GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 15
Sunday, 15 October 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
323 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T114. Impact Cratering Across the Solar System

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

 

Jeffrey Plescia and Christian Koeberl, PhD, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
BROADER IMPACT: THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARTIAN IMPACT CRATERS
BOAN, Phillip1, HUGHES, Emmy B.2 and VASQUEZ, Andrew A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology 1242, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332
8:20 AM
SEISMICALLY DETECTED CRATERING ON MARS: AN INDEPENDENT MEASURE OF THE RECENT IMPACT FLUX
DAUBAR, Ingrid1, GARCIA, Raphael2, STOTT, Alexander E.2, FERNANDO, Benjamin3, COLLINS, Gareth S.4, DUNDAS, Colin M.5, WÓJCICKA, Natalia4, ZENHÄUSERN, Géraldine6, MCEWEN, Alfred S.7 and STÄHLER, Simon C.6, (1)Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (2)ISAE-SUPAERO, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31400, France, (3)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (4)Imperial College London, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, (5)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (6)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (7)Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
8:35 AM
MANGANESE-IRON PHOSPHATE NODULES AT THE GROKEN SITE, GALE CRATER, MARS
TREIMAN, Allan1, LANZA, Nina2, VANBOMMEL, Scott J.V.3, WIENS, Roger4, BERGER, Jeff5, BRISTOW, Thomas F.6, JOHNSON, Jeffrey7, RICE, Melissa S.8, HART, Reginald8, MCADAM, Amy9, GASDA, Patrick10 and MESLIN, P.Y.11, (1)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, (4)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN 47907, (5)ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, (6)NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (7)Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, (8)Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 699.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (10)Space Remote Sensing & Data Science, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (11)Laboratoire Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes, France
8:50 AM
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS OF LOW-ANGLE LUNAR IMPACTS
HERRICK, Robert1, BARNOUIN, Olivier S.2, KNICELY, Joshua J.3, DALY, R. Terik2 and WUTTIG, Alex4, (1)Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Usibelli Engineering Learning and Innovation Building (JUB), Suite 240, 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5910, (2)Johns Hopkins APL, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723, (3)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, (4)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320; Physics & Astronomy Department, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
9:05 AM
GIANT IMPACTS AND THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF ARCHEAN CRATONS
BROWN, Michael, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 237 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, KIRKLAND, Christopher L., Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia, JOHNSON, Tim E., School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia and SUTTON, Phil, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
 
9:20 AM
Break
9:35 AM
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: PHOTOSYNTHETIC COLLAPSE FOLLOWING CHICXULUB IMPACT TRIGGERED BY FINE SILICATE DUST
CLAEYS, Philippe1, SENEL, Cem2, KASKES, Pim1, TEMEL, Orkun3, VELLEKOOP, Johan4, GODERIS, Steven5, PRINS, Maarten A.6 and KARATEKIN, Ozgur3, (1)Analytical Environmental & Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (2)Reference Systems & Planetology Department, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, (3)Reference Systems and Planetology Department, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, 1180, Belgium, (4)Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Brussels, 1000, Belgium, (5)Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081, Netherlands
9:50 AM
POSSIBLE EJECTA FROM THE BOLTYSH IMPACT EVENT (UKRAINE) IN ITALY
WERNITZNIG, Sophia1, SCHULZ, Toni2, MONTANARI, Alessandro3 and KOEBERL, Christian, PhD1, (1)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1180, Austria, (2)Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (3)Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco, Cda. Coldigioco 4, Apiro, 60121, Italy
10:05 AM
BENEFITS OF USING BOTH LASER MICROPROBE AND BULK INCREMENTAL HEATING 40AR/39AR TECHNIQUES TO CONSTRAIN THE TIMING OF IMPACT EVENTS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE WEST CLEARWATER LAKE IMPACT STRUCTURE, CANADA
PYE, Alexandra1, BRUNNER, Anna E.1, MCDONALD, Christopher S.1, HODGES, Kip V.1, OSINSKI, Gordon2 and VAN SOEST, Matthijs C.1, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
10:20 AM
GLASS DIVERSITY AT THE WANAPITEI IMPACT SITE IN ONTARIO
MCKENZIE, Scott, MILLER, Jada and BALTOZER, Anastazja, Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546
10:35 AM
GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IMPACT MELT GLASS FROM THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED ORA BANDA IMPACT STRUCTURE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
QUINTERO, Raiza1, CAVOSIE, Aaron J.2, EVANS, Noreen J.3, MCDONALD, Bradley3, ROBERTS, Malcolm P.4 and MEYERS, Jayson5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681, (2)Space Science and Technology Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Science, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia, (3)John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia, (4)Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia, (5)Resource Potentials, 1/46 Hasler Road, Osborne Park, WA, 6017, Australia
10:50 AM
PALEOMAGNETIC AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF THE MANICOUAGAN IMPACT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LATE TRIASSIC TIME SCALE
TANNER, Lawrence, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13214-1302, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, CLUTSON, Michael J., 1411 Edward Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3H5, Canada and BROWN, David E., Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board,, 800 TD Centre, 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3K9, Canada
11:05 AM
IDENTIFICATION OF LONSDALEITE IN THE EJECTA MELTS AND ITS IMPLICATION IN RESOLVING THE TARGET AND IMPACTOR DILEMMA IN THE FORMATION OF LONAR CRATER, INDIA
SIKDER, Arif1, PRESSER, Jaime2, TURNER, Joseph B. McGee3, MISRA, Saumitra4, ALAUDDIN, Mohammad5, GANGOPADHYAY, Tapas Kumar6, MAYER, Carl7 and PESTOV, Dmitry7, (1)Center for Environmental Studies (CES), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), 1000 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23284, (2)JP-Exploraciones, Asunción, Richmond, 23284, Paraguay, (3)Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Department of Chemistry, 1001 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284, (4)Geological Sciences, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville (Durban), 4001, South Africa, (5)Department of Chemistry, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur Howrah, VA 711103, India, (7)Nanomaterials Core Characterization Facility (NCC), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), 620 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23284
 
11:20 AM
Discussion
 
11:25 AM
Concluding Remarks
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