Program with Links to Abstracts

2:15 PM

Session Introduction

2:20 PM

Chojnacki M.* Vaz D. A. Silvestro S. Smith I. B.

Assessing the Seasonal Winds that Drive Reversing Sand at Hellespontus Montes, Mars [#1273]
The purpose of this work is to characterize and explain how martian aeolian bedform systems evolve spatially and temporally under multi-directional wind regimes.

2:30 PM

Young B. W.* Ewing R. C. Bishop M. P. Soto A. Newman C. E. et al.

Linking Winds and Sediment Accumulation Patterns at Herscel Crater, Mars [#2235]
Mesoscale wind simulations show that dunes occur in Herschel Crater where flux is low, flux vectors converge upstream, and there is an upwind sediment supply.

2:40 PM

Preston S. L.* Siebach K. L. Lapôtre M. G. A.

Was Ancient Windblown Sand Larger than Modern Windblown Sand on Mars? Grain Size Distributions in the Stimson Formation, Gale Crater, Mars, and Implications for Martian Paleoatmosphere [#2978]
Sand. What’s up with that? / Ancient grains may be more coarse / Than modern dune field.

2:50 PM

Khan S. Y.* Lewis K. W.

Distribution of Layered Outcrops in the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars [#3027]
Survey of layering within the Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars using HiRISE imagery in order to evaluate regional stratigraphic relationships.

3:00 PM

Panel Q&A

3:20 PM

Mondro C. A.* Grotzinger J.

High Thermal Conductivity of Water-Saturated Pore Space in Mount Sharp Stratigraphy Reduces Burial Temperatures During Sediment Accumulation [#1323]
Burial temperatures control alteration processes at depth. Lower temperatures may help explain the clay assemblages encountered by MSL in lower Mount Sharp.

3:30 PM

Fawdon P.* Orgel C. Adeli S. Balme M. Carter J. et al.

Hypotheses and Implications for the Geological History of Oxia Planum [#2061]
We discuss what might have happened in Oxia Planum and what the ExoMars rover will tell us about the geological history of Mars.

3:40 PM

McNeil J. D.* Fawdon P. Balme M. R. Coe A. L. Turner S. M. R.

Noachian Landscape Evolution at the Dichotomy Boundary: Insights from Mawrth Vallis [#1252]
Mighty martian mounds / Speak of mysterious past / In silent splendour.

3:50 PM

Dickson J. L.* Ehlmann B. L. Kerber L. H. Fassett C. I.

Release of the Global CTX Mosaic of Mars: An Experiment in Information-Preserving Image Data Processing [#2353]
The first semi-controlled global CTX mosaic is complete and includes polygonal seam-maps linking each pixel to original raw data.

4:00 PM

Panel Q&A

4:20 PM

Malarewicz V.* Bouley S. Baratoux D. Langlais B. Beyssac O. et al.

Hetereogeneities Within the Noachian Crust Revealed in the Terra Cimmeria-Sirenum Region [#2075]
The Noachian Terra Cimmeria-Sirenum region displays significant morphological and geophysical variations, hinting at complex formation and evolution processes.

4:30 PM

Mills M. M.* McEwen A. S. Hughes A. N.

Spatial Distribution of Pitted Cones in Utopia Planitia Follow Basin Contours [#1312]
Pitted cones on Mars / Singly or connected chains / Tracking basin edge.

4:40 PM

El Yazidi M.* Orgel C. De Marchi G. Baratoux D. Bouley S. et al.

Evidence for Early Extension and Pressure Drop Related to Magma Plumbing in Noctis Labyrinthus (Mars) [#1031]
We analysed the fault systems and their relationships to the pits, and we propose a deformational model that can explain the formation of Noctis Labyrinthus.

4:50 PM

Chu Y. Y. Y.* Michalski J. R. Webb A. A. G.

Ancient Caldera Complexes in Arabia Terra, Mars [#1896]
A population of ancient calderas in Arabia Terra, Mars, may perhaps represent an underexplored form of volcanism during the Noachian and Hesperian.

5:00 PM

Panel Q&A

5:20 PM

Session Closure