P23C:
Earth Analogues as Case Studies for Martian Geological Materials and Processes I


Session ID#: 10367

Session Description:
Over the last decade several steps have been made towards the reconstruction of Martian mineralogy, geochemistry, geomorphology and geology. In situ exploration by rovers, combined with remote sensing and analogue studies, has enabled significant advancement in our understanding of Martian chemistry and mineralogy. Terrestrial case studies play an important role in observing geological processes that may have taken place on Mars. This session includes analysis of sites that are consistent with current and former Martian environments, as well as sites that may replicate specific chemical or physical geologic processes that are thought to have taken place on Mars.

The present session aims to become a roundtable for Earth and planetary scientists studying terrestrial analogues as case studies of Martian geology at all scales. We especially welcome contributions from multidisciplinary approaches, combined field and Mars data analysis studies, and investigations using novel techniques.

Primary Convener:  Christian Mavris, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Janice L Bishop, SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, United States and Pablo Sobron, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States
Chairs:  Christian Mavris, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom and Janice L Bishop, SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Janice L Bishop, SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

5215 Origin of life [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
5220 Hydrothermal systems and weathering on other planets [PLANETARY SCIENCES: ASTROBIOLOGY]
5415 Erosion and weathering [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Lakes on Early Mars: A Space-for-Time Substitution Experiment (Invited) (58732)
Nathalie A Cabrol, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA, United States; SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States
Quantifying Carbonate and Serpentine Abundances through VSWIR Microspectroscopy (85017)
Ellen Leask, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Bethany L Ehlmann, California Institute of Technology, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States
Clay minerals on Mars: Riotinto mining district (Huelva, Spain) as Earth analogue for acidic alteration pathways (68333)
Christian Mavris1, Javier Cuadros1, Janice L Bishop2, Jose Miguel Nieto3 and Joseph R Michalski4, (1)Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, (2)SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, United States, (3)University of Huelva, Departamento de Geologia, Huelva, Spain, (4)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States
Orbital Evidence for Clay and Acidic Sulfate Assemblages on Mars and Mineralogical Analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain (61834)
Hannah H Kaplan, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Ralph Milliken, Brown University, Providence, United States, David C Fernandez-Remolar, British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, Ricardo Amils, Centro de Astrobiologia (INTA-CSIC), Terrejon de Ardoz, Spain, Kevin Robertson, Brown University, Geological Sciences, Providence, RI, United States and Andrew H Knoll, Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Solfataric Alteration at Hawaii as a Potential Analog for Martian Surface Processes (62066)
Janice L Bishop1, Peter Schiffman2, Melissa D Lane3, Melinda Darby Dyar4, Randal J Southard2 and Lukas Gruendler5, (1)SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (3)Planetary Science Inst, Lititz, United States, (4)Mount Holyoke College, Department of Astronomy, South Hadley, United States, (5)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States
Formation of a Phyllosilicate-, K-feldspar-, and Sulfate-Bearing Hematite Ridge on Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii, Under Hydrothermal, Acid-Sulfate Conditions: Process and Mineralogical Analog for the Hematite Ridge on Mt. Sharp, Gale Crater, Mars. (77480)
Richard V Morris1, Melissa Ellen Adams2, Douglas W Ming1, Jeffrey G Catalano3, Trevor G. Graff4, Raymond E Arvidson5, Edward A Guinness6, John C Hamilton2, Stanley A Mertzman7 and Abigail Fraeman8, (1)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Univ of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, United States, (3)Washington University in St Louis, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (4)Jacobs Technology, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (5)Washington University in St Louis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States, (6)Washington University in St Louis, PDS Geosciences Node, St. Louis, MO, United States, (7)Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States, (8)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Using a terrestrial paleosol sequence to evaluate a weathering origin for clays on Mars (Invited) (60043)
Briony H. N. Horgan, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Nontronite Mineralization in Columbia River Basalts (65520)
Leslie Baker, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States

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