GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 236
Wednesday, 25 September 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
210D (Anaheim Convention Center)

T102. Alkaline Lakes on Earth and Beyond: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Habitability

 

Lindsay McHenry and Daniel Gebregiorgis, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
A HIGH CARBONATE ALKALINITY, LOW PH LAKE IN JEZERO CRATER, MARS (Invited Presentation)
HUROWITZ, Joel, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, ALLWOOD, Abigail, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, CABLE, Morgan L., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, CATLING, David, Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 9810, CLARK, Ben, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, FISCHER, Woodward, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, KIZOVSKI, Tanya, Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON ON L2S 3A1, Canada, SIEBACH, Kirsten, Geoscience, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, TICE, Michael M., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77802 and TREIMAN, Allan, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058
8:25 AM
EXPLORATION OF CARBONATE-RICH ROCKS IN THE MARGIN UNIT OF JEZERO CRATER ON MARS BY THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER
HORGAN, Briony1, GARCZYNSKI, Bradley2, BEDFORD, Candice1, CLAVE, Elise3, GUPTA, Sanjeev4, HUROWITZ, Joel5, JONES, Alex4, RAVANIS, Eleni6, TICE, Michael M.7 and WILLIFORD, Kenneth H.8, (1)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Geology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, (3)University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, (4)Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (6)Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96822, (7)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77802, (8)Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA 98104
8:40 AM
ORIGIN OF JEZERO CRATER’S MARGIN UNIT: TEXTURAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS FROM THE PIXL INSTRUMENT ON M2020
TREIMAN, Allan1, HUROWITZ, Joel2, TICE, Michael M.3, MORELAND, Elanor L.4, LIU, Yang5, ORENSTEIN, Brendan J.6, FLANNERY, David M.7, SIEBACH, Kirsten4, O'NEIL, Lauren P.3 and ALLWOOD, Abigail5, (1)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, (2)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77802, (4)Geoscience, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, (6)Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, NSW, Australia, (7)School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
8:55 AM
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR OBSERVATIONS REVEAL SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES IN THE MG-CARBONATE BEARING MARGIN UNIT OF JEZERO CRATER, MARS
CARDARELLI, Emily1, PAIGE, David1, ÁRTING, Uni2, RUSSELL, Patrick1, BROVOLL, Sverre3, BERGER, Tor3 and HAMRAN, Svein-Erik3, (1)Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Faroese Geological Survey, Jarðfeingi, Jóannesar Paturssonargøta 32-34, Tórshavn, FO100, Faroe Islands, (3)University of Oslo, Kjeller, Norway
 
9:10 AM
Discussion
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9:25 AM
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9:40 AM
SPECTRAL MAPPING OF MINERAL PATTERNS AT LAKE NATRON, TANZANIA USING HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS
KODIKARA, Gayantha1, MCHENRY, Lindsay1, HYNEK, Brian2 and NJAU, Jackson K.3, (1)Geosciences, UW Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405
9:55 AM
A PERSISTENT LATE PLEISTOCENE SALINE-ALKALINE LAKE AT OLDUVAI, TANZANIA, AS RECONSTRUCTED BY THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF CORES
MCHENRY, Lindsay1, STANISTREET, Ian G.2, STOLLHOFEN, Harald3, NJAU, Jackson K.4, TOTH, Nicholas5 and SCHICK, Kathy5, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (2)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407; Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Geozentrum Nordbayern, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (4)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405; Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407, (5)Stone Age Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47407
10:10 AM
δ13C VALUES OF ALGAL BIOMARKERS IN PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS FROM PALEOLAKE OLDUVAI RECORD TEMPORAL CHANGES IN LAKE ALKALINITY DURING WET/DRY CYCLES
DOIRON, Kelsey1, COLCORD, Devon E.2, SHILLING, Andrea M.2, NJAU, Jackson K.3, STOLLHOFEN, Harald4, STANISTREET, Ian G.5, SCHICK, Kathy6, TOTH, Nicholas6 and BRASSELL, Simon7, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, 1001 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405, (4)Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Geozentrum Nordbayern, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (5)Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom, (6)Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, IN 47408, (7)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
 
10:25 AM
Discussion
10:40 AM
HOW DOES DIURNAL CARBON CYCLING IN LAKES INFLUENCE LACUSTRINE CARBONATE CARBON ISOTOPE RECORDS?
TROWER, Lizzy and HAGEN, Cedric, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
10:55 AM
OXYGEN ISOTOPE DYNAMICS OF LAKE WATER AND DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE IN SALINE LAKES OF THE CARIBOO PLATEAU OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
WALTERS, Liam E., TINO, Christopher J., WOOD, Cameron M., SEVGEN, Serhat and TUTOLO, Benjamin, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary, 2500 University DR NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
11:10 AM
UNVEILING EXTREMOPHILES: EXPLORING PROTIST DIVERSITY IN CANADIAN ALKALINE SODA LAKES WITH DNA BARCODING
MOLL, Miranda1, SOLANKI, Ruchita2 and STROUS, Marc2, (1)Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (2)Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
11:25 AM
FIRST REPORT OF PALEOZOIC ALKALINE LAKE IN NORTHERN PANGEA: A NEW WINDOW FOR LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE (LPIA) AND TERRESTRIAL PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
CAO, Jian1, XIA, Liuwen1, ZHANG, Ruijie1, HU, Wenxuan1, ZHI, Dongming2, TANG, Yong2 and HE, Wenjun2, (1)School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China, (2)PetroChina Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Karamay, Xinjiang 843000, China
 
11:40 AM
Discussion
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