Program and Abstract Volume LPI Contribution No. 1547 First International Conference on MARS SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY April 19–21, 2010 El Paso, Texas Sponsors California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lunar and Planetary Institute Mars Exploration Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration Society for Sedimentary Geology Conveners John Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology David Beaty, Mars Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Scientific Organizing Committee Gilles Dromart, Lyon, France John Grant, Smithsonian Institution Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College London Mitch Harris, Chevron Gary Kocurek, University of Texas Scott McLennan, SUNY Stony Brook Ralph Milliken, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Gian Gabrielle Ori, IRPS, Italy Dawn Sumner, University of California, Davis Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1547 Compiled in 2010 by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE 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. 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This volume is distributed by ORDER DEPARTMENT Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113, USA Phone: 281-486-2172 Fax: 281-486-2186 E-mail: [email protected] ISSN No. 0161-5297 Preface This volume contains abstracts that have been accepted for presentation at the First International Conference on Mars Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, April 19–21, 2010, El Paso, Texas. Administration and publications support for this meeting were provided by the staff of the Publications and Program Services Department at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. First International Conference on Mars Sedimentology and Stratigraphy v Contents Program ........................................................................................................................................................................xi Formation of Stromatolites and Other Potential Microbially Influenced Structures and Textures in Terrestrial (and Martian?) Chemical Sediments A. C. Allwood and I. Kanik .............................................................................................................................1 Where Ephemeral Fluvial Systems Terminate onto a Playa: The Terminal Splay Complexes of Lake Eyre, Australia. Earth Analogues for Martian Deltas? K. J. Amos, S. Gupta, K. Goddard, J.-R. Kim, and J.-P. Muller ....................................................................2 Geomorphology and Inferred Stratigraphy of the Gale Crater Central Mound and Proposed Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site R. B. Anderson and J. F. Bell III .....................................................................................................................3 The Sedimentary Rocks of Early Mars: Global and Regional Hydrological Context J. C. Andrews-Hanna, K. J. Zabrusky, R. E. Arvidson, S. M. Wiseman, S. L. Murchie, J. J. Wray, and S. W. Squyres .................................................................................................4 Terby Impact Crater: An Evidence for a Noachian Sedimentary Filling by Subaqueous Fan Deltas V. Ansan, D. Loizeau, N. Mangold, S. Le Mouélic, J. Carter, F. Poulet, G. Dromart, A. Lucas, J.-P. Bibring, A. Gendrin, B. Gondet, Y. Langevin, Ph. Masson, S. Murchie, J. Mustard, and G. Neukum ........................................................................................................5 Mars Lowland Sequence Stratigraphy — A Conceptual Application D. C. Barker and J. P. Bhattacharya .............................................................................................................6 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Astrobiology on Mars in 2018, Potentially Using Two Rovers D. W. Beaty, A. C. Allwood, J. Vago, and F. Westall .....................................................................................7 Sedimentological Anemometers: Ripples and Scour Flutes of the Strzelecki Desert, Earth and Hellespontus Intracrater Dunefields, Mars M. A. Bishop and A. J. Wheeler ......................................................................................................................8 Early Archaean Shallow Water Sediments as Analogues for Noachian Sediments on Mars N. Bost, F. Westall, C. Ramboz, and M. Viso .................................................................................................9 The Use of ChemCam on MSL for Sedimentological and Stratigraphic Studies N. T. Bridges, R. C. Wiens, S. Maurice, S. Clegg, J. Blank, B. Clark, G. Dromart, D. Dyar, O. Gasnault, K. E. Herkenhoff, P. Mauchien, H. Newsom, P. Pinet, D. Vaniman, and the ChemCam Team .........................................................................................................10 Criteria for Identifying Neoformed Lacustrine Clays on Mars T. F. Bristow, R. E. Milliken, and J. P. Grotzinger ......................................................................................11 Volumetric Analysis of the Reull Vallis Fluvial System in the Eastern Hellas Region of Mars: Investigation into the Contributions of Water E. J. Capitoli and S. C. Mest ........................................................................................................................12 Continuous Particle Size Mapping of Alluvial Fan Material in Mojave Crater from HiRISE Imagery P. E. Carbonneau, K. Goddard, and S. Gupta .............................................................................................13 vi LPI Contribution No. 1547 Geomorphic Evolution of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville: Temporal Implications for Surface Processes on Mars M. A. Chan, K. Nicoll, P. W. Jewell, T. J. Parker, B. G. Bills, C. H. Okubo, and G. Komatsu ......................................................................................................................14 Genetic Models of Iron Oxide Concretions on Earth and Mars M. A. Chan, S. L. Potter, E. U. Petersen, and B. B. Bowen ..........................................................................15 Investigating the Processes Creating Gullies on Mars K. A. Coleman, J. Dixon, K. L. Howe, and V. F. Chevrier ...........................................................................16 Sulfates Formation by Weathering of Silicates and Sulfides on Mars: Experimental Approach E. Dehouck, V. Chevrier, A. Gaudin, N. Mangold, P.-E. Mathé, and P. Rochette .......................................17 Ancient Structurally-controlled Basins as Prime Martian Targets J. M. Dohm, A. F. Davila, A. G. Fairén, K. J. Kim, W. C. Mahaney, H. Miyamoto, and G. G. Ori .........................................................................................................................18 Large-Scale Eolian Bedforms and Stratigraphic Architecture at Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars L. A. Edgar, J. P. Grotzinger, A. G. Hayes, D. M. Rubin, S. W. Squyres, and J. F. Bell III..........................19 Stratigraphy of the Nili Fossae and the Jezero Crater Watershed: A Reference Section for the Martian Clay Cycle B. L. Ehlmann and J. F. Mustard .................................................................................................................20 Morphological and Spectral Evidence for Phyllosilicate-rich Layers and Major Geological Discontinuities in the Walls of Valles Marineris, Mars J. Flahaut, J. F. Mustard, C. Quantin, H. Clénet, P. Allemand, P. Thomas, G. Dromart, and L. H. Roach .......................................................................................................................21 Mineralogy and Geology of the Sulfate-rich Deposits of Capri Chasma, Mars J. Flahaut, C. Quantin, P. Allemand, and P. Thomas ..................................................................................22 Characteristics of the Ejecta Layer from the 1.85 Ga Sudbury Impact Event: Are Analogous Sediments Present on Mars? P. Fralick ......................................................................................................................................................23 Morphology and Formation Processes of Putative Alluvial Fans in a Youthful Crater: Mojave Crater K. Goddard, S. Gupta, P. Carbonneau, A. Densmore, J.-R. Kim, N. Warner, and J.-P. Muller .........................................................................................................................24 Resurge Process of the Chicxulub Crater and Relevance for Impact Craters on Mars K. Goto, S. Yamamoto, and T. Matsui ..........................................................................................................25 Late Noachian Alluvial and Lacustrine Depositional Systems in Southwest Margaritifer Terra, Mars J. A. Grant, R. P. Irwin III, and S. A. Wilson ...............................................................................................26