GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 179
Tuesday, 12 October 2021: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T120. The G.K. Gilbert Award Session II

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Debra Needham, Emily S. Martin and Nicholas Patrick Lang, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:55 PM
THE CHANGING GEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT AT IUS CHASMA, MARS, AS DETERMINED THROUGH THE MINERALOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF AQUEOUS OUTCROPS
WILK, Kierra, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, BISHOP, Janice, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, POST 508B, Honolulu, HI 96822, SARANATHAN, Arun, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, PARENTE, Mario, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, WEITZ, Catherine, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719, FLAHAUT, Jessica, CRPG-CNRS, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, GROSS, Christoph, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, 12249, Germany and SEELOS, Frank P., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723
2:10 PM
MINERAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETARY HABITABILITY ON MARS: A CASE STUDY OF SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SULFATES AND CHLORIDES
EHLMANN, Bethany, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and LEASK, Ellen K., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723
2:25 PM
A SALTY COCKTAIL ON THE ROCKS. THE EFFECTS OF BRINES ON THE DISSOLUTION, FORMATION, AND PRESERVATION OF NEAR-SURFACE MINERALS ON MARS
ELWOOD MADDEN, Megan1, BISHOP, Janice2, ELWOOD MADDEN, Andrew S.3, PHILLIPS-LANDER, Charity M.4, RODRIGUEZ, Andrew5, GEYER, Christopher5, MASON, Daniel6 and CULLEN, Mason5, (1)School of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019; School of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St., NORMAN, OK 73069, (2)Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139, (3)School of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St., NORMAN, OK 73069, (4)Space Science and Engineering, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238-5166, (5)School of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, (6)University of New Mexico, Albequerque, NM 87131
2:40 PM
FOLLOWING THE WATER ON MARS: A MOLECULAR LEVEL STUDY FOR LIQUID SALTY BRINE FORMATION IN MARS ANALOGS IN THE MID-IR REGION
YESILBAS, Merve, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, 901 87, Sweden; Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043 and BISHOP, Janice, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139
 
2:55 PM
Discussion - Characterizing sulfates and Cl salts on Mars and their effects on martian chemistry
3:05 PM
FUMAROLIC ALTERATION ON MARS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM TERRESTRIAL ANALOG FIELDWORK
FLAHAUT, Jessica, CRPG-CNRS, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, BISHOP, Janice, Carl Sagan Center, The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, VIVEIROS, Fatima, IVAR, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 9500-321, Portugal, SILVA, Catarina, CIVISA, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 9500-321, Portugal; IVAR, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, 9500-321, Portugal, DANIEL, Isabelle, LGL-TPE, CNRS/Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, 69622, France, SILVESTRO, Simone, INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Napoli, 80131, Italy; SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043 and TEDESCO, Dario, 7Campania University - Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, 81100, Italy
3:20 PM
SPECTROSCOPY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF REGOLITH FROM GAIRÍA CALDERA (FUERTEVENTURA, SPAIN): AQUEOUS ALTERATION IN A DRY, SPARSELY VEGETATED, MAFIC MARS ANALOG SETTING
BURTON, Zachary Florentino, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305; Carl Sagan Center, The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043 and BISHOP, Janice, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035; Carl Sagan Center, The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043
3:35 PM
MINERALOGY, SPECTROSCOPY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF BASALTIC DRILL CORE FROM HUMU'ULA SADDLE, HI: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUBSURFACE ALTERATION ON MARS
SHEEVAM, Pooja, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno and CALVIN, Wendy, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557
3:50 PM
GEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON SULFUR MINERAL FORMATION AND PRESERVATION IN HYDROTHERMAL SEDIMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VOLCANIC AND AQUEOUS HISTORY OF GUSEV CRATER, MARS
MOORE, Rhianna, Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37920 and SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996
 
4:05 PM
Discussion - Characterizing volcanic alteration
4:15 PM
MINERALOGY OF SAND- AND SILT-SIZE GRAINS ON MARS FROM PHOENIX OM IMAGES
VELBEL, Michael, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 207 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
4:30 PM
WEATHERING AND CHEMICAL ALTERATION IN WRIGHT VALLEY, ANTARCTICA, AS AN ANALOG FOR ALTERATION ON MARS
ENGLERT, Peter1, BISHOP, Janice2, FOERDER, Andrew1, BAILEY, Andrew H.1, BURTON, Zachary Florentino3, PATEL, Shital2, DERA, Przemyslaw1, KOEBERL, Christian, PhD4 and GIBSON, Everett K.5, (1)Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1680 East West Road, POST 508B, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Satnford, CA 94305; Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139, (4)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, AUSTRIA, (5)NASA - Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
4:45 PM
ASSESSING ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO SULFATE FORMATION IN ANTARCTICA: ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS
SMITH, Sara, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996, MIKUCKI, Jill, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996, BISHOP, Janice, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139 and SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996
5:00 PM
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF GYPSUM IN THE NORTH POLE ON MARS: HOW CAN THESE BE ADDRESSED?
SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996 and BISHOP, Janice, Carl Sagan Center, The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043
 
5:15 PM
Discussion - Characterizing minerals and salts on Mars and in cold terrestrial environments
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