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and super-ionization in volatile-bearing minerals that lead to para- T112. Exploring the Solar System in the Thermal
digm change in our understanding of volatile cycles. Infrared: A Memorial Session in Remembrance of
Joshua L. Bandfield
T108. Young Investigators in Mineralogy and Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Crystallography Discipline: Planetary Geology
Endorsers: Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Mineralogy, Advocates: Timothy D. Glotch; Christopher S. Edwards
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division This session solicits talks that describe the use of thermal infra-
Disciplines: Mineralogy/Crystallography red remote sensing observations to study the mineralogy, thermo-
Advocates: Tyler L. Spano; Si Athena Chen physics, and atmospheric properties of solar system bodies. In
This session provides a platform for early-career mineralogists memory of Joshua L. Bandfield.
and crystallographers to share research. Early-career, post-
doctoral, and student researchers are encouraged to submit T113. Friends of Hoth: Episode V—Small, Icy, and
abstracts and provide fresh perspectives, new ideas, and creative Ocean Worlds
answers to mineralogical problems. Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division
Discipline: Planetary Geology
PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY Advocates: Erin Leonard; Emily Martin; D. Alex Patthoff
We seek abstracts relating to surface, structural, and tectonic
T109. Life’s Innovations from the Early Earth to the processes; interior and thermal evolution; and planetary analogs
Search on Modern Mars: Honoring the Career of as they pertain to icy satellites in the outer solar system. This
Andrew H. Knoll includes experimental, observational, and theoretical approaches.
Endorsers: Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and
Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; T114. From the Guajira Desert to the Apennines,
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for and from the Sardinia/Corsica Microplate to the
Sedimentary Geology); Geochemical Society Killer Asteroid: Honoring the Career of Walter
Discipline: Precambrian Geology Alvarez on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Advocates: Julie K. Bartley; C. Kevin Boyce; Linda C. Kah; Endorsers: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural
Alan J. Kaufman; Shuhai Xiao Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA History and Philosophy of
The modern sweep of geobiology will be covered, from the Geology Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division
emergence of Precambrian microbial metabolisms through Discipline: Planetary Geology
eukaryotic evolution and the Cambrian Explosion to the influence Advocates: Christian Koeberl; Philippe Claeys
of the Phanerozoic biota on global cycles to martian exploration. This session covers the career and scientific accomplishments
of Walter Alvarez by welcoming presentations related to the many
PLANETARY GEOLOGY topics he covered in the last 60 years, from tectonics to the K-T
impact event.
T110. Best Practices and Exciting Discoveries in
Identifying, Mapping, and Analyzing Planetary T115. Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution of
Landforms and Terrestrial Analogues Mars
Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division Endorsers: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geoscience Education Division; GSA Karst Division
Advocate: Kelsey Crane Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Hydrogeology
We welcome abstracts that investigate the methodology of Advocates: Sharon Wilson; Marisa Jasper; Elena Favaro
planetary and terrestrial landform analysis or that explore these This session focuses on fluvial, lacustrine, aeolian, and crater
methodologies as a means of achieving insight into the evolution degradation processes to investigate the geomorphology, geology,
of those landforms. and climate history of Mars. We welcome abstracts using orbital
and rover data as well as Earth analogues.
T111. Exploring Small Bodies throughout the Solar
System T116. Impact Cratering in the Solar System:
Endorser: GSA Planetary Geology Division Remembering Nadine Barlow and H. Jay Melosh
Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Geomorphology, Structural Endorsers: GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Continental
Geology Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics
Advocates: Jennifer E.C. Scully; Kynan H.G. Hughson; Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and
Debra Buczkowski Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and
We welcome abstracts about the geological, geophysical, and/or Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics
geochemical analysis of rocky and icy small worlds through the Division
use of spacecraft data, telescopic observations, modeling studies, Disciplines: Planetary Geology, Petrology, Metamorphic,
laboratory studies, astromaterial studies, comparative studies, Geophysics/Geodynamics
and/or future exploration. Advocates: Christian Koeberl; Jeffrey B. Plescia
Impact cratering is an important geological process throughout
the solar system. The session, remembering Nadine Barlow and
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