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A Compositional Assessment of the Enormous South Pole - Aitken Basin Grounded in Laboratory Spectroscopy of Pyroxene-Bearing Materials A Compositional Assessment of the Enormous South Pole - Aitken Basin Grounded in Laboratory Spectroscopy of Pyroxene-Bearing Materials By Daniel Patrick Moriarty III B.S., The University of Massachusetts, 2009 Sc.M., Brown University, 2012 A dissertation Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Program of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University Providence, Rhode Island May, 2016 © Copyright 2016 by Daniel Patrick Moriarty III ii This dissertation by Daniel P. Moriarty III is accepted in its present form by the Department of Geological Sciences as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ________________ __________________________________________ Date Professor Carle M. Pieters, Brown University, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate Council ________________ __________________________________________ Date Professor James W. Head, Brown University, Reader ________________ __________________________________________ Date Professor E. Marc Parmentier, Brown University, Reader ________________ __________________________________________ Date Professor Stephen W. Parman, Brown University Reader ________________ __________________________________________ Date Professor Jessica Sunshine, University of Maryland, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council ________________ ______________________________________ Date Peter M. Weber Dean of the Graduate School iii CURRICULUM VITAE Daniel Patrick Moriarty III Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences 324 Brook Street | Providence, RI 02912 401.258.7926 | [email protected] Education Brown University Providence, RI Ph.D. in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Expected May 2016 Advisor: Dr. Carlé Pieters Thesis Title: A Compositional Assessment of the Enormous South Pole - Aitken Basin Grounded in Laboratory Spectroscopy of Pyroxene-Bearing Materials Brown University Providence, RI Sc.M. in Geological Sciences May 2012 Advisor: Dr. Carlé Pieters Thesis Title: Compositional Heterogeneity of Central Peaks within the South Pole - Aitken Basin University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA B.S. in Physics May 2009 B.S. in Astrophysics Advisor: Dr. Grant Wilson Thesis Title: IDL to C++ Translation of the AzTEC Submillimeter Camera Data Pipeline Employment Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Laurel, MD Advisor: Karl Hibbitts 2009-2010 Position: Laboratory Assistant Responsibilities: FTIR spectroscopy (transmission and reflectance) of lunar and cometary materials; Design, maintenance, and implementation of ultra-high vacuum environment chamber; Water/ice deposition and desorption experiments iv First-Authored Publications Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2016), Complexities in pyroxene compositions derived from absorption band centers: Examples from Apollo samples, HED meteorites, synthetic pure pyroxenes, and remote sensing data, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, doi: 10.1111/maps.12588. Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2015), The nature and origin of Mafic Mound in the South Pole - Aitken Basin, Geophysical Research Letters, 42:19:7907-7915, doi: 10.1002/2015GL065718. Moriarty III, D. P., C. M. Pieters, and P. J. Isaacson (2013), Compositional heterogeneity of central peaks within the South Pole-Aitken Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 2310-2322, doi: 10.1002/2013JE004376. In preparation: Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (in preparation), The character of South Pole - Aitken I: Patterns of surface and sub-surface composition. Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (in preparation), The character of South Pole - Aitken II: Models of crust/mantle stratigraphy. Co-Authored Publications Pieters, C. M., K. Donaldson Hanna, L. Cheek, D. Dhingra, T. Prissel, C. Jackson, D. Moriarty, S. Parman, and L. A. Taylor (2014), The distribution of Mg-spinel across the Moon and constraints on crustal origin, American Mineralogist, 99:1893-1910, doi: 10.2138/am-2014-4776. Cheek, L. C., C. M. Pieters, J. W. Boardman, R. N. Clark, J. P. Combe, J. W. Head, P. J. Isaacson, T. B. McCord, D. Moriarty, J. W. Nettles, N. E. Petro, J. M. Sunshine, and L. A. Taylor (2011), Goldschmidt crater and the Moon's north polar region: Results from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets, 116:2, doi: 10.1029/2010JE003702. In preparation: Prissel, T. C., D. P. Moriarty III, C. M. Pieters, J. W. Head, and S. W. Parman (in preparation), Characterization and identification of low-FeO, high Al2O3 extrusive deposits on the Moon by VNIR spectroscopy. Extended Abstracts (First-Authored Only) Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2016), South Pole - Aitken Basin as a probe to the lunar interior, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLVII, abstract 1763. Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2016), Impact melt and magmatic processes in central South Pole - Aitken Basin, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLVII, abstract 1735. Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2015), The composition of Mafic Mound: An unusual feature within the South Pole – Aitken Basin, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLVI, abstract 2105. (Oral Presentation) v Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2015), Compositional diversity across the Humboldtianum Basin, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLVI, abstract 2100. (Poster Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2014), LSCC samples as ground truth: Using spectral parameters developed for M3 to assess composition and maturity, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLV, abstract 2532. (Poster Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P. and C. M. Pieters (2014), Evaluation of stratigraphy at the South Pole – Aitken Basin: From local to regional, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLV, abstract 2516. (Oral Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P., P. J. Isaacson, and C. M. Pieters (2013), NW-Central South Pole – Aitken: Compositional diversity, geologic context, and implications for basin evolution, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLIV, abstract 3039. (Oral Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P., C. M. Pieters, N. Petro, and P. J. Isaacson (2012), Compositional heterogeneity within lunar central peaks, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLIII, abstract 2399. (Poster Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P., C. M. Pieters, J. W. Nettles, P. J. Isaacson, L. Cheek, J. W. Head III, S. Tompkins, and N. E. Petro (2011), Finsen and Alder: A compositional study of lunar central peak craters in the South Pole-Aitken basin, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLII, abstract 2564. (Poster Presentation) Moriarty III, D. P., C. A. Hibbitts, C. M. Lisse, M. D. Dyar, G. Harlow, D. Ebel, and R. Peale (2010), Near-far IR spectra of sulfide minerals relevant to comets, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., XLI, abstract 2447. (Poster Presentation) Additional Science Talks November 2015: Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Lunch Bunch / SSERVI Seminar. “South Pole - Aitken Basin: Investigating the Moon's Largest Mysteries” July 2015: SSERVI Exploration Science Forum. "The Nature and Origin of Mafic Mound within the South Pole - Aitken Basin" April 2015: Brown University Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Lunch Bunch / SSERVI Seminar. “The Nature and Origin of Mafic Mound in the South Pole - Aitken Basin” July 2014: SSERVI Exploration Science Forum. “The Diverse Local and Regional Stratigraphy of the South Pole – Aitken Basin” February 2013: Brown University Department of Geological Sciences Lunch Bunch. “The South Pole – Aitken Basin: Compositional Diversity, Geologic Context, and Implications for Basin Evolution from Moon Mineralogy Mapper Spectral Parameters. April 2012: Brown University Department of Geological Sciences Lunch Bunch. “Compositional Heterogeneity of Central Peaks within the South Pole -Aitken Basin” vi Teaching, Service, and Honors Teaching Assistant Brown University Course: GEOL0220 Physical Processes in Geology Spring 2016 Instructors: Dr. Jan Tullis, Dr. Karen Fischer Member Brown University Diversity Working Group, Department of Earth, 2015-Present Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Safety Officer Brown University GeoClub 2014-2015 Member SSERVI LunGradCon Organizing Committee 2014 Teaching Assistant Brown University Course: GEOL0220 Physical Processes in Geology Fall 2014 Instructors: Dr. Jan Tullis, Dr. Karen Fischer Recipient LMIPEV Barringer Travel Grant 2013 Member Brown University RELAB Database Working Group 2012-2013 Member Brown University Asteroid and Lunar Environment Chamber Working Group 2011-2012 Recipient Brown University First Year Graduate Fellowship 2010-2011 Technical Skills Laboratory preparation of geologic materials; FTIR spectroscopy; Interactive Data Language programming; ASD Field Spec; C++ programming; Kaleidagraph; General use and maintenance of environment chambers; ESRI ArcGIS; Exelis ENVI; USGS ISIS; Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); Various sound and video editing programs; and MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). vii ACKNOWLEGEMENTS I am deeply thankful to my advisor, Carlé Pieters. My first few semesters at Brown were a struggle, and I probably didn't deserve to continue on in the graduate program after receiving my master's degree. Carlé was very honest with me about the severity of the situation. I was fairly discouraged, but after some soul searching I realized I did not want to squander the very special opportunity I had as a graduate student in one of the best planetary science programs in the world. Over the next year, Carlé worked intensively with me to improve my
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