P43D
Using Current Chemistry and Mineralogy Data to Guide Future Discoveries from Mars 2020 I Posters

Thursday, 17 December 2015: 13:40-18:00
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Mikki M Osterloo, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Craig J Hardgrove, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Mikki M Osterloo, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and Craig J Hardgrove, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Mikki M Osterloo, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Detailed spectroscopic analysis of chloride salt deposits in Terra Sirenum, Mars (67243)
Mikki M Osterloo, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States and Timothy D Glotch, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
 
Areal Distribution of Potential Felsic Material in Nili Patera at Syrtis Major, Mars (73198)
Gabriel L Eggers, James J Wray and Josef Dufek, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
 
Measurement of the Depth of Penetration of UV Photons into Mars Relevant Rock Samples to Constrain Habitability and Limits of Detection for the SHERLOC Mars 2020 Instrument (84864)
Brandi L Carrier1, Luther W Beegle1, Rohit Bhartia1 and William J Abbey2, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
New Mineralogic Diversity in the Noachian Crust of Tyrrhena Terra, Mars (85803)
Kimberly D Seelos1, Frank P Seelos IV2, Christina Viviano-Beck1 and Scott L Murchie1, (1)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)JHU APL, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Spectral Masking in Mixtures of Mars-Relevant Minerals: Comparison of Laboratory End Members and Natural Mixtures (60928)
Selby Cull-Hearth, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States
 
Identification of microcrystalline rocks using thermal emission spectroscopy (72451)
Craig J Hardgrove1, Deanne Rogers2, Timothy D Glotch2 and Jessica A Arnold3, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (3)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
 
Opportunity Microscopic Imager Results from the Western Rim of Endeavour Crater, Mars (63722)
Kenneth E Herkenhoff, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, Raymond E Arvidson, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, David W Mittlefehldt, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, Robert J Sullivan Jr, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Athena Science Team
 
Development of a Rapid, Nondestructive Method to Measure Aqueous Carbonate in High Salinity Brines Using Raman Spectroscopy (83995)
Lauren McGraw1, Charity M Phillips-Lander1, Andrew Stephen Madden1, Sheriee' Parnell1 and Megan Elwood Madden2, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
 
New Constraints on the Deposition and Alteration History of Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater, Mars (85628)
Melissa S Rice1, Briony H. N. Horgan2, Abigail Fraeman3 and Sheridan Elise Ackiss2, (1)Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States, (2)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Decrypting the Formation Conditions of the Basement Carbonate-Bearing Rocks at Nili Fossae (76890)
Adrian J Brown, SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States
 
X-ray photochemical alteration of planetary samples during in situ micro-XRF analysis (80601)
David Timothy Flannery1, Michael L Tuite Jr2, Robert P Hodyss3, Abigail Allwood3, Rohit Bhartia2, William J Abbey3, Kenneth H Williford2 and PIXL Science Team, (1)Caltech/NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Coeval Formation of Aqueous Minerals on Mars (79333)
Alberto Fairen, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Esther Uceda, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Carolina Gil, Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid, Spain, Alexis Palmero Rodriguez, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and Luis Gago-Duport, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
 
Spectral Evidence for Hydrated Salts in Seasonal Brine Flows on Mars (82466)
Lujendra Ojha, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
 
Pathway Study of Cl-cycle on Mars, Step-I & II: Oxychlorine Salts and Electrostatic Discharge Phenomenon in a Mars Chamber (70053)
Zhongchen WU1, Alian Wang2, Zongcheng Ling1, Bo Li1, Jiang Zhang1 and Weijie Xu1, (1)Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China, (2)Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States
 
Supercooling and Ice Formation of Perchlorate Brines under Mars-relevant Conditions (83179)
Katherine Primm, University of Colorado at Boulder, Chemistry and Biochemistry-CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States
 
KEY RECENT SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE OPPORTUNITY ROVER’S EXPLORATION OF CAPE TRIBULATION, ENDEAVOUR CRATER, MARS (70069)
Raymond E Arvidson1, Steven W Squyres2, Ralf Gellert3, Kenneth E Herkenhoff4, David W Mittlefehldt5, Larry S Crumpler6, Scott M McLennan7, William H Farrand8, Bradley L Jolliff9, Richard V Morris5 and The Athena Science Team, (1)Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States, (2)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, (4)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (5)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, (6)NM Museum Ntrl History & Sci, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (7)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (8)Space Science Inst, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, United States
 
Sub-Model Partial Least Squares for Improved Accuracy in Quantitative Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (69763)
Ryan B Anderson1, Samuel M Clegg2 and Jens Frydenvang2, (1)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
 
Impact of Diagenesis on Biosignature Preservation Potential in Playa Lake Evaporites in Verde Formation, Arizona: Implications for Mars Exploration   (64115)
Svetlana Shkolyar, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Jack D Farmer, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ, United States
 
Characterizing Amorphous Silicates in Extraterrestrial Materials (76694)
Xiaohui Fu, National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing, China, Alian Wang, Washington University in St. Louis, Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States and Michael J Krawczynski, Department of Geological Sci, Cleveland, OH, United States
 
Hydrothermal Alteration Mineralogy Characterized Through Multiple Analytical Methods: Implications for Mars (82595)
Sarah Black1, Brian M Hynek2, Kathryn S Kierein-Young1, Geoffroy Avard3 and Guillermo Alvarado-Induni4, (1)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)OVSICORI-UNA, Heredia, Costa Rica, (4)Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad - ICE, San José, Costa Rica
 
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