44 Advancing Mineral Science and Exploring Planetary Surfaces: In Honor of MSA Dana Medalist, Elizabeth B. Rampe, Part II

This session honors MSA Dana Medalist Elizabeth B. Rampe, celebrating her contributions to Martian mineralogy and planetary science. We invite studies on in-situ and orbital planetary observations, lab/field data integration, and analog materials for extraterrestrial exploration.Sarah Simpson

Sunday, 19 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 214C

Participants

• Chair Shaunna Morrison
• Chair Janice Bishop
• Chair Aditi Pandey
• Chair Sarah Simpson
• Chair Michael Thorpe

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  Cryo-Precipitation of Multi-Cation Brine Key to Understanding Sulfate Distribution in Gale Crater, Mars
  Aditi Pandey, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas and Elizabeth Rampe, NASA Johnson Space CenterMail Code XI3, Houston, TX and Joanna Clark, Amentum JSC, Houston, TX and Patrick Casbeer, Amentum JSC, Houston, TX and Brad Sutter, Jacobs/ESCG, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
  413262 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  Environmental and Mineralogical Controls on Preservation Potential: Lessons from the Lassen Hydrothermal System
  Nancy Carman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Lindsay McHenry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
  414901 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Preservation potential of organic molecules in Martian sediments altered by sulfate-rich brines
  James Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Elizabeth Rampe, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX and Thomas Bristow, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA and Amy McAdam, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD and Louth Chou, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD and Eduardo Martinez, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Elisabeth Hausrath, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  412070 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  Comparisons Between Fe-Sulfate Detections in Gale Crater, Mars and the ~433 nm Feature in ChemCam Passive Spectra
  Alivia Eng, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia and Frances Rivera-Hernández, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia and Jeffrey Johnson, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD and Brad Sutter, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX and Joanna Clark, NASA Johnson Space Center, League City, TX and James Wray, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
  413967 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  Measuring Sulfur on Mars: APXS, Sulfates and Elemental Sulfur at Gale Crater
  Lucy Thompson, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB and Ralf Gellert, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario and Ashwin Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA and Abigail Fraeman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California and John Spray, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB and Jeff Berger, Johnson Space Centre, Houston, TX and Nick Boyd, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario and John Christian, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri and Michael McCraig, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario and Catherine O'Connell-Cooper, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick and Scott VanBommel, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri and Albert Yen, Retired, Hermosa Beach, California
  414286 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  Amazonian-aged Primary Evaporite Discovered by the Zhurong Rover in the Southern Utopia Planitia, Mars
  Jiacheng Liu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Wenyuan Gao, Northeastern University, Shenyang and Zhongchen Wu, Shandong University, Weihai and Changqing Liu, Shandong University, Weihai and Honglei Lin, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Beijing and Yu Sun, Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, Beijing and Guochun Zhao, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Joseph Michalski, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Jim Head, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island and Xing Wu, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Yang Liu, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Mei-Fu Zhou, Institute of Geochemistry, Guiyang and Anthony Williams-Jones, McGill University, Montreal and Xiao Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Zongcheng Ling, Shandong University, Weihai
  412262 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  NIR and Raman Spectroscopy Reveal Sulfate Seasonality in British Columbia Basque Lakes, Analogues to “Cold and Wet” and “Warm and Wet” Mars
  Emmy Hughes, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia and Jacob Buffo, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire and Frances Rivera-Hernández, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia and James Wray, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
  413812 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  Geomorphological and Petrogenetic Analysis of Surface Features on Mars Using Remote Sensing Techniques
  Emma Mroz, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX and Veronica Sanchez, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, Kingsville, Tx
  412020 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  DRIFTing toward Discoveries: Breakthroughs and Caveats in the Investigation of Mars-relevant Rock Alteration Revealed by Novel Infrared Measurements
  Steve Ruff, Arizona State UniversitySchool of Eart, Tempe, AZ
  413118 (Technical Sessions)