Topical Sessions
Invited and Volunteered Papers
These sessions are topically focused with a mix of invited and volunteered papers. Sessions are designed to promote the exchange of interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art information.
Papers for topical sessions are to be submitted only in the presentation mode noted in the session description. If a topical abstract is submitted in the incorrect mode, the abstract will be transferred automatically to a discipline session.
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- T89. Geophysics of the Terrestrial Planets: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session
GSA Planetary Geology Division
R. Aileen Yingst, Sean Solomon - This session, dedicated to planetary geophysics, honors Maria Zuber, the winner of the Planetary Geology Division’s G.K. Gilbert Award for Outstanding Achievement. The recipient will give a keynote talk. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology
- T90. Geology of the Northern Plains of Mars: New Tectonic, Petrologic, and Geomorphic Perspectives
GSA Planetary Geology Division
Joseph Michalski, Michael Wyatt - The northern plains of Mars contain an enigmatic suite of volcanic, tectonic, periglacial, sedimentary, and impact-related features. This session will explore new interpretations from recent spacecraft data and the implications for the evolution of Mars. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Geomorphology; Tectonics
- T91. Wet Mars: Understanding The Red Planet's Aqueous History through Terrestrial Fieldwork
GSA Planetary Geology Division
Brian M. Hynek, Jennifer L. Heldmann - We encourage results from terrestrial fieldwork that relate to understanding present or past water on Mars. This includes but is not limited to: (1) gully or delta formation, (2) low or high temperature acid-sulfate weathering. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System
- T92. Up Close and Personal: Geology on Mars and Earth at the Handlens Scale
GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
R. Aileen Yingst, Juergen Schieber - Textural observations of martian rocks at the handlens-scale offer many opportunities to explore processes that formed and affected the martian crust. This session investigates handlens-scale textures on Earth and Mars diagnostic of origin and history. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Sediments, Clastic
- T93. The First Year of Observations by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
GSA Planetary Geology Division
Laszlo Keszthelyi, Roger Phillips - New results from the first year of Mars mapping by the HiRISE and CTX cameras, CRISM spectrometer, and SHARAD radar system onboard the MRO spacecraft will be presented. Oral.
- Planetary Geology
- T94. Advanced Remote Sensing of the Earth, Moon, and Mars
GSA Planetary Geology Division
William H. Farrand, John C. Mars - Advanced remote sensing instruments are in use on terrestrial airborne and orbital platforms and on missions in orbit or planned for the Moon and Mars. Results from these advanced remote sensing instruments will be discussed. Oral.
- Remote Sensing/Geographic Info System; Planetary Geology; Geoinformatics
- T95. Techniques for Studying the Development of Fields of Small Basaltic Vents on Earth and Mars
GSA Planetary Geology Division
Jacob E. Bleacher, Scott Hughes - A discussion of techniques used to characterize fields of small basaltic vents on Earth and Mars to provide a broader basis for interpreting the processes responsible for the development of these volcanic features. Oral.
- Volcanology; Planetary Geology; Geomorphology
- T102. The Solar Stew: The Search for Ingredients of Life and Biomarkers in our Solar System: Past or Present
GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Paleontological Society
Penny A. Morris, Steve Grasby - Life is ephemeral and its detection in ancient and extreme environments or from extraterrestrial sources has and will continue to be difficult. We encourage papers dealing with any aspect of this subject. Oral.
- Geomicrobiology; Planetary Geology; Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination
- T104. Impact Craters and Events: From the Field to the Laboratory
GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Jared R. Morrow, David T. King Jr - This session highlights recent field- and laboratory-based advances in recognizing, understanding, and modeling the proximal, distal, and paleoenvironmental effects of bolide impact events. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Stratigraphy; Geochemistry
- T105. The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results from the 2005–2006 ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project
GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)
Chris Koeberl, Greg S. Gohn, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Kenneth Miller - In this session the first scientific results from the multidisciplinary and multinational studies related to the ICDP-USGS deep drilling project at the Chesapeake Bay impact structure will be presented. Oral.
- Planetary Geology; Stratigraphy; Geophysics/Tectonophysics/Seismology