GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 246
Wednesday, 25 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 232BC, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T88. The InSight Mission to Mars: Geology of the Landing Site

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

John A. Grant, Matthew P. Golombek, Sharon A. Wilson and Nicholas H. Warner, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
OVERVIEW AND STATUS OF THE INSIGHT MISSION (Invited Presentation)
BANERDT, W. Bruce1, SMREKAR, Suzanne E.1, LOGNONNÉ, Philippe2, SPOHN, Tilman3, BANFIELD, Don4, FOLKNER, William1, GIARDINI, Domenico5, GOLOMBEK, Matthew1 and PIKE, W. Thomas6, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA / CALTECH), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, 75205, France, (3)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstraße 2, Berlin, 12489, Germany, (4)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (5)Institute for Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (6)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
8:20 AM
SEISMIC ACTIVITY LEVEL OF MARS ESTIMATED FROM 140 SOLS OF INSIGHT DATA
STÄHLER, Simon C.1, GIARDINI, Domenico1, KNAPMEYER, Martin2, PANNING, Mark3, PIKE, W.T.4, CLINTON, John F.5, BÖSE, Maren5, CEYLAN, Savas1, VAN DRIEL, Martin1, HORLESTON, Anna6, KAWAMURA, Taichi7, KEDAR, Sharon3, KHAN, Amir1, MAINSANT, Guénolé8, SCHOLZ, John-Robert9, LOGNONNÉ, Philippe7 and BANERDT, William B.3, (1)Institute for Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (2)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstraße 2, Berlin, 12489, Germany, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA / CALTECH), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (5)Swiss Seismic Service (SED), ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (6)School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (7)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, 75205, France, (8)DEOS, Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE), Toulouse, France, (9)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
8:35 AM
USING INSIGHT DATA TO CONSTRAIN THERMAL EVOLUTION MODELS
PLESA, Ana-Catalina1, BREUER, Doris1, PADOVAN, Sebastiano1, TOSI, Nicola1, GROTT, Matthias1, KNAPMEYER, Martin1, RIVOLDINI, Attilio2, WIECZOREK, Mark3, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.4, SPOHN, Tilman5, LOGNONNÉ, Philippe6, SMREKAR, Suzanne4 and BANERDT, William B.4, (1)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstraße 2, Berlin, 12489, Germany, (2)Royal Observatory of Belgium, 3 Avenue Circulaire, Brussels, B-1180, Belgium, (3)Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, 06300, France, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA / CALTECH), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Rutherfordstraße 2, Berlin, 12489, Germany; International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, (6)Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 35 rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75205, France
8:50 AM
STUDYING IMPACT PROCESSES WITH THE INSIGHT MISSION (Invited Presentation)
DAUBAR, Ingrid, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, LOGNONNÉ, Philippe, IPGP, Université Paris Sorbonne, Paris, France, TEANBY, N., University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, MILJKOVIC, K., Curtin University, Curtin, Australia, COLLINS, Gareth S., Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, CLINTON, J., ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, STÄHLER, Simon C., Institute for Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, GOLOMBEK, Matthew, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mai Stop 183-401, Pasadena, CA 91109, POSIOLOVA, L., MSSS, San Diego, CA 91909 and BANKS, Maria E., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
9:05 AM
GEOLOGY OF THE INSIGHT LANDING SITE, MARS
GOLOMBEK, Matthew1, WARNER, Nicholas H.2, GRANT, John A.3, HAUBER, Ernst4, ANSAN, Veronique5, WEITZ, Catherine M.6, WILLIAMS, Nathan R.7, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos8, WILSON, Sharon A.3, PARKER, Timothy9, DAUBAR, Ingrid1, MARTEAU, Eloise1, MUELLER, Nils4, PIQUEUX, Sylvain1, PIKE, W.T.8, DEMOTT, Alyssa10, KOPP, Megan A.10, LETHCOE-WILSON, Heather A.1, BERGER, Lauren11, HAUSMANN, Rachel1, BANKS, Maria E.12, BAKER, Mariah M.13 and GARVIN, James14, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (3)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Ave at 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560, (4)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (5)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, (6)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (8)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (10)Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (11)Department of Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (12)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (13)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21210, (14)NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
9:20 AM
AN IMPACT ORIGIN FOR HOMESTEAD HOLLOW, THE LANDING LOCATION OF THE INSIGHT LANDER ON MARS
WARNER, Nicholas H.1, DEMOTT, Alyssa2, WILSON, Sharon A.3, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.1, GRANT, John A.3, WEITZ, Catherine M.4, HAUBER, Ernst5, ANSAN, Veronique6, WILLIAMS, Nathan R.7, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos8, BANKS, Maria E.9, PIKE, W.T.8 and KOPP, Megan A.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (3)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Ave at 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560, (4)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (5)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (6)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (8)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
9:35 AM
MODIFICATION OF HOMESTEAD HOLLOW AT THE INSIGHT LANDING SITE
GRANT, John A.1, WARNER, Nicholas H.2, WEITZ, Catherine M.3, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.4, WILSON, Sharon A.1, HAUBER, Ernst5, ANSAN, Veronique6, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos7, WILLIAMS, Nathan R.8, CALEF, Fred4, PIKE, W.T.7, DEMOTT, Alyssa9, KOPP, Megan A.9, LETHCOE-WILSON, Heather A.4 and BANKS, Maria E.10, (1)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Ave at 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (3)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (5)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (6)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, (7)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (9)Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (10)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
9:50 AM
SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS AT THE INSIGHT LANDING SITE
TRUSSELL, Allyson R.1, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.2, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos3, HAUBER, Ernst4, WARNER, N.H.5, WEITZ, Catherine M.6, WILLIAMS, Nathan R.7 and PIKE, W.T.3, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (3)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (4)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109
10:05 AM
SURFACE ALTERATION FROM LANDING INSIGHT ON MARS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SHALLOW REGOLITH STRUCTURE
WILLIAMS, Nathan R.1, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.2, WARNER, Nicholas H.3, DAUBAR, Ingrid2, HAUSMANN, Rachel2, HAUBER, Ernst4, ANSAN, Veronique5, GRANT, John A.6, WEITZ, Catherine M.7, WILSON, Sharon A.6, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos8, PIKE, W. Thomas9, LORENZ, Ralph10, BANKS, Maria E.11, MAKI, Justin N.12, GENGL, Hallie2, RUOFF, Nicolas A.2, DEEN, Robert G.13, GARVIN, James14, PARKER, Timothy12, CALEF III, Fred J.12, LETHCOE-WILSON, Heather A.2, BERGER, Lauren15, DEMOTT, Alyssa16 and KOPP, Megan A.16, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (4)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (5)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France, (6)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Ave at 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560, (7)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (8)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mai Stop 183-401, Pasadena, CA 91109, (10)Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (12)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (13)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109-8001, (14)NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (15)Department of Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (16)Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454
10:20 AM
ASSESSMENT OF INSIGHT LANDING SITE PREDICTIONS AND SIMILARITY TO THE GUSEV CRATERED PLAINS
GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.1, WILLIAMS, Nathan R.2, WARNER, Nicholas H.3, DAUBAR, Ingrid1, PIQUEUX, Sylvain1, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos4, MUELLER, Nils5, WEITZ, Catherine M.6 and GRANT, John A.7, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (4)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (5)DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Berlin, Germany, (6)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (7)Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Independence Ave at 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560
10:35 AM
EOLIAN BEDFORMS IN THE REGION SURROUNDING THE INSIGHT LANDING SITE, MARS (Invited Presentation)
BANKS, Maria E.1, BAKER, Mariah M.2, WARNER, Nicholas H.3, NEWMAN, Claire E.4, LORENZ, Ralph5, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.6 and WILLIAMS, Nathan R.6, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21210, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, (4)Aeolis Research, Pasadena, CA 91107, (5)Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109
10:50 AM
AEOLIAN CHANGE DETECTION FROM THE INSIGHT LANDER
BAKER, Mariah M.1, NEWMAN, Claire E.2, CHARALAMBOUS, Constantinos3, BANFIELD, Don4, GOLOMBEK, Matthew P.5, GARVIN, James6, SPIGA, Aymeric7, BANKS, Maria E.8, ANSAN, Veronique9 and LEWIS, Kevin1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21210, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, (4)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (7)Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, LMD Boîte postale 99, Paris, 75252, France, (8)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (9)Laboratoire de Planetologie et Geodynamique, University of Nantes, France, Nantes, 44322, France
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