Joint 60th Annual Northeastern/59th Annual North-Central Section Meeting - 2025

Session No. 34
Sunday, 30 March 2025: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
120 (Bayfront Convention Center)

T7. Outer Space Rocks! Enhancing the Understanding of our Planetary Neighbors

GSA Planetary Geology Division

 

Nicholas Patrick Lang, Jennifer L. Piatek, Heidi Krauss, Allison Pease and Hee Choi, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS CAN STUDY ROCKS ON MARS USING SPACE ROBOTS! A DEMONSTRATION OF THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS PORTAL TO OBSERVATIONS, RESOURCES, AND TOOLS TO ADVANCE LEGACY SCIENCE (MER PORTAL)
COLE, Shoshanna B.1, AUBELE, Jayne C.2, FARRAND, William1, LU, Steven3, LYNCH, Kennda L.4, SMITH, Pamela1 and THATCHER, Sean5, (1)Space Science Institute, 4765 Walnut St, Suite B, Boulder, CO 80301, (2)New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (5)Department of Engineering and Environmental Science, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314
8:25 AM
ENABLING EXPLORATION OF PLANETARY SURFACE IMAGES THROUGH A FAMILIAR INTERFACE: GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE
PIATEK, Jennifer L., Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050, MARSHALL, Anita, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, MEIER, McKayla, Department of Geological Science, University of Florida, 875 Perimeter Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611 and THATCHER, Sean, Department of Engineering and Environmental Science, College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314
8:45 AM
STRUCTURAL INSIGHT INTO IMPACT TRAJECTORY THROUGH MAPPING THE GEOLOGY OF THE KENTLAND IMPACT STRUCTURE
BRAMMER, Chyenne N. and MILAM, Keith A., Department of Earth and Environmental Geosciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
9:05 AM
FIRST-ORDER IMPACT CRATER GEOPHYSICS AND WATER-ROCK INTERACTION ANALYSIS AT TWO LOCATIONS ON MARS
HART, Roger, Physics and Engineering Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, MA 02865, VERTULLO, Ilana, Department of Physics, Photonics and Optical Engineering, Bridgewater State University, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325, FEWELL, Jessy, Physics and Engineering Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 1762 Louisquisset Pike, Lincoln, RI 02865 and BURNS, Emily, Physics and Engineering Department, Community College of Rhode Island, 400 East Ave, Warwick, RI 02886
9:25 AM
MODELING TARGET ROCK COMPOSITIONS OF TWO ARCHEAN IMPACT EVENTS
MOIN, Muqtadir, Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19121 and DAVATZES, Alexandra, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
9:45 AM
INSIGHTS INTO PLANETARY PROCESSES FROM ENIGMATIC 3-PHASE SYMPLECTITES (OLIVINE-CLINOPYROXENE-SILICA) IN BASALTIC LUNAR BRECCIAS
MCLEOD, Claire, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, SEDAGHAT, Azadeh, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 250 South Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056, SHAULIS, Barry J., University of Arkansas Trace element and Radiogenic Isotope Laboratory, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and LOOCKE, Matthew, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
THE EFFECT OF COMPOSITION VARIATION ON MANTLE SOLIDUS AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF ROCKY PLANETS
SAHU, Chandan, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 336 Deike Building, State College, PA 16802, FOLEY, Bradford J, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 534 Deike Building, State College, PA 16802 and WOLF, Aaron S., SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, 339 N Bernardo Ave Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043
10:40 AM
EXPLORING THE PROPERTIES OF PLANETARY INTERIORS USING EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
PEASE, Allison, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823
11:00 AM
DEEP LEARNING-BASED TRACKING OF SUBDUCTION ZONES IN MANTLE CONVECTION MODELS
CHOI, Hee, Pennsylvania State University, 336 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and FOLEY, Bradford J, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 534 Deike Building, State College, PA 16802
11:20 AM
SUPERPILES: A DYNAMIC EXPLANATION FOR THE SHAPE OF LARGE LOW SHEAR VELOCITY PROVINCES
KRAUSS, Heidi, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48832 and MCNAMARA, Allen K., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, RM 207, Natural Science Building, 288 Farm Lane, East lansing, MI 48824
11:40 AM
ASSESSMENT OF RISKS TO HUMAN SAFETY ASSOCIATED WITH GEOLOGIC HAZARDS ON ASTEROIDS
MALINSKI, Peter and BIERMAN, Matthew, Department of Labor (OSHA), Center Valley, PA 18034
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