MSA Planetary Materials Interest Group (PMIG)

News

• Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
  • NASA/JPL Web http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
  • Gale Crater Geology http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-­‐environment-­‐19112800
  • What’s new? http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/
• Mars Exploration Rovers (MER, Opportunity)
  • JPL Web: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
• Dawn (Vesta and Ceres Explorer)
  • NASA/JPL Web: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
  • NASA/GSFC Web: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  • Cameras (LROC): http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/
  • Radiometer (Diviner): http://www.diviner.ucla.edu/
• MESSENGER (Mercury)
  • JHU-­‐APL Web: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
  • NASA Web: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html

Meeting Sessions of Interest for Planetary Materials

GSA 2014, Vancouver, 19-22 Oct.
Workshop on Volatiles in the Martian Interior 
Hayabusa 2014: Second Symposium of Solar System Materials
AGU 2014 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15-19 Dec.
46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, Texas, March 16-20, 2015
Astrobiology Science Conference 2015, Chicago, Illinois, June 15-19, 2015.

GSA 2014, Vancouver, 19-22 Oct.

1   Apatites I Have Known: From Man to Mars Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and Posters, Sunday, 19 October 2014: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geochemical Society

Sarah W. Keenan and Lawrence A. Taylor, Conveners

25  Tectonics and Volcanism in the Solar System Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, and Posters, Sunday, 19 October 2014: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; William H. Farrand, Debra L. Buczkowski, Danielle Y. Wyrick, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick, Conveners

32  Apatites I Have Known: From Man to Mars (Posters) Sunday, 19 October 2014: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geochemical Society; Sarah W. Keenan, Lawrence A. Taylor Advocates

50  Tectonics and Volcanism in the Solar System (Posters) Sunday, 19 October 2014: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM ; Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; William H. Farrand, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick, Advocates

84  Ice in the Solar System: Mars to Pluto and Icy Worlds in Between Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Robert T. Pappalardo, Louise Prockter, D. Alex Patthoff and Emily S. Martin, Advocates

111 When Water Meets Rock: Aqueous Alteration in the Solar System I  Monday, 20 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; John F. Mustard Advocate

119 Frontiers in Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes: In Honor of Fang-Zhen Teng, Recipient of the 2014 MSA Award (Posters) Monday, 20 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C; Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society; Roberta L. Rudnick, William F. McDonough and Nicholas Dauphas, Advocates

136 Topics in Planetary Geology (Posters) Monday, 20 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C GSA Planetary Geology Division   Devon M. Burr and Robert Anderson, Advocates

170 When Water Meets Rock: Aqueous Alteration in the Solar System II Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM ; Vancouver Convention Centre-West 301; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; John F. Mustard, Advocate

189 Frontiers in Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes: In Honor of Fang-Zhen Teng, Recipient of the 2014 MSA Award Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West 213; Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society; L. Rudnick, William F. McDonough and Nicholas Dauphas, Advocates

202 MicroMars to MegaMars: Integration of Surface and Orbital Investigations  Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Vancouver Convention Centre-West 301 GSA Planetary Geology Division   Nathan Bridges, Alfred McEwen and Dave Rubin, Advocates

225 MicroMars to MegaMars: Integration of Surface and Orbital Investigations (Posters) Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Nathan Bridges, Alfred McEwen, Dave Rubin, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick

258  Curiosity on Mars—Inspiring the Young Generation  Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West 301; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Geochemical Society; Radu H. Iacob, Cristina E. Iacob, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick Advocates

259  Geophysics across the Solar System: The G.K. Gilbert Award Session  Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West 306; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Devon M. Burr and Debra L. Buczkowski, Advocates

290  The Holey Solar System  Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West 301; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Jeff Plescia, Christian Koeberl, Gordon R. Osinski, Angela M. Stickle, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick Advocates

317 The Holey Solar System (Posters) Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM; Vancouver Convention Centre-West Exhibition Hall C; GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Jeffrey Plescia, Christian Koeberl, Gordon R. Osinski, Angela M. Stickle, Devon M. Burr, Debra L. Buczkowski and Danielle Y. Wyrick Advocates

329 Dynamic Planetary Geology Revealed by Long-Term Observations  Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Vancouver Convention Centre-West 301 GSA Planetary Geology Division;   Colin M. Dundas, Alexander G. Hayes and James J. Wray, Advocates

Workshop on Volatiles in the Martian Interior (#volatiles2014), Houston, Texas, Nov. 3-5, Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), located in the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) building, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX; Convener: Justin Filiberto, Southern Illinois University 

Hayabusa 2014: Second Symposium of Solar System Materials, Dec. 4-5; Sagamihara, Japan

AGU 2014 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15-19 Dec.

Planetary Atmospheres and Their Evolution
Feng Tian, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and Eric Chassefiere, Universite Paris-Sud Orsay, Orsay Cedex, France

Rapid Environmental Change and the Fate of Planetary Habitability
Franck Marchis¹, Cynthia B Phillips² and Nathalie A Cabrol^1,3, (1)Carl Sagan Center, SETI institute, Mountain View, CA, United States(2)SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States(3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States

Accretion, Differentiation and Early Planetary Evolution
Henri Samuel, IRAP, Toulouse, France; CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France and Gregor Golabek, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alteration and secondary phases on Mars: Indicators of habitable environments
Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Craig J Hardgrove, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States

Cassini at Saturn:  Science Today and in the Final Three Years
Linda Joyce Spilker, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Science, Pasadena, CA, United States, Scott G Edgington, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States and Nicolas Altobelli, European Space Agency, Villanueva de la Canada, Spain

Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) at Mars
Petrus M M Jenniskens, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, United States, Diana Wooden, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Apostolos Christou, Armagh Observatory, Armagh, BT61, United Kingdom and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States

Cross-cutting in situ earth and planetary science instruments
Max L Coleman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Andrew D Aubrey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Current Processes in the Atmosphere of Mars
Armin Kleinboehl¹, Nicholas G Heavens² and Paul Ottinger Hayne¹, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States

Dynamics of the Io-Jupiter System
Sarah Victoria Badman, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, Ashley Gerard Davies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Carl Schmidt, University of Virginia Main Campus, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Enceladus: A Habitable World
Christopher P McKay, NASA Ames Research Ctr, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Carolyn Porco, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States

Evolutions, interactions and origins of Outer Planet Satellites
Amanda R Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute Tucson, Tucson, AZ, United States and Krishan K Khurana, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Exploring the igneous evolution of Mars with observations and analogs.
Suniti Karunatillake¹, James J Wray² and John R Skok^1,3, (1)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States(2)Georgia Institute of Tech., Atlanta, GA, United States(3)Brown University, Apalachin, NY, United States

Geophysical Investigations of Planetary Volatiles
Stephen M Clifford, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, Valerie Ciarletti, LATMOS/CNRS, Guyancourt, France, Essam Heggy, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Igor G. Mitrofanov, Institute for Space Research, Moscow, Russia

Geophysics of Satellites and Small Bodies
Ashley Gerard Davies¹, Dennis Matson¹, Thomas B McCord² and Torrence V Johnson¹, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)Bear Fight Institute, Winthrop, WA, United States

Icy World Eruptions and Their Analogues
Steve Vance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Cynthia B Phillips, SETI Institute Mountain View, Mountain View, CA, United States

In Advance of the Encounter: New Horizons at the Pluto System
William B McKinnon, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States, S Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, Space Sci & Engineering Div, San Antonio, TX, United States and Fran Bagenal, Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States

In and Out of Jove: Giant Planet Interiors, Atmospheres, Aurorae, and Ionospheres
Kunio M Sayanagi, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States, Ulyana Dyudina, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Scott G Edgington, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States and Marcia E Burton, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States

Mars Science Laboratory’s Prime Mission: An Exploration of Fluvial and Lacustrine Environments on Gale Crater’s Plains
Ashwin R Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Michael A Meyer, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, United States

Mercury: Results from MESSENGER’s low-altitude campaign
Paul K Byrne, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX, United States, Sean C Solomon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Larry R Nittler, Carnegie Inst Washington, Washington, DC, United States

Planetary Rings: Theory and Observation
Larry W Esposito^1,2, Juergen Schmidt³ and Linda Joyce Spilker², (1)Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States(2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(3)University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Planetary Sciences General Contributions
Nathan Bridges, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States; American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Jorn Helbert, German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Preparing for Mars sample return:  Geobiological approaches to discovering the history of life on Mars
Michael L Tuite Jr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kenneth H Williford, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Reconstructing Habitable Environments on Ancient Mars
Briony H. N. Horgan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Melissa S Rice, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States

Rosetta 2014
Matthew G Taylor, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands and Claudia J Alexander, JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States

Shoemaker Lecture
William B McKinnon, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States, Linda T Elkins-Tanton, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, United States, Jorn Helbert, German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Nathan Thomas Bridges, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States

Solar System Dusty Plasma
Sean Hsu¹, Xu Wang¹, Michiko W. Morooka¹ and Tamas I Gombosi², (1)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States(2)Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Solar System Small Bodies: Relics of Formation & New Worlds to Explore
Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States, Julie C Castillo, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Franck Marchis, Carl Sagan Center, SETI institute, Mountain View, CA, United States and Carey Michael Lisse, JHU-APL, Laurel, MD, United States

Surface Boundary Exospheres: Comparing the Moon, Mercury, and Much More
Richard C Elphic, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Kurt D Retherford, Southwest Research Inst, San Antonio, TX, United States, Mehdi Benna, NASA – GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and John W Keller, Code 691 SSED, Greenbelt, MD, United States

The Martian Crust: Synergism of Meteorites and Missions
Alison R Santos¹, Carl B Agee¹, Roger C Wiens² and Mariek E Schmidt³, (1)Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States(2)Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, NM, United States(3)Brock University, St Catharines, ON, Canada

The Science of Exploration as enabled by the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids and the moons of Mars
Brad E Bailey¹, Yvonne J Pendleton², David Morrison³ and Gregory K Schmidt², (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States(2)NASA Lunar Science Institute, Moffett Field, CA, United States(3)NASA, Moffett Field, CA, United States

The Solar System Collapsing Disc: Evidence from Comets, Meteorites and Giant Planet Atmospheres
Kathleen Mandt, Southwest Research Institute San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States and Olivier Mousis, Besanon Astronomical Observatory, Besanon Cedex, France

Titan’s Enigmatic Atmosphere and Ionosphere
Joseph H Westlake, JHUAPL, Laurel, MD, United States and Sarah M Horst, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Science, Baltimore, MD, United States

Topography in the Solar System
Ross A Beyer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Gerald Patterson, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and Louise M Prockter, Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, United States

Volatiles in the Martian Crust
Justin Filiberto, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, United States, Susanne P Schwenzer, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom and Pamela Gales Conrad, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Whipple Lecture
Linda T Elkins-Tanton, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, United States, William B McKinnon, Washington Univ, Saint Louis, MO, United States, Jorn Helbert, German Aerospace Center DLR Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Nathan Thomas Bridges, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States

46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (#LPSC2015), The Woodlands, Texas, March 16-20, 2015

Astrobiology Science Conference 2015 (#abscicon), Chicago, Illinois, June 15-19, 2015

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Planetary Materials Special Interest Group

Bradley L. Jolliff, Group Leader   Term: informal
Washington Univ
Dept Earth & Planet Sci
Campus Box 1169
St Louis, MO 63130-4899 USA
Telephone: (314) 935-5622
Facsimile: (314) 935-7361
E-Mail: blj@levee.wustl.edu