RF BISTATIC OBSERVATIONS OF COPERNICAN CRATER EJECTA
STICKLE, Angela M.1, PATTERSON, G. Wesley2 and CAHILL, Joshua T.S.1, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723
8:30 AM
THE EFFECTS OF SEISMIC SHAKING ON THE CRATERING RECORD AROUND LOBATE THRUST FAULT SCARPS (Invited Presentation)
CLARK, Jaclyn D.1, VAN DER BOGERT, Carolyn H.2 and HIESINGER, Harald2, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (2)Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, Münster, 48149, Germany
8:45 AM
NEWLY FORMED IMPACTS CHURNING THE LUNAR REGOLITH (Invited Presentation)
SPEYERER, Emerson1, POVILAITIS, Reinhold1, ROBINSON, Mark S.1 and DENEVI, Brett W.2, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85251, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
9:00 AM
WHAT DO APOLLO IMPACT GLASSES TELL US ABOUT POST-COPERNICAN IMPACT FLUX? (Invited Presentation)
HUANG, Ya-Huei, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Handouts
  • GSA2018-Huang_et_al.pdf (5.8 MB)
  • 9:15 AM
    GEOSCIENCE TRAINING FOR NASA’S ASTRONAUTS: APOLLO TO THE PRESENT AND BEYOND
    BLEACHER, Jacob E., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, EVANS, Cynthia A., NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, GRAFF, Trevor G., Jacobs/JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, YOUNG, Kelsey E., Planetary Geology Geophysics and Geochemistry Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and ZEIGLER, Ryan A., Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 E NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058
    9:30 AM
    RAPID CRYSTAL GROWTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S SLOWEST COOLED MAGMA? INVESTIGATING THE PARADOX OF OLIVINE P-ENRICHMENT IN TROCTOLITE 76535 PARENT MELT WITH LABORATORY CRYSTALLIZATION EXPERIMENTS
    KIRSCH, Alexandra N., Dept. Petroleum Engineering and Geology, Marietta College, 215 Fifth St, Marietta, OH 45750, HAMMER, Julia E., Dept. Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, UHM, 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, OR 96822, WELSCH, Benoit, Dept. of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, OR 02912 and TAYLOR, G. Jeffrey, Univ Hawaii - Manoa, 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822-2219
    Handouts
  • Kirsch_Hammer_Welsch_Taylor_GSA2018.pptx (40.6 MB)
  • 9:45 AM
    GEOMETRIC RESTORATION OF MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER DATA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ANALYSIS OF THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE
    GADDIS, Lisa R.1, MALARET, Erick2, WELLER, Lynn A.1, BOARDMAN, Joseph3, BESSE, Sebastien4, EDMUNDSON, Kenneth L.1, SIDES, Stuart1, ARCHINAL, Brent1 and KIRK, Randolph1, (1)Astrogeology Science Center, United States Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Applied Coherent TechnologyCorporation, 112 Elden St., Suite K, Herndon, VA 20170, (3)Analytical Imaging & Geophysics, LLC, 4450 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80303, (4)Aurora Technology B.V. for European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n, Ur. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, C024, Spain
    10:00 AM
    WHAT WE CAN INFER ABOUT THE GEOLOGY OF THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE FROM RECENT REMOTE SENSING DATA
    PETRO, Noah, NASA/GSFC, Code 698, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and VALENCIA, Sarah, NASA/GSFC, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Code 690, Greenbelt, MD 20771
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    10:15 AM
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    10:30 AM
    COLOR-BALANCING OF IN SITU DOCUMENTATION PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE APOLLO 17 ORANGE AND APOLLO 15 GREEN VOLCANIC ASHES
    WELLS, Ronald A., Tranquillity Enterprises, s.p., 445 Fairway Drive, Abingdon, VA 24211 and SCHMITT, Harrison H., Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.O. Box 90730, Albuquerque, NM 87199
    Handouts
  • Wells_GSA2018_Paper166-11-Abs317759.pdf (4.2 MB)
  • 10:45 AM
    3 MYR AGE FOR SHORTY CRATER AT TAURUS-LITTROW, SITE OF ORANGE AND BLACK PYROCLASTIC ASH
    SCHMITT, Harrison H., Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, P.O. Box 90730, Albuquerque, NM 87199
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