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22–25 SEPTEMBER  PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA
PLANETARY GEOLOGY T93. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Ten Years

T88. The InSight Mission to Mars: Geology of Exploring the Moon
the Landing Site Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Tectonics/Tectonophysics,
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology Volcanology
Advocates: John A. Grant; Matthew P. Golombek; Sharon A. Advocates: Jeffrey B. Plescia; Mark S. Robinson; Jaclyn D. Clark
Wilson; Nicholas H. Warner Recent observations have fundamentally changed our view of
This session will use lander and/or orbital data to explore the the Moon; it is an even more complex body than previously rec-
range of geomorphic processes, including impact, eolian, and ognized. The session focuses on the recent discoveries, arising
mass wasting, that modified the surface of the InSight landing new questions, and future measurements.
site on Mars.
T94. Impact Cratering: A Most Penetrating
T89. The G.K. Gilbert Award Session Geologic Process
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA
Discipline: Planetary Geology Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Geophysics and
Advocates: Bradley J. Thomson; Sharon A. Wilson; Emily S. Geodynamics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry,
Martin Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Structural Geology
This session will honor the 2019 winner of GSA’s Planetary and Tectonics Division
Geology Division’s G.K. Gilbert Award, highlighting recent Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Structural Geology, Petrology,
contributions in the awardee’s field of research. Metamorphic
Advocates: Jeffrey B. Plescia; Christian Koeberl
T90. The Big Picture from Small Bodies: Dwarf Impact cratering is a key geologic process across the solar
Planets, Asteroids, and Comets system. This session focuses on the geologic, geochemical, and
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division geophysics signatures of impacts, impact flux, and implications
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Structural for geologic evolution.
Geology
Advocates: Jennifer E.C. Scully; Debra L. Buczkowski; David T95. Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution
A. Williams; Kynan H.G. Hughson of Mars: Insight into the Climate History of the
We welcome presentations about Vesta, Ceres, Pluto, Ultima Red Planet
Thule, Bennu, Ryugu, 67P, and more, using data from Cosponsors: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Soils and
spacecraft, telescopes, models, and laboratories to learn about Soil Processes Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
the objects themselves and the evolution of the solar system. Geomorphology Division
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Stratigraphy
T91. Shake ’n Break: Volcanism and Tectonism Advocates: Sharon A. Wilson; Marisa Palucis; Nicholas P. Lang;
through the Solar System Elena Favaro
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division This session welcomes abstracts on fluvial, alluvial, and
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Volcanology, Tectonics/ lacustrine landforms that use orbital and/or rover data to
Tectonophysics investigate the geomorphology, geology, and climate history of
Advocates: Debra L. Buczkowski; Paul K. Byrne; Christian Mars, as well as related Earth analogue studies.
Klimczak; Danielle Y. Wyrick
This session solicits abstracts on volcanic, tectonic, or T96. Friends of Hoth: Episode IV—Bodies of the
volcano-tectonic landforms and processes on solar system Outer Solar System
bodies, and encompasses surface geology, interior and thermal Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
evolution, and comparative planetary studies with observational, Discipline: Planetary Geology
experimental, or theoretical approaches. Advocates: Emily S. Martin; D. Alex Patthoff
We welcome abstracts relating to surface, impact, structural,
T92. Remote Sensing of Mineralogy and tectonic processes; interior and thermal evolution; and
on the Earth and Planets planetary analogs as they pertain to solid bodies in the outer
Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division solar system. This includes experimental, observational, and
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Mineralogy/Crystallography, theoretical approaches.
Economic Geology
Advocates: John C. Mars; William H. Farrand T97. Dynamic Moon: Redefining Surface
Remote mapping and characterization of surface mineralogy Evolution with a Decade of Lunar
has been enabled through hyperspectral remote sensing. Reconnaissance Orbiter Observations
Applications and examples of detailed mineralogical information Cosponsor: GSA Planetary Geology Division
derivable through these technologies will be presented. Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics/
Geodynamics

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