GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 69
Sunday, 15 October 2023: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
335 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

Are We Alone in the Universe? The Science and Strategies to Search for Evidence of Past Life on Earth, in the Solar System, and Beyond: In Memory of Jack Farmer—Father of Exopaleontology, Face of Astrobiology, Teacher to Thousands Around the World

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology Geomicrobiology Division; ExxonMobil; NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 

Maria Farmer, Alice Baldridge, Nicholas Lang and Sherry Cady, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
THE SHOE AND THE CANOE, BY JOHN J. BIGSBY (LONDON, 1850)
SPANAGEL, David, Humanities & Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
2:00 PM
THOMAS SOPWITH’S BOOK OF GEOLOGIC MODELS AND THE ORIGINS OF 3D SPATIAL THINKING SKILLS
BURMEISTER, Kurtis, Department of Geology, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, TURNER, Susan, 69 Kilkivan Avenue, Kenmore, QLD 4069, Australia, HOLLISTER, Ryan J., Dept of Earth Science, Geology and Meteorology, Modesto Junior College, 435 College Avenue, Modesto, CA 95350, JAKAITĖ, Lina, Lyveriai, 95498, Lithuania, GIORGIS, Scott D., Dept of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454, JOHNSON, Elijah, Geosciences, Auburn University, 2050 Beard-Eaves Coliseum, Auburn, AL 36849 and WURTZ, Michael J., Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211
2:20 PM
CONSIDERATIONS FOR DETECTING AND PRESERVING BIOSIGNATURES IN UNSTABLE SULFATE MINERALS
GILL, Karena1, BENISON, Kathleen1 and JAGNIECKI, Elliot2, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Department of Natural Resources, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
2:40 PM
SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON MARS: THE ROLE OF CALCIUM SULFATE IN RECORDING PAST BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS
BIRMINGHAM, Margaret1, LOCKAMY, Dru, WEBER, Jessica3, PLATTNER, Taylor4, TOWNER, Martin5, GOLDSTEIN, Robert H.1, QUARTINI, Enrica6, BOWMAN, Jeff7, SCHMIDT, Britney E.6 and OLCOTT, Alison8, (1)Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)JPL, Pasadena, CA 91011, (3)Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, (4)Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia, (5)Department of Astronomy, Cornell, Ithaca, NY 14850, (6)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, (7)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Ritchie Hall, Rm 256, 1414 Naismith Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
3:00 PM
PRESERVATION OF MICROBIAL BIOSIGNATURES IN SILICEOUS HOT SPRING DEPOSITS, WITH APPLICATIONS TO MARS EXPLORATION - BUILDING ON JACK FARMER'S LEGACY
NUNEZ, Jorge, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, 200-W230, Laurel, MD 20723
3:20 PM
HOW MODERN HOT SPRING DEPOSITS ON EARTH INFORM THE SEARCH FOR PAST LIFE ON MARS
RUFF, Steven, Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration, PO Box 876305, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305 and CADY, Sherry L., Portland State University, 187 Olson Road, Sequim, WA 98382
 
3:40 PM
Linda L. Jahnke and David J. Des Marais | Lipid Biomarkers Have Documented Eukaryotes in Cyanobacterial Mats and Stromatolites
 
3:55 PM
Michael Myers | Discovering the Biological Potential of Mars: The Path and Execution of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
 
4:10 PM
Other Invited Speakers and Discussion
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