GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 14
Sunday, 10 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T117. Perseverance at Jezero Crater—Characterizing an Ancient Crater Lake Basin on Mars

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Kathryn Stack Morgan, Briony Horgan and Patrick Russell, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
EARLY RESULTS FROM THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER IN JEZERO CRATER, MARS
STACK MORGAN, Kathryn, Planetary Geosciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, FARLEY, Kenneth A., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, WILLIFORD, Kenneth H., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, 595 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and SCIENCE TEAM, Mars 2020, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
8:15 AM
SAMPLES AND NOTIONAL CACHES FROM JEZERO CRATER AND BEYOND FOR MARS SAMPLE RETURN
CZAJA, Andrew, University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology, 500 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, BENISON, Kathleen, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26501, BOSAK, Tanja, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, COHEN, Barbara A., NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, HAUSRATH, Elisabeth, Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, HICKMAN-LEWIS, Keyron, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, MAYHEW, Lisa E., University of Colorado, Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, SHUSTER, David L., University of California, Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, CA 94720, SILJESTRÖM, Sandra, RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, SIMON, Justin I., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 and WEISS, Benjamin P., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
8:30 AM
EVIDENCE FOR A DELTA-LAKE SYSTEM AND ANCIENT FLOOD DEPOSITS AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS, FROM THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER (Invited Presentation)
GUPTA, Sanjeev1, MANGOLD, Nicolas2, DROMART, Gilles3, GASNAULT, Olivier4, LE MOUELIC, Stephane2 and BELL III, James5, (1)Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)Laboratoire De Planétologie Et Géodynamique, U. Nantes, Nantes, 44322, France, (3)Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Université de Lyon, ENS Lyon, Lyon, 69364, France, (4)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, UPS-CNRS-OMP, Toulouse, France, (5)School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
8:50 AM
BRIDGING THE GAP: EVALUATING PAST WATER LEVELS AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS THROUGH ORBITAL AND IN SITU DATA
SHOLES, Steven1, STACK MORGAN, Kathryn1, KAH, Linda2, SIMON, Justin I.3 and BROWN, Adrian4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (4)Plancius Research, 1106 BELLEVISTA CT, SEVERNA PARK, MD 21146
9:05 AM
1:2500 PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR: DIVERSITY OF ORBITALLY-RESOLVED SURFACE TEXTURES AT AND AROUND THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER LANDING SITE
WOGSLAND, Brittan1, HORGAN, Briony2, STACK MORGAN, Kathryn3, KAH, Linda1, CALEF, Fred3 and SCHROEDER, Jeffrey F.3, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
9:20 AM
EXPLORING THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR: THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER’S FIRST SCIENCE CAMPAIGN
SUN, Vivian1, HAND, Kevin P.1, FARLEY, Kenneth A.2, STACK MORGAN, Kathryn1, WILLIFORD, Kenneth H.1, MILKOVICH, Sarah1, KRONYAK, Rachel1, BELL III, James3, SHUSTER, David4 and SIMON, Justin I.5, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (4)Earth and Planetary Science Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, (5)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
9:35 AM
ROCK TEXTURES: UNDERSTANDING THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR IN THE REGION OF THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER LANDING SITE (Invited Presentation)
KAH, Linda, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, GUPTA, Sanjeev, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, SIMON, Justin I., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 and BENISON, Kathleen, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
9:55 AM
MARS 2020/PERSEVERANCE IN SITU GEOLOGIC CONTEXT MAPPING (GXM) INITIAL RESULTS ALONG THE TRAVERSE WITHIN JEZERO CRATER
CRUMPLER, Larry, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375 and SCIENCE TEAM, Mars 2020, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109
10:10 AM
FRACTURES AND LINEAMENTS IN JEZERO CRATER (Invited Presentation)
GHENT, Rebecca, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, RUSSELL, Patrick, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, NUNES, Daniel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, MELLON, Michael, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and HAMRAN, Svein-Erik, University of Oslo, Kjeller, Norway
10:30 AM
VISITING A FRESH CRATER IN JEZERO WITH THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER
CALEF III, Fred, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, ALWMARK, Sanna, Lund University, Department of Geology, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, 22362, Sweden, AMUNDSEN, Hans E.F., CENSSS, Institute for Technology Systems, Univ. of Oslo, Kjeller, Norway, BECHTOLD, Andreas, Department of Lithospheric Research, University Vienna, UZA 2, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1020, Austria, BELL III, James, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, QUANTIN, Cathy, Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France, DYPVIK, Henning, CENSSS, Institute for Technology Systems Univ. of Oslo, Kjeller, Norway, HAMRAN, Svein-Erik, University of Oslo, Kjeller, Norway, SCHMITZ, Nicole, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany, SIMON, Justin I., NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058 and STACK, Kathryn M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
10:45 AM
CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS AND SOILS TARGETED BY SUPERCAM AT JEZERO CRATER
WIENS, Roger1, COUSIN, Agnes2, OLLILA, Ann1, BEYSSAC, Olivier3, MAURICE, Sylvestre2, JOHNSON, Jeffrey4, MANGOLD, Nicolas5, CLEGG, Sam1, QUANTIN, Cathy6 and MANDON, Lucia7, (1)Space & Planetary Exploration Team, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, 9 Avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse, 31400, France, (3)IMPMC, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 75005, France, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (5)Laboratoire De Planétologie Et Géodynamique, U. Nantes, Nantes, 44322, France, (6)Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France, (7)Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, Meudon, France
11:00 AM
ROCK DIVERSITY ON THE FLOOR OF JEZERO CRATER OBSERVED IN MASTCAM-Z MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES FROM THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER
RICE, Melissa1, HORGAN, Briony2, JOHNSON, Jeffrey3, BELL III, James4, VAUGHAN, Alicia5, ST. CLAIR, Michael6, MILLION, Chase6, KINCH, Kjartan7 and NÚÑEZ, Jorge3, (1)Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, MS 9080, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)550 Stadium Mall Dr.Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (4)School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5)USGS, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (6)Million Concepts, Louisville, KY 40203, (7)Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
11:15 AM
LINKING MASTCAM-Z MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING FROM THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER TO ORBITAL GEOLOGY IN JEZERO CRATER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE CRATER FLOOR
HORGAN, Briony1, RICE, Melissa2, KAH, Linda3, GUPTA, Sanjeev4, MANGOLD, Nicolas5, BELL III, James6, KINCH, Kjartan7, JOHNSON, Jeffrey8, MILLION, Chase9, NÚÑEZ, Jorge8, PAAR, Gerhard10, ST. CLAIR, Michael9, TATE, Christian11, VAUGHAN, Alicia12, RAVANIS, Eleni13, FAGENTS, Sarah A.13 and BROWN, Adrian14, (1)550 Stadium Mall Dr.Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (5)Laboratoire De Planétologie Et Géodynamique, U. Nantes, Nantes, 44322, France, (6)School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (7)Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (9)Million Concepts, Louisville, KY 40203, (10)Joanneum Research, Steyrergasse 17, Graz, 8010, Austria, (11)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (12)USGS, Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (13)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96822, (14)Plancius Research, 1106 BELLEVISTA CT, SEVERNA PARK, MD 21146
11:30 AM
INSIGHTS INTO JEZERO CRATER GEOLOGY FROM ROCK-REGOLITH INTERFACES
CARDARELLI, Emily, PhD, Astrobiology and Ocean Worlds, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 183-301, Pasadena, CA 91109, HAUSRATH, Elisabeth, Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, SULLIVAN, Robert, Cornell University CCAPS, 308 Space Science Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, JOHNSON, Jeffrey, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, SILJESTRÖM, Sandra, RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, MADARIAGA, Juan Manuel, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain, MESLIN, P.Y., Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes, France, MANDON, Lucia, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, Meudon, France, COUSIN, Agnes, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie, Toulouse, France and WILLIFORD, Kenneth H., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109
11:45 AM
STRATIGRAPHY OF SÉÍTAH: UNDERSTANDING THE OLDEST GEOLOGIC UNIT EXPOSED IN THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR
TARNAS, Jesse, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, STACK, Kathryn M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, GUPTA, Sanjeev, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, KAH, L.C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, SHUSTER, David, Earth and Planetary Science Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, MANDON, Lucia, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, Meudon, France, QUANTIN, Cathy, Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France and WIENS, Roger, Space & Planetary Exploration Team, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545
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