T241 Mars Mineralogy: The View from MER

Wednesday, 10 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  MARS MINERALOGY: CONTEXT FROM SPACECRAFT AND METEORITES
  Harry Y. McSween, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Michael B. Wyatt, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  74328 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  THE MINERALOGY OF THE MER LANDING SITES AS INVESTIGATED BY THE MINI-TES EXPERIMENT
  Philip R. Christensen, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  73895 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  HEMATITE IN THE THERMAL INFRARED: COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS MADE BY TES, MINI-TES AND IN THE LABORATORY
  Timothy D. Glotch, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Philip R. Christensen, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Wendy M. Calvin, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, NV and Michael B. Wyatt, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Deanne Rogers, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  79071 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:25 PM
  MINERALOGY AT GUSEV CRATER AND MERIDIANI PLANUM FROM THE MOESSBAUER SPECTROMETERS ON THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS
  Richard V. Morris, NASA Johnson Space Ctr, Houston, TX and Goestar Klingelhoefer, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, 55099 Mainz, N/A and Athena Science Team, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA
  80622 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  JAROSITE ON MARS: AN INDICATOR OF WATER-LIMITED CHEMICAL WEATHERING
  Megan E. Elwood Madden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Robert J. Bodnar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and J. Donald Rimstidt, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  74458 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  RED HEMATITE AT MERIDIANI PLANUM, MARS AS OBSERVED BY THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVER OPPORTUNITY
  William H. Farrand, Space Sci Institute, Boulder, CO and JPL Athena Science Team, Pasadena, CA
  80207 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  WATER AND MER: DETERMINING SURFACE HYDRATION FROM MINI-TES
  Wendy Calvin, Univ Nevada - Reno Dept Geological Sciences & Eng., Reno, NV and the Athena Science Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA
  77046 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MARS SURFACE MINERALOGY FROM THE INFRARED IMAGING
  John Mustard, Brown Univ, Providence, RI and J-P. Bibring, Brown Univ, Providence, RI and Y. Langevin, 91405 Orsay cedex, N/A and A. Gendrin, 91405 Orsay cedex, N/A and A. Poulet, 91405 Orsay cedex, N/A and B. Gondet, 91405 Orsay cedex, N/A and S. Erard, 91405 Orsay cedex, N/A and R. Milliken, Brown Univ, Providence, RI and S. Pelkey, Brown Univ, Providence, RI
  81352 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  COMPOSITIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON MINERALOGY AT THE MERIDIANI PLANUM LANDING SITE
  Bradley L. Jolliff, Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO and JPL Athena Science Team, Pasadena, CA
  80556 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF AMORPHOUS MAGNESIUM SULFATE HYDRATES IN SOME CEMENTED SOILS ON MARS
  David Vaniman, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and Steve J. Chipera, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and David L. Bish, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and J. William Carey, Los Alamos, NM and Claire I. Fialips, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM
  79916 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  EXPERIMENTAL STABILITY OF MAGNESIUM SULFATE HYDRATES THAT MAY BE PRESENT ON MARS
  Steve J. Chipera, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and David Vaniman, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and David L. Bish, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and J. William Carey, Los Alamos, NM
  79000 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  THE MINERALOGY OF NATURAL ROCK SURFACES FROM THERMAL INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: TERRESTRIAL STUDIES
  Joseph R. Michalski, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Michael Kraft, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Thomas G. Sharp, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Philip R. Christensen, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ
  74270 (Technical Sessions)