Lunar and Planetary Science XLV : abstracts presented at the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 17-21, 2014 the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center The Woodlands, Texas

• Other Authors: Mackwell, Stephen J., orcid:0000-0002-0996-1348, Stansbery, Eileen K., Draper, David S.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Lunar and Planetary Institute 2014
• Subjects: Planets > Congresses; Astrogeology > Congresses; Planets > Water > Congresses; Planets > Internal structure > Congresses; Solar system > Congresses; Moon > Congresses; Aitken; Draper; Kring; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1140

This conference brings together international specialists in petrology, geochemistry, geophysics, geology, and astronomy to present the latest results of research in planetary science. Special Sessions: New Perspectives of the Moon: Enabling Future Lunar Missions, Lunar Dust and Exosphere Featuring the First Results from LADEE, Structure and Evolution of Planetary Bodies: A Geophysical Perspective, and Fluids on Differentiated Bodies. institutional support Universities Space Research Association, Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration conference co-chairs Stephen Mackwell, Eileen Stansbery program committee chair David Draper PARTIAL CONTENTS: Destinations for sampling impact melt produced by the south Pole Aitken basin impact event / Debra M. Hurwitz and David A. Kring--Composition of the deposits of the lunar Orientale basin / P.D. Spudis and D.J.P. Martin--N and C isotopic compositions of amphibole-bearing R chondrites: spoor of insoluble organic matter (IOM)? / A.H. Treiman, A.B. Verchovsky, and M.M. Grady--Constraints on crater growth mechanisms, ejecta thicknesses and excavation depths from target outcrops at fresh lunar craters / V.L. Sharpton--Topography of midsize icy satellites 2: Tethys and the effects of Odysseus / P. Schenk and J.M. Moore.