Agenda

All talks and activities take place in Peter O’Donnell Building Room 2.402 unless otherwise indicated.

April 8, 2019: Monday: Overview of Current State of Martian Geochronology: Approaches and Applications
8:00A-8:30A Coffee
8:30A-9:00A Welcoming Remarks, Organization of the workshop Dr. Elizabeth Catlos
Student Chairs Stephanie Suarez and Megan Flansburg
9:00A-9:45A Alessio Di Iorio (ALMA SISTEMI S.r.l. Consulting for Space) Overview of the IN TIME project
10:00A-10:45A Barbara Cohen (NASA Goddard) In situ geochronology on Mars and the development of future instrumentation
11:00A-11:30A Break/Discussion
11:30A-12:30P Tim Goudge (UT Austin) Overview of Jezero Crater as the Mars 2020 Rover Landing Site
12:30P-1:30P Lunch Break
1:30P-3:00P JGB, Holland Family Center Conference Room 2.104A: Plenary Group A: in situ dating supporting mission sample return (Discussion led by Catherine Ross)
JGB, Holland Family Center Conference Room 2.102A: Plenary Group B: Best Approaches for Mars or Planetary Geochronology (Discussion led by Stephanie Suarez)
POB 2.402: Plenary Group C: Challenges in Science Requirements for Mars Geochronology (Discussion led by Scott Eckley)
Student Chairs Kristina Butler and Catherine Ross
3:00P-3:45P Daniel Stockli (UT Austin) Challenges in Terrestrial Geochronology of Extraterrestrial Events
4:00P-5:00P Presentations by Plenary Groups
5:00P-7:00P Welcome Reception (JGB, Holland Family Center)

April 9, 2019: Tuesday: Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL): Process, Terrestrial, and Potential Luminescence Extraterrestrial Applications
8:30A-9:00A Coffee
Student Chairs Eric Hiatt and Stephanie Suarez
9:00A-9:45A Steven L. Forman (Baylor University) Luminescence dating to quantify eolian depositional process on Earth and Mars on decadal to million year-timescales
10:00A-10:45A Fabio Coccaro (ALMA SISTEMI S.r.l. Consulting for Space) INTIME: first steps towards in-situ OSL
11:00A-11:30A Stefano Andreucci (University of Cagliari, Italy) Different Luminescence Dating in Various Environments: Problems and Solutions
11:30A-12:00P Round Table Discussion
12:00-1:30P Lunch Break
1:30P-3:00P JGB, Holland Family Center Conference Room 2.104A: Plenary Group A: Low-Temperature Approaches for Mars Geochronology (Discussion led by Stephanie Suarez)
JGB, Holland Family Center Conference Room 2.102A: Plenary Group B: Focus on Challenges for OSL and Luminescence Applications  (Discussion leader led by Giulia Cossu)
POB 2.402: Plenary Group C: Challenges with Engineering Requirements for Luminescence Geochronology (Discussion led by Scott Eckley and Yannick Tedeschi)
Student Chair Will Dufresne and Fabio Coccaro
3:00P-3:15P Vincenzo Pascucci (University of Sassari, Italy) Applications of Luminescence dating to solve stratigraphic and paleoclimate issues
3:20P-3:35P Giulia Cossu (University of Sassari, Italy) New Frontiers of Luminescence Dating: Rocks Surface Dating
3:45P-5:00P Presentations by Plenary Groups
4:00P-5:00P optional: Dept. Geological Sciences DeFord lecture (JGB4.102)
5:00P-7:00P Dinner arranged off campus

April 10, 2019: Wednesday: Martian Targets: From Mineralogy to Processes
8:30A-9:00A Coffee
Student Chairs Eric Hiatt and Gabriel Villaseñor
9:00A-9:45A J. Brian Balta (Texas A&M) The Igneous History of Mars
10:00A-10:45A Thomas Lapen (University of Houston) Evolution of the martian mantle and volcanic history of Mars: Evidence from the meteorite record
11:00A-11:45A Lucia Marinangeli (Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Italy) Clay formation in Margaritifer Chaos, Mars
12:00P-1:30P Lunch Break
2:00P-5:00P Lab tours of JGB and UT Austin Facilities (Texas Advanced Computing Center Visualization Lab; UT Austin Computed Tomography Lab; Electron Microbeam Facility, (U-Th)/He and U-Pb Geo-Thermochronometry Lab) (Tours led by Scott Eckley and Carole Lakrout)
3:00P-5:00P Poster session (JGB, Holland Family Center)
5:00P-7:00P Dinner arranged off campus

April 11, 2019: Thursday: Age ranges of Martian processes: Timing its ancient past to its more recent activity, includes a session on Martian Analogs
8:30-9:00A Coffee
Student Chairs Andy Roberts and Stephanie Suarez
9:00A-9:30A Ilaria Di Pietro (Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Italy) Geology of Aeolis Dorsa alluvial sedimentary basin, Mars
9:30A-10:15A Nicola Tisato (UT Austin) Hidden life in caves: The bio-mediated mineral deposits of the Asperge cave (France) and Breezeway Cave (Colorado)
10:30A-11:15A Douglas W. Ming (NASA Johnson Space Center) Sedimentary Deposits on Mars from the Eyes of Rovers and Landers
11:30A-12:15P Cornelia Rasmussen (UT Austin) Effects of Shock Metamorphism during Impact Cratering
12:30P-1:30P Lunch Break
Student Chairs Ryan Herring and Stephanie Suarez
1:30P-2:15P Ian Dalziel (UT Austin) The Lithospheric ‘Cradle’ of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: a Martian Analog
2:30-3:15P Dana Thomas (UT Austin) Hydrothermal systems in Iceland: systematic trends and experimental observations of fluid-rock interactions
3:30P-4:15P Greta Wells (UT Austin) Geomorphologic and Geochronological Reconstruction of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in Iceland: Applications to Mars
4:15P-5:00P Wrap up/discussion
5:00P-7:00P Jackson School of Geosciences Dean’s Office Reception

April 12, 2019: Friday: IN-TIME group only
9:00A-12:00P Discussion: Lessons Learned