GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 67
Sunday, 22 September 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
213A (Anaheim Convention Center)

T136. Impact Cratering: A Dominant Process in the Solar System

 

Jeffrey Plescia, Christian Koeberl and Mark Boslough, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
THE PRESSING PROBLEMS OF PROVING (AND DISPROVING) VERY RECENT IMPACT EVENTS IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD (Invited Presentation)
HARRIS, R. Scott, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, SCHULTZ, Peter H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, P.O. Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and JARET, Steven, Department of Planetary Sciences, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11235
1:55 PM
REFUTING THE SENSATIONAL CLAIM OF A HOPEWELL‑ENDING COSMIC AIRBURST: IMPLICATIONS FOR PEDAGOGY AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
MURPHY, Laura R.1, NOLAN, Kevin C.2, WEILAND, Andrew3, LEPPER, Bradley T.4, AULTMAN, Jennifer4, RUBY, Bret J.5, SCHWARZ, Kevin6, DAVIDSON, Matthew7, WYMER, DeeAnne8, EVERHART, Timothy5, KRUS, Anthony9 and MCCOY, Timothy J.10, (1)Anthropology, Washburn University, 1700 SW College Ave, Topeka, KS 66621, (2)Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (3)Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, Lincoln, NE 68508, (4)Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH 43211, (5)Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, National Park Service, Chillicothe, OH 45601, (6)ASC Group, Inc., Columbus, OH 43229, (7)Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (8)Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, Waverly, NY 14892, (9)Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, (10)Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 119, Washington, DC 20013
2:10 PM
GLOBAL TSUNAMIS FROM IMPACTS AND AIRBURSTS: IS THERE A PALEO RECORD?
BOSLOUGH, Mark, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 and TITOV, Vasily, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA 98115
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2:25 PM
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2:40 PM
EXPERIMENTAL EJECTA EMPLACEMENT IN REDUCED GRAVITY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
RUNYON, Kirby, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Ft. Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
2:55 PM
CONNECTING IMPACT AGES WITH STRUCTURES: OBSERVATIONS FROM EARTH, IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER PLANETS (Invited Presentation)
JARET, Steven, Department of Planetary Sciences, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11235, HYDE, William R., Department of Geology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 221 00, Sweden, COX, Stephen E., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, HEMMING, Sidney, Columbia University - LDEO Earth and Environmental Sciences, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964-1707, LARSEN, Nicolaj K, Copenhagen, Copenhagen 5-7 1350, Denmark and KENNY, Gavin G., Stockholm, Stockholm 114 18, Sweden
3:15 PM
THE LAKE SUPERIOR AREA "EVENT LAYER": TESTING THE CONNECTION WITH THE 1850 MA SUDBURY IMPACT
BLEEKER, Wouter1, WODICKA, Natasha1, KAMO, Sandra L.2, HAMILTON, Michael A.2, EMON, Quinn1 and SMITH, Jennifer1, (1)Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (2)Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:40 PM
BURIAL AND EXHUMATION HISTORY OF WETUMPKA IMPACT STRUCTURE, ALABAMA
KING Jr., David T. and PETRUNY, Lucille W., Geosciences, Auburn University, 2050 Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn, AL 36849
3:55 PM
EVIDENCE FOR DYNAMIC MELTING, EMPLACEMENT, AND CARBONACEOUS IMPACTOR ENTRAINMENT IN PICA GLASS FROM THE CHILEAN ATACAMA DESERT
HARRIS, R. Scott1, SCHULTZ, Peter H.2, BLANCO, Nicolas3 and TOMLINSON, Andrew3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, P.O. Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Av. Santa María 0104, Santiago, Chile
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4:10 PM
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4:25 PM
USING DEGRADATION STATES OF IMPACT CRATERS TO DERIVE LUNAR SURFACE AGES
HOOVER, Rachael, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, FASSETT, Caleb I., NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, MD 35805, ROBBINS, Stuart J., Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302 and LANDIS, Margaret, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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4:40 PM
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4:55 PM
ELUCIDATING THE AGGREGATION PROCESSES OF THE CHICXULUB PROXIMAL EJECTA BLANKET: A VOLCANOLOGICAL APPROACH
FEIGNON, Jean-Guillaume1, KASKES, Pim2, GODERIS, Steven1, FERRIÈRE, Ludovic3, LEDÉSERT, Béatrice4 and CLAEYS, Philippe1, (1)Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (2)Archaeology, Environmental Changes & Geo-Chemistry (AMGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium; Laboratoire G-Time, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (3)Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, Al Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, 00000, United Arab Emirates, (4)Laboratoire Géosciences Environnement Cergy (GEC), CY Cergy Paris Université, 1 Rue Descartes, Neuville-sur-Oise, 95000, France
5:10 PM
EXPLORING THE HYDROTHERMAL AND BIOLOGIC LEGACY OF CHICXULUB
GULICK, Sean1, ALFRED, Soraya1, HESSE, Marc A.2, MCCALL, Naoma3, TIKOO, Sonia M.4, RAE, Auriol5 and COCKELL, Charles6, (1)Inst. for Geophysics, Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Ctr. for Planetary Systems Habitability, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Planetary Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Lab (Code 698), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (4)Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (5)Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (6)School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
 
5:25 PM
Concluding Remarks
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