Joint 70th Rocky Mountain Annual Section / 114th Cordilleran Annual Section Meeting - 2018

Session No. 33
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: 10:20 AM-12:00 PM
Kachina Room (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T24. Understanding Basin Environments and Evolution Beyond Earth

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

 

J.a. Skinner Jr, Lauren A. Edgar, Kristen A. Bennett and Chris H. Okubo, Advocates
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Start Time
10:20 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE MURRAY FORMATION, AS OBSERVED USING THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY CURIOSITY ROVER
EDGAR, Lauren A.1, FEDO, Christopher M.2, FRAEMAN, Abigail A.3, GUPTA, Sanjeev4, GROTZINGER, John P.5, STACK, Kathryn M.6, BANHAM, Steven G.4, STEIN, Nathaniel5, EDGETT, Kenneth S.7 and RUBIN, David M.8, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (2)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (5)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (7)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604
10:40 AM
LATE-STAGE DIAGENETIC CONCRETIONS IN THE LACUSTRINE MURRAY FORMATION, GALE CRATER, MARS
SUN, Vivian, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 183-301, Pasadena, CA 91109, STACK, Kathryn M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, NACHON, M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, JOHNSON, Sarah S., Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Georgetown University, 3700 O St. NW, Washington, DC 20057, KRONYAK, Rachel E., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, WIENS, Roger C., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, MINITTI, Michelle E., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E. Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719 and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996
11:00 AM
THE CLAY-BEARING UNIT IN GALE CRATER: OVERVIEW AND PLANS FOR INVESTIGATION WITH THE CURIOSITY ROVER
BENNETT, Kristen A.1, FOX, Valerie2, VASAVADA, A.3, EDWARDS, Christopher S.1, STACK, Kathryn M.2 and WILLIAMS, Amy J.4, (1)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252
11:20 AM
BASIN-FILLING ENVIRONMENTS IN THE MARTIAN CRATERED HIGHLANDS: THE HADRIACUS CAVI EXAMPLE
SKINNER Jr., James A., Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
11:40 AM
GREAT SALT LAKE AS AN ASTROBIOLOGY ANALOGUE
BAXTER, Bonnie, Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, 1840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
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