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Conference at a Glance THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: EXPLORING MARS HABITABILITY JUNE 13‐15, 2011 LISBON, PORTUGAL, EARTH Final Programme & Abstract Book 2 Index Committees ..........................................................................................................................................5 Sponsors ..........................................................................................................................................7 Programme at a Glance............................................................................................................................9 Programme Monday 13 June.........................................................................................................................11 Tuesday 14 June.........................................................................................................................12 Wednesday 15 June ...................................................................................................................14 Posters........................................................................................................................................16 Abstracts ........................................................................................................................................21 3 4 Committees Scientific Organising committee Gian Gabriele Ori, IRSPS (Pescara, Italy) Olivier Witasse, European Space Agency Fernando Rull, University of Valladolid Jack Mustard, Brown University David Beaty, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lisa Pratt, Indiana University Ivo Alves, Universidade de Coimbra Local organizing committee Clare Bingham, European Space Agency Olivier Witasse, European Space Agency Ivo Alves, Universidade de Coimbra Charles Budney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Maartje Holdorp, ESA Conference Bureau/Congrex Holland Carla Prevoo, ESA Conference Bureau/Congrex Holland Field trip committee Fernando Rull, University of Valladolid Gian Gabriele Ori, IRSPS (Pescara, Italy) 5 6 Sponsors 7 8 Conference at a glance Monday 13 June Tuesday 14 June Wednesday 15 June Science Team Ancient Habitability and its Modern Habitability and the Meetings Relationships to the Long‐ Possibility of Extant Life Term Evolution of Mars I Morning Lunch Introduction Ancient Habitability and its The Possible Effects that the Relationships to the Long‐ Planet's Internal Structure and Term Evolution of Mars II Movements may have had on Habitability Issues Habitability Poster Session Conference Wrap‐Up and Afternoon Associated with Discussion Specific Transitory Environments Poster Session: Thirst Banquet for Knowledge Evening 9 10 Monday 13 June 2011 Habitability Associated with Specific Transitory Environments Chairs: Ivo Alves and Richard Zurek 14:15 Introduction 14:30 Invited Talk Transient Processes and Environments on Present‐Day Mars McEwen, A. 1LPL, (UNITED STATES 15:00 Fluvial Landforms and Hydrated Minerals due to Impact Craters Hydrothermalism on Mars .............21 Mangold, N. ;Carter,J. 2; Poulet, F. 2; Ansan, V. 1; Loizeau, D. 2; Bibring, J.‐P. 2; Murchie, S. 3 1CNRS/LPGNantes, (FRANCE); 2CNRS/IAS, (FRANCE); 3John Hopkins, APL, (UNITED STATES) 15:15 The Effects of Meteorite Impacts on the Availability and Distribution of Bioessential Elements for Endolithic Organisms ...............................................................................................................................21 Pontefract, A. 1; Osinski, G.R. 1; Cockell, C.S. 2; Lindgren, P. 3; Parnell, J. 4; Southam, G. 1 1University of Western Ontario, (CANADA); 2Open University, (UNITED KINGDOM); 3University of Glasgow, (UNITED KINGDOM); 4University of Aberdeen, (UNITED KINGDOM) 15:30 Vacant Habitats on Mars .........................................................................................................................22 Cockell, CS ; Balme, Matt Open University, (UNITED KINGDOM) 15:45 Discussion 16:00 Coffee Break 16:15 Volcanically Driven Hydrothermal Systems in Post‐Noachian Mars: Hotspots of Habitability on a Changing Planet ......................................................................................................................................22 Skok, J.R. ; Mustard, J.F. Brown University, (UNITED STATES) 16:30 The Nakhlite Impact Hydrothemal Cell: Mineralogy, Fluid and Habitability...........................................23 Bridges, J.C. 1; Schwenzer, S.P. 2 1University of Leicester, (UNITED KINGDOM); 2Open University, (UNITED KINGDOM) 16:45 Microbial Growth and Survival in Extreme Habitats on Kilimanjaro.......................................................24 Ponce, A. ; Beaty, S. M. ; Lee, C. ; Noell, A. C. ; Stam, C. N.; Anderson, R. C.; Connon, S. A. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, (UNITED STATES) 17:00 Habitability in Mars Transient and Local Environments: Field Analogue Sample Studies ......................24 Foing, B.H. 1; Stoker, C. 2; Loizeau, D. 1; Blake, D. 2; Kotler, J.M. 3; Ehrenfreund, P. 4; Martins, Z. 5; Direito, S.O.L. 6; Röling, W.F.M. 6; Davies, G.R. 6; Rodrigues, L. 7; Thiel, C.S. 8; Orzechowska, G.E. 9; Kidd, R.D. 9; Clarke, J.D.A. 10; Pletser, V. 1; Borst, A. 6; Peters, S.T.M. 6;Wendt, L. 11;Gross, C. 11; Wilhelm, M.B. 2 1ESA/ESTEC, (NETHERLANDS); 2NASA Ames Research Centre, (UNITED STATES); 3Leiden Institute of Chemistry, (NETHERLANDS); 4Space Policy Institute, George Washington .University, Washington D.C., (UNITED STATES); 5Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, (UNITED KINGDOM); 6Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU Amsterdam, (NETHERLANDS); 7Aveiro University & VU Amsterdam, (PORTUGAL); 8Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Muenster, (GERMANY); 9Jet Propulsion Laboratory; CalTech, Pasadena, (UNITED STATES); 10Geoscience Australia, (AUSTRALIA); 11FU Berlin, (GERMANY) 17:15 Post‐Early Mars local aqueous environments in Noctis Labyrinthus Chasmata ....................................25 Thollot, P. 1; Mangold, N. 1; Milliken, R. E. 2; Mustard, J. F. 3 1LPGN, UMR6112 CNRS/Université de Nantes, (FRANCE); 2JPL, Caltech, now at University of Notre Dame, (UNITED STATES); 3Dep. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, (UNITED STATES) 17:30 Session Discussion 18:00 Poster Session: Thirst for Knowledge 11 Tuesday 14 June 2011 Ancient Habitability and its Relationships to the Long‐Term Evolution of Mars I Chairs: Pascale Ehrenfreund and Jack Mustard 09:00 Invited Talk Bibring, J‐P Universite Paris‐Sud, (FRANCE) 09:30 The Phyllosian era: the two different cases of Mawrth Vallis and Tyrrhena Terra.................................27 Loizeau, D. 1; Mangold, N. 2; Carter, J. 3; Poulet, F. 3; Bibring, J.‐P. 3 1ESA‐ESTEC, (NETHERLANDS); 2LPGN, Nantes, (FRANCE); 3IAS, Orsay, (FRANCE) 09:45 Habitability and its Correlation with Hydrated Minerals ‐ Evidence from Deposits in Aureum Chaos...27 Sowe, M. ; Wendt, L. ; McGuire, P.C. ; Neukum, G. Freie Universitaet Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, (GERMANY) 10:00 Subsurface Aqueous Alteration on Ancient Mars: Implications for Habitability.....................................28 Ehlmann, B. 1; Mustard, J. 2; Murchie, S. 3; Bibring, J.‐P. 1; Meunier, A. 4; Fraeman, A. 5 1IAS/U. Paris‐Sud, (FRANCE); 2Brown University, (UNITED STATES); 3JHU‐APL, (UNITED STATES); 4U. Poitiers, (FRANCE); 5Washington U. in St. Louis, (UNITED STATES) 10:15 Early Mars: The First Billion Years............................................................................................................28 Craddock, R.A. Smithsonian Institution, (UNITED STATES) 10:30 The History of Water on Mars: Synthesis of New Results from Valley Networks and Deltas.................29 Hynek, B. University of Colorado, (UNITED STATES) 10:45 Discussion 11:00 Coffee Break 11:15 A Review of Martian Organic Material from Martian Meteorite Analysis; Implications for Habitability. ...................................................................................................................30 Steele, Andrew Carnegie Institution of Washington, (UNITED STATES) 11:30 Early Carbon Cycle and the Emergence of life on Mars ..........................................................................31 Fernández‐Remolar, D. C. 1;Sánchez‐Román, M. 1;Prieto‐Ballesteros,D. C. 1; Gómez‐Ortíz, D. 2;Amils, R. 1 1Centro de Astrobiología (INTA‐CSIC), (SPAIN); 2Universidad rey Juan Carlos, (SPAIN) 11:45 Interaction Between Organic Compounds, Minerals and Microbes: Habitability Studies From Mars Analogue Samples....................................................................................................................................31 Martins, Z. 1; Kotler, J. M. 2;Direito, S. O. L. 3;Sephton, M. A. 1;Stoker, C. 4;Foing, B. H. 5;Ehrenfreund, P. 2 1Imperial College London, (UNITED KINGDOM); 2Leiden University, (NETHERLANDS); 3VU University, (NETHERLANDS); 4NASA Ames, (UNITED STATES); 5ESA/ESTEC, (NETHERLANDS) 12:00 Modeling the Early Martian Climate, Water Cycle and Habitability .......................................................32 Forget, F. ; Wordsworth, R. ; Millour, E. ; Madeleine, J‐B ; Charnay, B. LMD, IPSL, (FRANCE) 12:15 Session Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break 12 Ancient Habitability and its Relationships to the Long‐Term Evolution of MarsII Chairs: Francois Forget and Gian Gabrielle Ori 14:30 The Martian Sedimentary Mass: Constraints on its Composition, Age and Size.....................................33 McLennan, Scott M. SUNY at Stony Brook, (UNITED STATES) 14:45 Evidence for Habitability in Gusev Crater................................................................................................33
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