EP044
Working towards a Geological Survey of the Solar System: Lessons from Lunar and Martian Analog Studies on Earth

Session ID#: 80301

Session Description:
A Solar System Geological Survey may be undertaken in the future using the methods and technologies currently in use and development on Earth. A diverse cohort of scientists has applied portable instrumentation to make detailed field descriptions of martian and lunar analog sites on every terrestrial continent. This pioneering research is refining methods for in-situ analyses in planetary science and providing critical insights about end-member environments that elucidate the extremes of life, environment, and climate on Earth. This session will explore transformative methods for field analyses in the context of martian and lunar analog studies.
Co-Organized:
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • SEPM: Society for Sedimentary Geology -
Index Terms:

3694 Instruments and techniques [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
5494 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
6250 Moon [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Primary Convener:  Jonathan Knapp, BRUKER, Denver, CO, United States
Conveners:  Kathleen Counter Benison, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States, Alexander Sehlke, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany and Nigel M. Kelly, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jonathan Knapp, BRUKER, Denver, CO, United States
 
Planetary Analogs: Future Needs Defined By Community Survey (507796)
M. Elise Rumpf1, Lauren A Edgar2, Amber Gullikson3, James A Skinner4, Tenielle A Gaither1, Laszlo P Keszthelyi1 and Marc Hunter5, (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)USGS, Astrogeology, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (5)United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, United States
 
The Use of Field Portable Instrumentation in Planetary Surface Exploration - Development, Testing, and Implementation Strategies (Invited) (510471)
Kelsey E Young1, Jacob E Bleacher2, A. Deanne Rogers3, Amy McAdam4, Trevor G. Graff5, David Coan6, Cherie Achilles1, Christine A Knudson7, Marcum Reagan8, William Todd9, Patrick Whelley1, Jacob A Richardson10, Ben Fesit11 and Timothy Glotch3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, United States, (4)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Jacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (6)Aerospace at NASA JSC, Houston, United States, (7)CRESST/University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (8)NASA JSC, Houston, United States, (9)USRA at NASA JSC, Houston, United States, (10)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (11)Jacobs Technology Inc., Houston, TX, United States
 
Arabia Terra Layered Deposit Stratigraphy and Distribution: Evidence for Early Martian Explosive Volcanism? (511264)
Jacob A Richardson1, Patrick Whelley1, M Alexandra Matiella Novak2, Reagan Smith3 and Jacob E Bleacher4, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (3)South River High School, Edgewater, MD, United States, (4)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Spectral Mapping of the Pavonis Mons of Mars using CRISM and THEMIS data. (511864)
Bhaswati Deka, Adnan Ahmad, Raj R Patel and Archana M Nair, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India
 
Ice Wedge Polygon control of surface water flows at Axel Heiberg: Implications for the incision and timing of low slope Martian channels (525574)
Mark Jellinek1, Shawn M Chartrand1, Antero Kukko2 and Gordon Osinski3, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Masala, Finland, (3)University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Earth Sciences / Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, London, ON, Canada
 
SAND-E: Semi-Autonomous Navigation for Detrital Environments First Results (578631)
Ryan C. Ewing, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, Elizabeth B Rampe, NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division, Houston, TX, United States, Briony H. N. Horgan, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre, Stanford University, Geological Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States, Marion Nachon, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Michael Thorpe, NASA JSC, Houston, TX, United States, Candice Bedford, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, United States, Kashauna Mason, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States, Emily Champion, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, United States, Prakhar Sinha, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, Patrick Clifton Gray, Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States and Ewan Reid, Mission Control Space Services, Ottawa, Canada
 
Planetary field geology: Lessons from exploring Earth (Invited) (593211)
Gordon Osinski, University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Earth Sciences / Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration, London, ON, Canada
 
Machine Learning in Spectrometry (597485)
Lee Drake, Greeley, CO, United States
 
Terrestrial impact structures as analogs for characterizing cratering processes on other planets and moons (608081)
Rayssa martins Pimentel, Université de Paris & Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France, Nigel M Kelly, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States, Stephen J Mojzsis, University of Colorado & Universite Lyon 1, Boulder, CO, United States and Oleg Abramov, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, United States
 
Identifying Lava-Water Interactions with VNIR: A Preliminary Study at Jordan Craters, Oregon (616588)
Adrianne Reeder1, Erika Rader1, Sheridan Elise Ackiss2, Alexander Sehlke3, Aly Doloughan4 and Jennifer Heldmann5, (1)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (2)JHU Applied Physics Lab, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, (4)University of Idaho, Geology, Moscow, ID, United States, (5)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
 
Misleading interpretations of weathered surfaces - using chemical and structural analysis of 3.7 billion year old proposed stromatolites to support an abiotic origin (627409)
Mike Zawaski, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Stephen J Mojzsis, University of Colorado at Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Nigel M Kelly, University of Colorado at Boulder, CRiO, Geological Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Omero Orlandini, Univ of Colorado, Centennial, CO, United States, Claire Nichols, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Abigail Allwood, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
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