Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

COMPARISON OF EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES FOR THARSIS, MARS, AND METIS REGIO, VENUS

James M. Dohm, The Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Victor R. Baker, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Kenneth L. Tanaka, US Geol Survey, Flagstaff, AZ and Robert C. Anderson, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasedena, CA and Justin C. Ferris, Denver, CO

44950 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

PLAINS VOLCANISM ON MARS: TOPOGRAPHIC DATA ON SHIELD AND FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS AND ABUNDANCES, WITH NEW QUANTITATIVE COMPARISONS TO THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN VOLCANIC PROVINCE

Susan E.H. Sakimoto, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Ctr, Greenbelt, MD and Scott S. Hughes, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID and Tracy K.P. Gregg, The University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

42809 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

PLAINS VOLCANISM IN THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS OF PETROLOGIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOPOGRAPHY WITH COMPARISONS TO MARS

Scott S. Hughes, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID and Susan E.H. Sakimoto, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Ctr, Greenbelt, MD and Tracy K.P. Gregg, State Univ of New York, Buffalo, NY

44899 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

VARIATIONS IN VESICULATION AND LAVA FLOW EMPLACEMENT, EARTH AND MARS

Larry S. Crumpler, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM

45574 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

USE OF ORBITAL AND GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR TO UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE ON EARTH AND MARS

Ted A. Maxwell, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC and John A. Grant, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC and Andrew K. Johnston, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC and Bruce A. Campbell, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC and Ali Kilani, Egypt Geol Survey and Mining Authority, Cairo, N/A

45330 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

TERRESTRIAL RADAR STUDIES AS A TEMPLATE FOR INTERPRETING RADAR DATA FROM MARS

John A. Grant, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Ted A. Maxwell, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Bruce A. Campbell, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

44712 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

LARGE RIPPLE-LIKE BEDFORMS: EXAMPLES FROM EARTH

Steven H. Williams, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC and James R. Zimbelman, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

43274 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

LARGE RIPPLE-LIKE BEDFORMS: EXAMPLES FROM THE MARS ORBITER CAMERA

Sharon A. Wilson, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and James R. Zimbelman, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

42695 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

DROP MORAINES, SUBLIMATION TILL, AND DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIERS: COLD-BASED GLACIATION OF WESTERN ARSIA MONS

David R. Marchant, Boston Univ, Boston, MA and James Head, Brown Univ, Providence, RI

43313 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

MOUNTAIN GLACIERS ON MARS?: WESTERN ARSIA FLANK DEPOSITS INTERPRETED AS COLD-BASED GLACIAL MORAINES AND ROCK GLACIERS

James W. Head, Brown Univ, Providence, RI and David Marchant, Boston Univ, Boston, MA

43170 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

ACID SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS?: POSSIBLE TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS

Kathleen C. Benison, Central Michigan Univ, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Deidre A. LaClair, Central Michigan Univ, Mt. Pleasant, MI

36936 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

ACID SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS ON MARS?: THE PHYSICAL SEDIMENTOLOGY

Deidre A. LaClair, Central Michigan Univ, Mt. Pleasant, MI and Kathleen C. Benison, Central Michigan Univ, Mt. Pleasant, MI

36934 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

DETECTION OF TEXTURAL, GEOCHEMICAL, AND MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS AS A PROXY FOR STUDIES OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL

Neil R. Banerjee, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Karlis Muehlenbachs, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Harald Furnes, Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, N/A and Vyllinniskii Cameron, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Jason French, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

40483 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS (LEFM) ANALYSIS OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION ON EUROPA WITH COMPARISONS TO TERRESTRIAL ANALOGS

Simon A. Kattenhorn, Houston, TX and Sandi E. Billings, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID

44996 (Technical Sessions)

T77 Terrestrial Approaches to Extraterrestrial Problems and Vice Versa

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