GSA 2020 Connects Online

Session No. 229
Thursday, 29 October 2020: 5:30 PM-8:00 PM

T119. Sedimentary Landscapes across the Solar System: Planets, Moons, and Terrestrial Analogues II

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Alessandro Ielpi and Mathieu G.A. Lapotre, Advocates
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Start Time
 
5:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
5:35 PM
A ROCK RECORD OF COMPLEX AEOLIAN BEDFORMS IN A HESPERIAN DESERT LANDSCAPE:THE STIMSON FORMATION AS EXPOSED IN THE MURRAY BUTTES, GALE CRATER, MARS
BANHAM, Steven G.1, GUPTA, Sanjeev1, RUBIN, David M.2, EDGETT, Kenneth S.3, WATKINS, Jessica A.4, EDGAR, Lauren A.5, FEDO, Christopher M.6, WILLIAMS, Rebecca M.E.7, STACK, Kathryn M.8 and VASAVADA, A.8, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, (3)Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 90148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148, (4)National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (5)Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (6)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, (7)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (8)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
5:50 PM
FLUVIAL AND EOLIAN SEDIMENT SORTING AND ROUNDING IN A BASALTIC PRO-GLACIAL CATCHMENT: ÞÓRISJÖKULL GLACIER, ICELAND
MASON, Kashauna1, EWING, Ryan C.1, NACHON, Marion1, RAMPE, Elizabeth B.2, HORGAN, Briony3, LAPOTRE, Mathieu G.A.4, THORPE, Michael T.2, BEDFORD, Candice Ceilidh2, SINHA, Prakhar3 and CHAMPION, Emily1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
6:05 PM
AQUEOUS ALTERATION AT MARS ANALOGUE SITES: GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF SEDIMENT FROM THE DRY VALLEYS (ANTARCTICA), FUERTEVENTURA (SPAIN), AND THE MOJAVE DESERT (USA)
BURTON, Zachary F.M.1, BISHOP, Janice L.2, ENGLERT, Peter A.J.3, BONACCORSI, Rosalba2, DANIELSEN, Jacob M.4 and GIBSON, Everett K.5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute and NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA 94043, (2)Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute and NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA 94043, (3)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (4)Department of Geology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, (5)Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, NASA - Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
 
6:20 PM
Discussion
6:35 PM
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARS ROVER TECHNIQUES IN IDENTIFYING SOURCE-TO-SINK SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES IN BASALTIC ENVIRONMENTS
BEDFORD, Candice Ceilidh1, RAMPE, Elizabeth B.2, THORPE, Michael T.2, EWING, Ryan C.3, MASON, Kashauna3, CHAMPION, Emily3, NACHON, Marion3, HORGAN, Briony4, SINHA, Prakhar4, REID, Ewan5, LAPOTRE, Mathieu G.A.6 and GRAY, Patrick7, (1)Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 BAY AREA BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77058; NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (5)Mission Control Space Services Ltd., Ottowa, ON K1R 6N5, Canada, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Sierra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (7)Duke University, Durham, NC 22708
6:50 PM
USING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) TO DISTINGUISH TERRESTRIAL MANGANESE-ENRICHMENTS WITH RELEVANCE FOR GALE CRATER, MARS
LEDESMA, Gabrielle, Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 2237 Osborn Dr, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50010 and SWANNER, Elizabeth, Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-1027
7:05 PM
PROBLEMS WITH TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS FOR IMPACT SEDIMENTATION ON MARS
BURT, Donald M., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
 
7:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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