GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 15
Sunday, 4 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 236-237 (Indiana Convention Center)

T152. Grain to Global Perspectives of Mars: Evolving Views of the Martian Sedimentary Rock Record

GSA Planetary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Briony Horgan, Samantha Gwizd, Rachel E. Kronyak and Vivian Sun, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
A TWO-DECADE JOURNEY, LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE THAT MARS HAS A VAST AND ACCESSIBLE SEDIMENTARY ROCK RECORD (Invited Presentation)
EDGETT, Kenneth S., Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148
8:20 AM
WIDESPREAD CLASTIC ROCK EXPOSURES IN THE MARTIAN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: CHARACTERISTICS AND CANDIDATE ORIGINS (Invited Presentation)
ROGERS, A.D., Dept of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, COWART, Justin, Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Science Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, EDWARDS, Christopher S., Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, NAU BOX 6010, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and PAN, C., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
8:40 AM
A WIDESPREAD ULTRAMAFIC SANDSTONE ON MARS
KREMER, Christopher Henry, MUSTARD, John F. and BRAMBLE, Michael S., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
8:55 AM
IMPACT SPHERULES AS A SOURCE OF SAND ON AMAZONIAN MARS
HORGAN, Briony, HOWL, Bryan A., SINHA, Prakhar and MCBRIDE, Marie J., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
9:10 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF MARTIAN REGOLITH SIMULANTS: IN SITU RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND POTENTIAL
FACKRELL, Laura E., Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St, Athens, GA 30602
Handouts
  • GSA_2018Presentation (3).pdf (3.6 MB)
  • 9:25 AM
    CONGLOMERATES IN CONTEXT: NEW OBSERVATIONS OF MARTIAN FLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MOUNT SHARP, GALE CRATER
    SEEGER, Christina H.1, STACK, Kathryn M.2, GROTZINGER, John P.3, LAMB, Michael P.3 and WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.4, (1)Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
    9:40 AM
    SIGNIFICANCE OF FLOOD DEPOSITS IN GALE CRATER, MARS
    HEYDARI, Ezat1, SCHROEDER, Jeffrey F.2, VAN BEEK, Jason3, CALEF III, Fred J.2, ROWLAND, Scott K.4, FAIRÉN, Alberto5, PARKER, Timothy2 and JACOB, Samantha R.6, (1)Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92121, (4)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (5)Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain, and Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (6)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
    9:55 AM
    AN OVERVIEW OF ALTERATION IN THE MURRAY FORMATION, GALE CRATER, MARS
    TU, Valerie M.1, RAMPE, Elizabeth B.2, BRISTOW, Thomas F.3, BLAKE, David F.3, VANIMAN, D.T.4, MORRIS, R.V.5, MING, Doug6, YEN, Albert S.7, ACHILLES, Cherie N.8, CASTLE, Nicholas9, MORRISON, Shaunna M.10, DOWNS, Robert T.11, HAZEN, Robert M.12, CRAIG, Patricia I.13, DES MARAIS, David J.14, TREIMAN, Allan H.9, CHIPERA, Steve15 and DOWNS, Gordon W.16, (1)Jacobs JETS Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 945035, (4)Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, (5)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (6)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (9)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, (10)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 20015, (11)Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, (12)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, (13)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (14)NASA, Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Bldg. 239, Rm. 321, Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001, (15)Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73154, (16)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
    10:10 AM
    SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS, CHEMICAL WEATHERING, AND LITHIFICATION OF THE STIMSON SANDSTONE AND LESSONS FOR THE MARTIAN SEDIMENTARY RECORD
    SIEBACH, Kirsten L., Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Rice University, MS-126, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, RAMPE, Elizabeth B., NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058 and MORRISON, Shaunna M., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 20015
    10:25 AM
    DISTINCT ALTERATION ENVIRONMENTS IN TERRA SIRENUM, MARS
    LEASK, Ellen, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, MC 150-21, Pasadena, CA 91125 and EHLMANN, Bethany L., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
    10:40 AM
    A HEMISPHERICALLY INTEGRATED SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGICAL SYSTEM AT NILI FOSSAE, MARS
    KREMER, Christopher Henry, BRAMBLE, Michael S. and MUSTARD, John F., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
    10:55 AM
    LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF ROCK SAMPLE SUITES FROM A MARS ROVER SIMULATION CONDUCTED ON GREEN RIVER FORMATION SPECIMENS, UINTAH BASIN, UTAH
    ADAMS, Madison M., Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Ave, St Peter, MN 56082, BARTLEY, Julie K., Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082, YINGST, R. Aileen, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Av., Knoxville, TN 37996, LOTTO, Michael, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, MINITTI, Michelle E., Framework, Silver Spring, MD 20902 and WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
    11:10 AM
    THE EFFECT OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY AND FREEZING TEMPERATURE ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF CRYOGENIC OPAL-A (COA): IMPLICATIONS FOR MICROBE PRESERVATION AND PAST CLIMATES ON MARS
    HOGANCAMP, Joanna V., Geocontrols Systems - JETS Contract at NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, LAPEN, Thomas J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 and CHAFETZ, Henry S., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204
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