GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T167. Mineral Spectroscopy—Harnessing Energy to Probe Solid Bodies in the Solar System: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session

Session No. 197
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 201 (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288239
GSA PLANETARY GEOLOGY DIVISION G.K. GILBERT LECTURE: THE FUTURE OF SPECTROSCOPY
Abstract ID#: 283105
DYAR, M. Darby, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719-2395, mdyar@mtholyoke.edu
MYSTERIES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST: PROBING THE MOON WITH MINERAL SPECTROSCOPY
Abstract ID#: 283295
PIETERS, Carle M., Earth, Environmental, and Planetery Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, Carle_Pieters@brown.edu
THE MINERALOGY OF VENUS AND OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS: CURRENT VOLCANISM, PAST WATER, AND SURFACE WEATHERING
Abstract ID#: 286876
SMREKAR, Suzanne E., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 183-501, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 and HELBERT, Jörn, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, D-12489, Germany, ssmrekar@jpl.nasa.gov
SPECTROSCOPY OF MARS ANALOG SAMPLES TO INFORM IDENTIFICATION OF MINERALS AND CONSTRAIN GEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS
Abstract ID#: 283978
BISHOP, Janice L., Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute and NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA 94043, jbishop@seti.org
SYNTHETIC PYROXENES: STRENGTHENING THE FOUNDATION OF REMOTE GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Abstract ID#: 280491
KLIMA, Rachel L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, LANE, Melissa D., Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719 and GLOTCH, Timothy D., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, Rachel.Klima@jhuapl.edu
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECTRAL LIBRARY VERSION 7
Abstract ID#: 283750
SWAYZE, Gregg A.1, KOKALY, Raymond F.1, CLARK, Roger N.2, LIVO, Keith E.1, HOEFEN, Todd M.1, BENZEL, William F.1, LOWERS, Heather A.3, PEARSON, Neil C.4 and DRISCOLL, Rhonda L.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd., #106, Tucson, AZ 85719, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)Geological Sciences, MS 172, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, gswayze@usgs.gov
IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF FERRIC IRON IN LUNAR GLASS BEADS USING FE-XAS
Abstract ID#: 284822
MCCANTA, Molly, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, RUTHERFORD, Malcolm, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and LANZIROTTI, Antonio, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, The University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 434A, Lemont, IL 60439, molly.mccanta@gmail.com
SILICATE MIXTURES UNDER SIMULATED LUNAR ENVIRONMENT
Abstract ID#: 285158
SHIRLEY, Katherine A., Stony Brook University, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794, katherine.shirley@stonybrook.edu
ATTEMPTING TO QUANTIFY METEORITIC CONTAMINATION OF MARS SEDIMENTS AT THE MSL LANDING SITE
Abstract ID#: 285848
FASSETT, Caleb I., Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075 and LEPORE, Kate, Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075, cfassett@mtholyoke.edu
THE CHALLENGE OF DISTINGUISHING IRON (HYDR)OXIDES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MARS
Abstract ID#: 285465
SKLUTE, Elizabeth C.1, DYAR, M. Darby1, KASHYAP, Srishti2 and HOLDEN, James2, (1)Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)Dept. of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9298, ecsklute@mtholyoke.edu
THE ANALYSES OF GYPSUM ON MARS BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY: POTENTIAL PITFALLS
Abstract ID#: 283598
MARSHALL, Craig P. and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, cpmarshall@ku.edu
MINERALOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE GALE CRATER RIM, WALL, AND FLOOR UNITS FROM REMOTE SENSING
Abstract ID#: 287615
BUZ, Jennifer1, EHLMANN, Bethany L.2, PAN, Lu1 and GROTZINGER, John P.1, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109; Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, jbuz@gps.caltech.edu
MULTISPECTRAL VNIR OBSERVATIONS BY THE OPPORTUNITY ROVER PANCAM OF MULTIPLE EPISODES OF AQUEOUS ALTERATION IN MARATHON VALLEY, ENDEAVOUR CRATER, MARS
Abstract ID#: 283381
FARRAND, William H., Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, #205, Boulder, CO 80301, BELL III, James F., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, JOHNSON, Jeffrey R., Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, MP3-E169, Laurel, MD 20723, ARVIDSON, Raymond E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, MITTLEFEHLDT, David W., Astromaterials Research Office, NASA, Johnson Space Center, mail code XI3, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058, RUFF, Steven W., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305 and RICE, Melissa S., Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, farrand@spacescience.org
CRUSTAL MAGNETIC SIGNATURE OF PLANETS: TRACKING THE SOLID SOLUTION OF FE AND EXSOLUTION OF MAGNETITE IN PLAGIOCLASE OF 2.05 GA THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA BY MAGNETIC, CHEMICAL AND MÖSSBAUER PROPERTIES
Abstract ID#: 284696
MCENROE, Suzanne1, ROBINSON, Peter2, DYAR, M. Darby3, TEGNER, Christian4 and CHURCH, Nathan1, (1)Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Sælands veg 1, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, (2)Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, NO-7491, Norway, (3)Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (4)Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Hoegh-Guldbergsgade 2, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, suzanne.mcenroe@ntnu.no
REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC-BEARING ROCKS: APPLICATIONS TO CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES AND PLANETARY SURFACES
Abstract ID#: 282916
KAPLAN, Hannah H., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St., Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912 and MILLIKEN, Ralph E., Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, hannah_kaplan@brown.edu
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