GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 109
Monday, 11 October 2021: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 252 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T116. Impact Cratering in the Solar System: Remembering Nadine Barlow and H. Jay Melosh

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Christian Koeberl, PhD and Jeffrey B. Plescia, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
IMPACT RATE VARIATIONS OVER GEOLOGIC TIME: SPIKY OR SMOOTH?
MCEWEN, Alfred, Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona, 1541 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721
1:50 PM
PROLONGED ROCK EXHUMATION AT THE RIMS OF KILOMETER-SCALE LUNAR CRATERS
NYPAVER, Cole, Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave., 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, THOMSON, Bradley J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996, FASSETT, Caleb I., NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, RIVERA-VALENTÍN, Edgard, Universities Space Research Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058 and PATTERSON, G. Wesley, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723
2:05 PM
SIMULATING THE FORMATION OF MERCURY’S CALORIS BASIN TO DETERMINE IF IT LIKELY FORMED AS A MULTIRING BASIN
GOSSELIN, Gregory1, FREED, Andrew M.1 and JOHNSON, Brandon C.2, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907
2:20 PM
TOWARDS AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF SHATTER CONES ON PLANETARY ROVER IMAGES: FIRST RESULTS OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY (Invited Presentation)
BECHTOLD, Andreas1, PAAR, Gerhard2, TRAXLER, Christoph3, NOWAK, Rebecca3, GAROLLA, Filippo4 and KOEBERL, Christian, PhD5, (1)Department of Lithospheric Research, University Vienna, UZA 2, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1020, Austria, (2)Joanneum Research, Steyrergasse 17, Graz, 8010, Austria, (3)VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH, Donau-City-Strasse 1, Vienna, 1220, Austria, (4)SLR Engineering GmbH, Gartengasse 19, Graz, 8010, Austria, (5)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1180, Austria
2:35 PM
PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSGRAVE PSEUDOTACHYLITE INDICATING IMPACT ORIGIN
CONNELLY, Daniel, MAPCIS Research Project, 4815 Covered Bridge Rd, Millville, NJ 08332, SIKDER, Arif, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)Center for Environmental Studies (CES), 1000 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23284-9013 and TURNER, Joseph B. McGee, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Department of Chemistry, 1001 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284
2:50 PM
PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR SHOCK VEIN DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY AT VREDEFORT
HOPKINS, Randy, Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 2 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada and SPRAY, John G., Earth Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
3:05 PM
THE ORDOVICIAN METEOR EVENT: EVIDENCE FROM IMPACT-DAMAGED ACRITARCHS AND THE 40AR/39AR DATE OF IMPACT SPHERULES FROM THE CROOKED CREEK STRUCTURE
SPENCER, Marissa, Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 64509-0410 and WEBB, Laura E., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:30 PM
CHICXULUB AS A TESTING GROUND FOR MODELS AND THEORIES: TRIBUTE TO PROF. H. JAY MELOSH
GULICK, Sean1, MORGAN, Joanna V.2, CHRISTESON, Gail3, COLLINS, Gareth S.2 and WARNER, Michael2, (1)The Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445; Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, (3)The Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445
3:45 PM
CHICXULUB TARGET STRATIGRAPHY AND EJECTA COMPARED TO THE STRATIGRAPHY OF NORTHERN BELIZE
KING Jr., David T. and PETRUNY, Lucille W., Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
4:00 PM
FIRST PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPACT MELT-RICH LITHOLOGIES AND TARGET ROCKS WITHIN THE ROCHECHOUART IMPACT STRUCTURE (FRANCE), RECOVERED BY THE 2017 DRILLING CAMPAIGN
FAUCHER, Juliette1, DEHAIS, Thomas2, KASKES, Pim2, DE GRAAFF, Sietze2, LAMBERT, Philippe3, LUAIS, Béatrice4 and GODERIS, Steven2, (1)Analytical Environmental & Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France, (2)Analytical Environmental & Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (3)Center for International Research and Restitution on Impacts and on Rochechouart (CIRIR), Rochechouart, 87600, France, (4)Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG), Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54500, France
4:15 PM
THE SIZE/SHAPE OF THE ROCHECHOUART IMPACT CRATER (FRANCE)?
LAMBERT, Philippe, Center for International Research and Restitution on Impacts and on Rochechouart (CIRIR), Rochechouart, 87600, France
4:30 PM
THE WOODBURY-MANCHESTER IMPACT STRUCTURE IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EARLY NEOPROTEROZOIC EARTH-MOON ASTEROID/COMET SHOWER AND SNOWBALL EARTH
HARRIS, Robert, Department of Space Sciences, Fernbank Science Center, 156 Heaton Park Drive, Atlanta, GA 30307, JARET, Steven, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192 and ALBIN, Edward F., Department of Space Studies, American Public University, 111 W. Congress Street, Charles Town, WV 25414
4:45 PM
THE MICROMETEORITE FLUX IN THE ALBIAN/APTIAN AGE (~103-117 MA): A SEARCH FOR TYCHO EJECTA IN PELAGIC SEDIMENTS USING CHROME SPINELS
MARTIN, Ellinor1, SCHMITZ, Birger1, TERFELT, Fredrik1, AGUIRRE PALAFOX, Luis Erick2 and ALVAREZ, Walter3, (1)Astrogeobiology Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davies, CA 95516, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767
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5:00 PM
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