P014
Ice and Ocean Worlds: Geology, Oceanography, Chemistry, Habitability
Ice and Ocean Worlds: Geology, Oceanography, Chemistry, Habitability
Session ID#: 157580
Session Description:
This annual, exciting interdisciplinary session brings together studies of icy and ocean worlds in our own solar system (Earth, Europa, Enceladus, Titan, Ganymede, Triton, frozen dwarf planets like Pluto!) and possibilities in extra-solar systems! We want to understand processes that may be occurring within such worlds from a multi-/inter-disciplinary perspective. What geological, geochemical and/or oceanographic processes might contribute to the evolution of such bodies? The habitability of these icy worlds can be assessed through geophysical measurements of their interior temperatures and compositions. How might current studies relate to, or be tested by, past/ongoing/upcoming missions? We seek to bridge Earth and planetary sciences to enable a mix of ideas and expertise from Mercury to Pluto and all in between. We encourage contributions on any topic relating to the icy/ocean world theme, including geophysics, geodynamic modeling, seismic waveform modeling/inversion, hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbiology, in-situ/remote sensing observations, theoretical/modeling/laboratory work, analog field investigations, and more.
Co-Organized:
- C - Cryosphere
Index Terms:
0799 General or miscellaneous [CRYOSPHERE]
4299 General or miscellaneous [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
5422 Ices [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5494 Instruments and techniques [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
Primary Convener: Catherine C Walker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners: Steve Vance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Chase Chivers, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States and Alyssa Mills, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Chase Chivers, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States
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