P53F
Mars Science Laboratory at the Base of Aeolis Mons: New Insights into Early Mars from the Geology, Geochemistry, and Atmosphere II

Friday, 18 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
2007 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Ashwin R Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Michael A Meyer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Ashwin R Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Michael A Meyer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ashwin R Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
13:40
The Geology and Geochemistry of Strata at the Base of Aeolis Mons as Characterized by the Curiosity Rover, Gale Crater, Mars (Invited) (59528)
Dawn Y Sumner, University of California, Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States and Mars Science Laboratory Science Team
13:55
Sedimentary structures and stratal geometries at the foothills of Mount Sharp: their role in paleoenvironmental interpretation (83730)
Sanjeev Gupta1, David M Rubin2, Dawn Y Sumner3, John P Grotzinger4, Kevin W Lewis5, Kathryn Stack6, Linda C Kah7, Steven Banham1 and Kenneth S Edgett8, (1)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (2)University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)University of California, Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (4)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (8)Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA, United States
14:10
Chemo-stratigraphy in the Murray Formation Using ChemCam (70669)
Diana L Blaney1, Ryan B Anderson2, Nathan Bridges3, John Bridges4, Fred J Calef III1, Samuel M Clegg5, Laetitia Le Deit6, Martin R Fisk7, Olivier Forni8, Olivier Gasnault9, Linda C Kah10, Rachel Emily Kronyak10, Nina Lanza5, Jeremie Lasue8, Nicolas Mangold6, Sylvestre Maurice8, Ralph Milliken11, Douglas W Ming12, Marion Nachon13, Horton E Newsom14, William Rapin9, Kathryn Stack1, Dawn Y Sumner15, Roger C Wiens16 and MSL Science Team, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (6)LPGN Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 03, France, (7)Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, (8)IRAP, Toulouse, France, (9)Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 4, France, (10)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (11)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (12)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (13)University of Nantes, Nantes, France, (14)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (15)University of California, Davis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (16)Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, NM, United States
14:25
Evidence for Acid-Sulfate Alteration in the Pahrump Hills Region, Gale Crater, Mars (78812)
Elizabeth B Rampe1, Douglas W Ming2, David T Vaniman3, David Frederick Blake4, Steve Chipera5, Richard V Morris2, David L Bish6, Patrick Cavanagh7, Cherie Achilles6, Thomas Bristow4, Alberto Fairen8, Shaunna M Morrison9, Allan H Treiman10, Joy A Crisp11, Robert T Downs12, Jack D Farmer13, Kim Fendrich9 and John Michael Morookian14, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (3)Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, (6)Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (7)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (8)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (9)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (10)Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, (11)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (12)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (13)Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ, United States, (14)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
14:40
Late Diagenetic Cements in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars: Implications for Postdepositional Fluid Flow (73614)
Linda C Kah, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
14:55
Chemistry of the Materials Above and Below an Unconformity Between the Murray and Stimson Formations in Gale Crater, Mars (81847)
Horton E Newsom1, Ines Belgacem1, Roger C Wiens2, Jens Frydenvang3, Olivier Gasnault4, Sylvestre Maurice5, Patrick James Gasda3, Samuel M Clegg3, Agnes Cousin5, William Rapin4, Ryan Jackson6, Zoltan Vaci6, Beth Ha6, Diana L Blaney7, Nathan Bridges8, Raymond Francis9, Valérie Payré10, Sanjeev Gupta11, Steven Banham11, Jeff Schroeder7, Fred J Calef III12, Kenneth S Edgett13, Deirdra Fey13, Martin R Fisk14, Ralf Gellert15, Lucy M Thompson16, Glynis M Perrett15, John P Grotzinger17, David M Rubin18, Amy Williams8,19, Linda C Kah20 and Rachel Kronyak20, (1)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 4, France, (5)IRAP, Toulouse, France, (6)Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (9)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (10)University of Lorraine Nancy, Nancy Cedex, France, (11)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, (12)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (13)Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA, United States, (14)Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, (15)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (16)University of New Brunswick, Planetary and Space Science Centre, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (17)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (18)University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (19)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (20)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States
15:10
Atmospheric Measurements by Curiosity – An Overview (Invited) (66147)
Sushil K Atreya, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and The MSL Science Team
15:25
In Situ measurement of Kr and Xe in the atmosphere of Mars (78892)
Pamela Gales Conrad1, Charles Malespin1, Heather B. Franz2, Melissa G Trainer3, Robert O Pepin4, Susanne P Schwenzer5, Heidi L Manning6, Sushil K Atreya7, Michael H Wong8, John H Jones9, Tobias C Owen10 and Paul R Mahaffy1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard SFC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (4)Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (5)Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7, United Kingdom, (6)Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, United States, (7)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (8)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (9)NASA Johnson SFC, Houston, TX, United States, (10)Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
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