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LPI SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM IN PLANETARY SCIENCE Papers Presented at the August 11, 2011 — Houston, Texas Papers Presented at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Summer Intern Conference August 11, 2011 Houston, Texas 2011 Summer Intern Program for Undergraduates Lunar and Planetary Institute Sponsored by Lunar and Planetary Institute NASA Johnson Space Center Compiled in 2011 by Meeting and Publication Services Lunar and Planetary Institute USRA Houston 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058-1113 The Lunar and Planetary Institute is operated by the Universities Space Research Association under a cooperative agreement with the Science Mission Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this volume are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Material in this volume may be copied without restraint for library, abstract service, education, or personal research purposes; however, republication of any paper or portion thereof requires the written permission of the authors as well as the appropriate acknowledgment of this publication. 2011 Intern Conference iii HIGHLIGHTS Special Activities June 6, 2011 Tour of the Stardust Lab and Lunar Curatorial Facility JSC July 22, 2011 Tour of the Meteorite Lab JSC August 4, 2011 NASA VIP Tour JSC/ NASA Johnson Space Center and Sonny Carter SCTF Training Facility Site Visit Intern Brown Bag Seminars Date Speaker Topic Location June 8, 2011 Paul Niles Evolution of CO2 on Mars and the Early LPI Martian Climate June 15, 2011 Paul Spudis The Moon as a Planetary Object and Destination LPI June 16, 2011 Don Pettit Astronautics 101 LPI June 22, 2011 Justin Simon What Short-Lived Isotopes Tell Us About Early LPI Solar System Chronology June 29, 2011 Pat McGovern Venus: a Natural Volcanological Laboratory LPI July 6, 2011 Interns Intern Mid-Term Reports LPI July 13, 2011 Amanda Nahm A Photogeologic Tour of the Tectonics of LPI the Solar System July 20, 2011 Walter Kiefer The Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of Mars LPI July 27, 2011 David Kring Lunar Mission Simulations with Crew and the LPI Lunar Electric Rover August 4, 2011 Duck Mittlefehldt Crumbs of the Solar System or, LPI Why Study Meteorites? iv 2011 Intern Conference AGENDA 8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST 8:20 a.m. Introductory Remarks by Drs. Paul Spudis and Dave Draper 8:40 a.m. RACHEL BARNETT, University of New Mexico (Advisors: Jones J. H. and Draper D. S.) Parental Liquid Composition of the Martian Meteorite NWA 6162 Shergottite 9:00 a.m. KEVIN CANNON, Queen’s University (Advisors: Sutter B. and Ming D.) Calcite and Magnesium Perchlorate Interaction in the Mars Phoenix Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA): An Inorganic Explanation for the Low-Temperature CO2 Release Detected by TEGA. 9:20 a.m. MATTIAS EK, University of Gothenburg (Advisor: Mittlefehldt D. W.) In Situ Analysis of Orthopyroxene in Diogenites Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS. 9:40 a.m. JULIA GORMAN, University of Rochester (Advisors: Gross J. and Treiman A.) Spinel-Rich Lithologies on the Moon: An Experimental Study of Possible Precursor Melt Compositions 10:00 a.m. YIFAN WANG, Imperial College London (Advisor: Shebalin J. V.) Simulation of MHD Turbulence in a Spherical Domain 10:20 a.m. BREAK 10:40 a.m. ERICA JAWIN, Mt. Holyoke College (Advisor: Kiefer W. S.) The Relationship Between Radar Scattering and Surface Roughness at Lunar Volcanic Domes 11:00 a.m. KELLY NICKODEM, University of Notre Dame Advisors: Righter K. and Danielson L.) Core-Mantle Partitioning of Volatile Elements and the Origin of Volatile Elements in the Earth 11:20 a.m. SPENSER PANTONE, Weber State University (Advisor: Spudis P. D.) Understanding the Scattering Properties of Lunar Geological Units Using Mini-RF and LROC Data 11:40 a.m. KATHRYN POWELL, Rice University (Advisors: McGovern P. J. and Kramer G.) Olivine Detections at the Rim of Crisium Basin with Moon Mineralogy Mapper 12:00 p.m. LEE SAPER, Brown University (Advisors: Allen C. C. and Oehler D. Z.) Exploration of Acidalia Mensa and Acidalia Planitia: Probing Mud Volcanoes to Sample Buried Sediments and Search for Ancient and Extant Life 2011 Intern Conference v 12:20 p.m. LILLIAN SCHAFFER, University of Houston (Advisor: Krg in D. A.) Petrology of an Impact Melt Clast from Lunar Regolith Breccia 60016 12:40 p.m. SAMANTHA JACOB, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Advisors: Mercer C. N. and Treiman A.) Tracking the Process of Volatile Release from the Lunar Highland Breccia Meteorite NWA 2996 Using Vesicle Size Distributions 1:00 p.m. ADJOURN Lunch provided in the Great Room 2011 Intern Conference vii CONTENTS Parental Liquid Composition of the Martian Meteorite NWA 6162 Shergottite R. G. Barnett, J. H. Jones, D. S. Draper, and L. H. Le ........................................................1 Calcite and Magnesium Perchlorate Interaction in the Mars Phoenix Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA): An Inorganic Explanation for the Low-Temperature CO2 Release Detected by TEGA. K. M. Cannon, B. Sutter, D. W. Ming, and W. V. Boynton ..................................................4 In Situ Analysis of Orthopyroxene in Diogenites Using Laser Ablation ICP-MS. M. Ek, J. E. Quinn, and D. W. Mittlefehldt ..........................................................................7 Spinel-Rich Lithologies on the Moon: An Experimental Study of Possible Precursor Melt Compositions J. Gorman and J. Gross .....................................................................................................10 Tracking the Process of Volatile Release from the Lunar Highland Breccia Meteorite NWA 2996 Using Vesicle Size Distributions S. R. Jacob and C. N. Mercer ............................................................................................13 The Relationship Between Radar Scattering and Surface Roughness at Lunar Volcanic Domes E. R. Jawin, W. S. Kiefer, and P. D. Spudis .......................................................................16 Core-Mantle Partitioning of Volatile Elements and the Origin of Volatile Elements in the Earth K. Nickodem, K. Righter, L. Danielson, K. Pando, and C. Lee .........................................19 Understanding the Scattering Properties of Lunar Geological Units Using Mini-RF and LROC Data S. M. Pantone and P. D. Spudis .........................................................................................22 Olivine Detections at the Rim of Crisium Basin with Moon Mineralogy Mapper K. E. Powell, P. J. McGovern, and G. Y. Kramer .............................................................25 Exploration of Acidalia Mensa and Acidalia Planitia: Probing Mud Volcanoes to Sample Buried Sediments and Search for Ancient and Extant Life L. M. Saper, C. C. Allen, and D. Z. Oehler ........................................................................28 Petrology of an Impact Melt Clast from Lunar Regolith Breccia 60016 L. A. Schaffer and D. A. Kring ...........................................................................................31 Simulation of MHD Turbulence in a Spherical Domain Y. Wang and John V. Shebalin ...........................................................................................34 2011 Intern Conference 1 PARENTAL LIQUID COMPOSITION OF THE MARTIAN METEORITE NWA 6162 SHERGOTTITE. R. Gaylen Barnett1 , John H. Jones2, David S. Draper2 , and Loan H. Le3 ,1University of New Mexico MSC04 2545, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2Mail Code KR, NASA, Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058, 3Jacobs Sverdrup Co., Houston, TX 77058. Introduction: The Martian meteorite North West inserted into the furnaces (note that rhenium was used Africa 6162 (NWA 6162) is a shergottite found in Mo- instead of platinum to decrease the probability that the rocco in 2010. Only one abstract is published about charge will experience Fe loss). Charges were NWA 6162. It discusses the bulk composition of the quenched in water (excluding NWA 5) at the end of meteorite and the composition of the olivine cores and the run. They were then cast in epoxy, cut and po- rims. The meteorite bears olivine crystals with Mg- lished. depleted rims of up to Fo65.1 and more Mg-rich cores of The Cameca SX100 electron probe microanalyser up to Fo74.1 [1]. It is similar both in appearance and (EPMA) was used to determine the compositions of compositon to SaU 005. The parent magma from phases in each charge. The probe was calibrated with which the meteorite cooled is within the mantle of standards of natural minerals and synthetic glasses. Mars. Operating conditions were: 15kV accelerating voltage, Statement of Problem: Our objective is to deter- 20nA beam current, 1μm focused electron beam (for mine if it represents a liquid or if it is a product of oli- crystalline phases), and either 3 μm or 5μm beam for vine accumulation. This accumulation would leave the glass phases to decrease loss of volatile elements. parent melt more Mg-depleted and the olivine cumu- Baskscattered electron (BSE) images were obtained of most charges (Figure 1). The data were reduced by lates Mg-enriched. Understanding more about the ori- the ZAF corrections which are written in their Cameca gin of NWA 6162 will give insight about the composi- software. tion of the Martian mantle. It may also make it possi- Furthermore, we used the JEOL JSM-590LV scan- ble to choose subsequent experiments to perform to ning electron microscope at JSC to obtain BSE images constrain compositions of
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    SCIENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Patrick Pinet IRAP, Toulouse University, France (Chair) Mahesh Anand Open University, UK (Co-Chair) James Carpenter Ana Cernok LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Patrick Pinet Serge Chevrel Serge Chevrel Doris Daou Marie-Ange Albouy Simone Pirrotta Gaël David Yves Daydou Kristina Gibbs Dolorès Granat Harry Hiesinger Jérémie Lasue Greg Schmidt Alice Stephant Wim van Westrenen 2 Updated: 2 May 2018 European Lunar Symposium Toulouse 2018 Meeting information Welcome to Toulouse at the Sixth European Lunar Symposium (ELS)! We are hoping to have a great meeting, demonstrating the diversity of the current lunar research in Europe and elsewhere, and continuing to provide a platform to the European lunar researchers for networking as well as exchanging news ideas and latest results in the field of lunar exploration. We acknowledge the support of Toulouse University and NASA SSERVI (Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute). Our special thanks to our SSERVI colleagues, Kristina Gibbs, Jennifer Baer, Ashcon Nejad and to Dolorès Granat at IRAP (Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie)/ OMP (Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) for their contribution to the meeting preparation and program implementation. Members of the Science Organizing Committee are thanked for their input in putting together an exciting program and for volunteering to chair various sessions in this meeting. Our special thanks for Ana Cernok and Alice Stephant from the Open University for putting together the abstract booklet. MEETING VENUE The ELS will take place at the museum of modern and contemporary art, called “Les Abattoirs”. It is located in the center of Toulouse, close to the “Garonne” river. The street address is 76 Allées Charles de Fitte, 31300 Toulouse.