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Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022

Session No. 42
Thursday, 17 March 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
CBC-A 106 (UNLV Classroom Building Complex A)

S5. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Geoscience at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

Eugene Smith and Matthew Lachniet, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
A BRIEF EARLY HISTORY OF GEOSCIENCE AT UNLV: FROM TUMBLEWEED TECH TO TOP TIER
LACHNIET, Matthew, Geosciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Mailstop 4022, SEB, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and SMITH, Eugene, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
42-2
1:55 PM
FROM EDIACARAN TAPHONOMY TO PLEISTOCENE MAMMOTHS: FIFTY YEARS OF RESEARCH IN PALEONTOLOGY AT UNLV
ROWLAND, Stephen, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
42-3
2:20 PM
STUDYING SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS
JIANG, Ganqing, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
42-4
2:40 PM
RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN 40AR/39AR ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES AT THE NEVADA ISOTOPE GEOCHRONOLOGY LABORATORY
KONRAD, Kevin and ZANETTI, Kathleen, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
42-5
3:00 PM
DEVELOPING NEW TOOLS TO ASSESS REDOX DIVERSITY IN BASALTS AND THEIR MANTLE SOURCES: A CASE STUDY IN THE RIO GRANDE RIFT
BELL, Aaron, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, 2200 Colorado Ave. Rm #285, Boulder, CO 80309 and WATERS, Laura, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
42-6
3:20 PM
FROM NEVADA SOILS TO TENNESSEE DEPRESSIONS: INVESTIGATING FEATURES AT VARIOUS SCALES
BROCK-HON, Amy, Univ Tennessee - ChattanoogaDept. Biology, Geology and Env. Sci., 615 McCallie Ave. MS2653, Chattanooga, TN 37403-2504
 
3:40 PM
Break
42-7
3:50 PM
INVESTIGATING SOIL SURFACE CRUSTS AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS
HAUSRATH, Elisabeth1, CARDARELLI, Emily, PhD2, COUSIN, Agnes3, LASUE, Jeremie3, LEGETT, Chip4, MADARIAGA, Juan Manuel5, MESLIN, P.Y.6, SULLIVAN, Robert7, UDRY, Arya8 and WIENS, Roger4, (1)Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (2)Astrobiology and Ocean Worlds, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 183-301, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, 9 Avenue du Colonel Roche, Toulouse, 31400, France, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 8745, (5)University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain, (6)Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes, France, (7)Cornell University CCAPS, 308 Space Science Bldg, Ithaca, NY 14853-6801, (8)4505 S Maryland Pkwy, LFG 104, Mail Code 4010, LAS VEGAS, NV 89154
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4:10 PM
WHERE SHOULD WE LOOK FOR EVIDENCE OF PAST LIFE ON MARS? CLUES FROM GLEN TORRIDON AND VERA RUBIN RIDGE, GALE CRATER, MARS
CARMAN, Nancy1, HAUSRATH, Elisabeth1, RAMPE, Elizabeth2, ARCHER Jr., Paul Douglas3, ADCOCK, Christopher1 and MILLAN, Maeva4, (1)Geosciences Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, LAS VEGAS, NV 89154, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Pkwy, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (4)NASA GSFC, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
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4:30 PM
ULTRAMAFIC SOILS: ANALOGUES FOR INCIPIENT WEATHERING ON MARS
FELDMAN, Anthony1, HAUSRATH, Elisabeth1, RAMPE, Elizabeth2, TSCHAUNER, Oliver1 and PERETYAZHKO, Tanya S.3, (1)Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (2)Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, (3)Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
42-10
4:50 PM
PALEONTOLOGICAL AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE MUDDY CREEK FORMATION NEAR LAKE MEAD, SOUTHERN NEVADA
BONDE, Aubrey, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, JONES, AnnMarie, Geosciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, ROWLAND, Stephen, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Cheyenne, WY 82003 and MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Bureau of Land Managment, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009
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5:10 PM
ESTIMATES OF GEOLOGIC PRESSURES IN THE FUNERAL MOUNTAINS AND THE WOOD HILLS METAMORPHIC CORE COMPLEXES: QUIG VERSES THERMODYNAMIC MODELING
MULLIGAN, Suzanne1, WELLS, Michael L.2, HOISCH, Thomas D.3 and WILLS, Marci3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (3)School of Earth & Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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